Retrospective Evaluation of Canine Leishmaniasis in Turkey
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Tarih
2019
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic parasitic disease that is found in parts of the tropics, subtropics, andsouthern Europe. Due to its zoonotic nature, it is as a very important problem for both animal andhuman health, and it poses a significant risk for approximately 310 million people in 98 countries.Like many protozoan parasites, Leishmania have a digenetic life cycle involving both a mammalianhost and an insect vector. The disease has at least four main clinical forms, namely the visceral,cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and diffuse cutaneous forms. In Turkey, two forms of the diseasecaused by various Leishmania species can be encountered: the cutaneous leishmaniasis andvisceral leishmaniasis. Domestic dogs in urban and peri-urban areas and wild canids in the ruralareas or nature are the main reservoirs for visceral leishmaniasis. Dogs are important for thespread of the disease as they can both clinically be infected and can act as reservoirs for othermammals, particularly humans. Studies performed in Turkey indicate that the prevalence of thedisease is between 0% and 27.18%. The prevalence of the disease for the Mediterranean, Aegean,Central Anatolia, Black Sea, Eastern Anatolia, Marmara, and Southeastern Anatolia regions havebeen determined as 12.96%, 9.08%, 5.82%, 5.38%, 4.38%, 2.40%, and 0.00%, respectively. Inthis review, the aim was to retrospectively evaluate the prevalence of the canine leishmaniasis inTurkey.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Halk ve Çevre Sağlığı,Parazitoloji,Veterinerlik
Kaynak
Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Veteriner Dergisi
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33
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2
