PMID- 26336206
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151217
LR  - 20150912
IS  - 0022-2585 (Print)
IS  - 0022-2585 (Linking)
VI  - 52
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 Sep
TI  - Entomological Survey for Sand Fly Fauna in Imamoglu Province (Cutaneous 
      Leishmaniasis Endemic Region) of Adana, Turkey.
PG  - 813-8
LID - 10.1093/jme/tjv064 [doi]
AB  - Leishmaniasis, presenting in two clinical forms, cutaneous and visceral in 
      Turkey, is widespread in most of the countries in the Mediterranean Basin. An 
      average of 10 to 13% of cases are reported from Adana every year. This paper 
      presents the results of an entomological survey in an endemic focus of cutaneous 
      leishmaniasis in Imamoglu province of Adana in Turkey.We collected 654 sand fly 
      specimen using 100 light traps in 20 nights in August 2013 and July 2014. Several 
      keys and previous drawings were used in the identification of the species. In 
      total, six Phlebotomus species were identified; Phlebotomus tobbi (50.3%), 
      Phlebotomus papatasi (34%), Phlebotomus perfiliewi (2.9%), Phlebotomus sergenti 
      (0.4%), Phlebotomus neglectus/syriacus (0.8%), and Sergentomyia spp. (11.5%). In 
      addition, the female/male rate was found to be 0.84.Collected sand flies (44 
      pools of 1-10 individuals) were analyzed microscopically, and no promastigotes 
      were found in the midgut specimens. Using a genus specific real time-polymerase 
      chain reaction (PCR) assay for simultaneous detection of Old Word Leishmania. We 
      detected only 3 of the 44 pools with Leishmania by genus-specific real-time PCR 
      assay.P. tobbi was found to be dominant species in spite of the differences in 
      sand fly fauna composition. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study 
      for sand fly fauna including 15 villages where endemic focus of cutaneous 
      leishmaniasis in Imamoglu, Adana Province, Turkey.
CI  - (c) The Authors 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of 
      Entomological Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please 
      email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
FAU - Kavur, H
AU  - Kavur H
AD  - Cukurova University, Imamoglu Vocational School, Department of Apiculture, Adana, 
      Turkey. hkavur@cu.edu.tr.
FAU - Eroglu, F
AU  - Eroglu F
AD  - Zirve University, Medical School, Department of Microbiology, Gaziantep, Turkey.
FAU - Evyapan, G
AU  - Evyapan G
AD  - Department of Medical Parasitology, Cukurova University, Medical School, Adana, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Demirkazik, M
AU  - Demirkazik M
AD  - Department of Medical Parasitology, Cukurova University, Medical School, Adana, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Alptekin, D
AU  - Alptekin D
AD  - Department of Medical Biology, Cukurova University, Medical School, Adana, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Koltas, I S
AU  - Koltas IS
AD  - Department of Medical Parasitology, Cukurova University, Medical School, Adana, 
      Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150610
PL  - England
TA  - J Med Entomol
JT  - Journal of medical entomology
JID - 0375400
SB  - IM
MH  - *Animal Distribution
MH  - Animals
MH  - Female
MH  - Insect Vectors/classification/*physiology
MH  - Leishmania/isolation & purification
MH  - Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/parasitology/transmission
MH  - Male
MH  - Psychodidae/classification/*physiology
MH  - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
MH  - Sex Ratio
MH  - Turkey
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - diptera
OT  - psychodidae
OT  - sand flies
EDAT- 2015/09/04 06:00
MHDA- 2015/12/19 06:00
CRDT- 2015/09/04 06:00
PHST- 2015/01/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/05/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/12/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - tjv064 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/jme/tjv064 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Med Entomol. 2015 Sep;52(5):813-8. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjv064. Epub 2015 Jun 10.