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ArticleParasitology2020

First molecular detection and identification of

Mehmet Karakuş, Mehmet Ali Öktem, Mustafa Sözen, Ferhat Matur, Faruk Çolak, Muhammed Nalçaci, Yusuf Özbel, Seray Töz

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Article in Parasitology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mehmet KarakuşUniversity of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Microbiology, İstanbul, Turkey.
Mehmet Ali ÖktemDokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, İzmir, Turkey.
Mustafa SözenZonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Ferhat MaturDokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, İzmir, Turkey.
Faruk ÇolakZonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Zonguldak, Turkey.
Muhammed NalçaciEge University Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Biology, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-9265-2887
Yusuf ÖzbelEge University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Izmir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-8335-1997
Seray TözEge University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Izmir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-5957-8665
Ege University · TRBülent Ecevit University · TRDokuz Eylül University · TRSağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease infecting animals and humans. Two clinical forms (Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis) and four species are reported to be present in Turkey. Several studies have investigated canine and human leishmaniasis in Turkey but no study was performed to screen the infection among wild rodents, so far. The present study aims to investigate the role of small wild rodents as reservoir animals for Leishmania spp. in different regions of Turkey. Formalin-preserved tissue samples (spleen, liver, lung) of 712 rodents from 30 provinces were screened for the presence of Leishmania spp. DNA. Before DNA extraction, tissues were dried, rehydrated, and homogenated. Leishmania screening in rodent tissues and species determination was performed with a combination of real-time kDNA and ITS1 polymerase chain reaction protocols. Eight (1.12%) out of 712 animals were found to be positive for Leishmania spp. DNA and species typing revealed five L. infantum, two L. tropica and one L. major among positives. Leishmania major and L. infantum DNA were detected in Apodemus spp. from Zonguldak province located in the Western Black Sea Region, while L. tropica DNA was found in Meriones sp. and Gerbillus dasyurus from Adana and Hatay provinces located in Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey. The present study is first to report natural infection of L. infantum, L. major and L. tropica in small wild rodents in Turkey, suggesting their possible roles as reservoirs. Further studies are needed for planning epidemiological studies and also for developing rodent control measures in risky endemic areas to break the transmission cycle.

Indexed as

GerbillinaeMurinaeAnimalsDisease ReservoirsFemaleLeishmania infantumLeishmania majorLeishmaniasis, CutaneousLeishmaniasis, VisceralLeishmania tropicaMalePrevalenceTurkeyLeishmaniasisL. infantumL. majorL. tropicareservoir animalwild rodents

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PMID32404216
PMCPMC10317722
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