Imported Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Cases Detected in Truck Drivers in Hatay

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dc.contributor.authorCulha, Gulnaz
dc.contributor.authorCigdem Dogramaci, Asena
dc.contributor.authorKaya, Tugba
dc.contributor.authorCavus, Ibrahim
dc.contributor.authorGulkan, Burcu
dc.contributor.authorOzbilgin, Ahmet
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:27:58Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:27:58Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractLeishmaniasis, seen in tropical and subtropical regions, is an infectious disease caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania species. There are three main forms of leishmaniasis: cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) has become an increasing problem as the number of travels around the world increases and people go to work in endemic areas. Turkey has received great numbers of immigrants in recent years, from its neighboring countries like Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and the Syrian Arab Republic because of the political instabilities in these countries as well as the job opportunities caused by large-scale development projects undertaken by Turkey. In this report, imported CL cases detected in five truck drivers transporting from Hatay to Turkmenistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Georgia, Uzbekistan and Azarbaijan countries were presented. The patients admitted to Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Medicine Dermatology Policlinic, with wound complaints on their bodies were directed to the Department of Parasitology to obtain smear samples from their wounds. The age range of the patients were 38 to 43 years. Patients with wound trail for a period ranging from one month to one year had a number of lesions varying between 2-7 and in all cases, a smear preparation was prepared from the lesions for diagnostic purposes. Clinical material obtained from five patients with pre-diagnosis of CL was firstly examined with Giemsa stain. Samples taken from the patients were inoculated into modified NNN (Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle) medium for the evaluation of the presence of the promastigotes. Promastigotes obtained from the inoculated medium were also genotyped using the ITS1 region. In all of the slides prepared from the clinical material taken from the patients amastigotes were determined. The growth of promastigotes were observed in only three of the clinical specimen inoculated media. The genotyped three species were Leishmania tropica, Leishmania infantum/donovani and Leishmania major. In this study, the importance of support for the diagnosis of different microbiological methods used in the diagnosis of leishmaniasis infection which occurred during the outbreaks of the disease has been put forward. In addition, it was aimed to draw attention to the importance of imported CL cases in our country diagnosed in five truck drivers making transportation from Hatay to Turkmenistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5578/mb.66937
dc.identifier.endpage323en_US
dc.identifier.issn0374-9096
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid30156518en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85054292652en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage316en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5578/mb.66937
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/10641
dc.identifier.volume52en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000442851500010en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherAnkara Microbiology Socen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMikrobiyoloji Bultenien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectImporteden_US
dc.subjectcutaneous leishmaniasisen_US
dc.subjecttruck driversen_US
dc.subjectHatayen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleImported Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Cases Detected in Truck Drivers in Hatayen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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