OBJECTIVE To quantify the human prevalence, elucidate possible risk factors and present other epidemiological parameters of human alveolar echinococcosis in the south-eastern region of Turkey. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTINGS South-eastern region (Anatolia) of Turkey by two medical centres: Dicle University Medical Faculty in Diyarbakir and Harran University Medical Faculty in Urfa. ...

Turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) is one of the main vegetables consumed by people living in Eastern Anatolia in Turkey. In this region, farmers obtain their own seeds for production, which results in considerable morphological variability. We examined the genetic variation and relationships among 11 turnip genotypes sampled from diverse environments of the Erzurum region located in Eastern Anat...

This study was aimed at detection of Coxiella burnetii in bovine foetuses using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) and at an estimation of its frequency in Eastern Turkey. Stamp, Giemsa, and Gimenez stains were used in addition to PCR and IHC to determine the presence of C. burnetii in samples from 70 bovine foetuses. While the staining methods did not detect the age...

www.thelancet.com Published Online July 27, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32093-7 1 3 12 peace declaration signatory academics discharged from Dokus Elül University. Bianet (Istanbul). June 29, 2017/. http://bianet.org/ english/human-rights/187848-12-peacedeclaration-signatory-academics-dischargedfrom-dokuz-eylul-university (accessed July 23, 2017). 4 Vatansever K, Tanık FA, Göka...

Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is an important alternate oilseed crop in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. No information on plant density for rapeseed is available in this region. Therefore a study was initiated to investigate the effects of spacings between rows and spacings within rows on the yield and agronomic characteristics of two genotypes of spring rapeseed (Tower and Lirawell) in Erzurum, easte...

Gyrodromella represents a subgenus of the osmiine bee genus Chelostoma (Megachilidae) containing eight species, which are confined to the Palaearctic region. Analysis of female pollen loads, field observations and literature data suggest that all C. (Gyrodromella) species are oligolectic harvesting pollen exclusively on flowers of Campanula and possibly also closely related Campanulaceae genera...

The aim of the present study was to determine the level of antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial isolates from Eastern Mediterranean fish in Turkey. The resistance of 93 Enterobacteriaceae isolates from gills to 10 different antibiotics belonging 7 classes (which most using in Turkey), was investigated by agar diffusion method. A total 13 species of bacteria were isolated: the most common...

This paper presents the results of a comprehensive examination of current distribution of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) seroprevalence and endemicity in Turkey and the possible links between HAV endemicity and socioeconomic development. We performed a systematic search in online resources published between January 2000 and August 2015. The 22 provinces were able to be assigned a hepatitis A endemicit...

OBJECTIVE To study the impact of maternal country of birth on type-1-diabetes (T1D) therapy and outcome. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS 27,643 T1D patients aged ≤20 years with documented maternal country of birth from the multicenter German/Austrian diabetes patient registry (DPV) were analyzed. Patients were categorized based on their mother's origin: Germany/Austria (reference), Turkey, Southern ...

Infant and maternal mortality rates in Turkey are much higher than in any other country in Europe, while estimates of life expectancy are lower. These indicators also vary between different parts of the country, suggesting a degree of health inequality within Turkey. In 1999 infant mortality in Turkey was 40 deaths per 1000 live births, compared to an EU average of 4.9, a Central and Eastern Eu...