West Nile virus seropositivity in Alanya, a coastal city in the Mediterranean region of Turkey.

Background: West Nile virus (WNV)-related illness is a global health problem. Understanding the seropositivity rates and identifying the risk factors related to WNV in various animal species including humans is crucial for the implementation of effective prevention strategies.

Objectives: Assess the rate of seropositivity and the risk factors associated with WNV seropositivity.

The effect of thymoquinone and propranolol combination on epidermoid laryngeal carcinoma cell.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the effects of thymoquinone and propranolol on Hep-2 cells representing laryngeal Ca cell type in comparison with cisplatin. We also evaluated their combined effects.

Methods: Apoptotic effects were directly analyzed via mitochondrial membrane potential and caspase-3 assays.

Food additives and microbiota.

The use of food additives in food production is inevitable in this modern world. Although only a safe amount of food additives is approved, their safety has always been questioned. To our knowledge, the effects of food additives on microbiota have not been investigated in a detailed manner in the literature so far.

The Development of a New Medical Instrument: Modified Tongue Depressor.

In the oropharyngeal region examinations, the abeslang (tongue depressor) used to create a wider field of vision and press down the tongue to make the pharynx easier. In order to look under the tongue, the depressor is redesigned so that it can be examined under the tongue and transformed into a retractor by creating an angle in the body of the present invention. This technique is intended to be used in conjunction with new technology surgical procedures.

Re-emergence of genotype G9 during a five-and-a-half-year period in Turkish children with rotavirus diarrhea.

This study was done to understand the dynamics of rotavirus genotype distribution in Turkish children. Samples were collected from January 2006 through August 2011 from children at a hospital in Ankara. Rotavirus was detected in 28 % (241/889) of the samples.

Detection of adenovirus and respiratory syncytial virus in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Exacerbation versus stable condition.

Latent infection with adenovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The role of respiratory viral infections are emerging in COPD exacerbations. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of adenovirus and RSV serotypes A and B in individuals with acute exacerbations of COPD (COPD-AE) and stable COPD.

Molecular detection of cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus 2, human papillomavirus 16-18 in Turkish pregnants.

Objective: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause of viral intrauterine infections in the world. Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and human papillomavirus (HPV) are the main agents of viral sexually transmitted diseases, which cause genital ulcers and genital warts, respectively. HPV infection has been linked to the majority of the anogenital malignancies.

Rotavirus-associated intussusception followed by spontaneous resolution.

Rotavirus was related to causing intussusception when the first generation rotavirus vaccine was introduced. However, the association between natural rotavirus infection and intussusception remains an area of concern and controversy. A few studies have found that rotavirus infection can cause intussusception.

The correlation between EBV viral load in the palatine tonsils of patients with recurrent tonsillitis and concurrent serum titers of VCA–IgG.

Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection usually occurs in early childhood and can persist in palatine tonsil lymphocytes to induce tonsillitis at a later date. We have examined the presence of EBV in palatine tonsils and relationship between EBV-DNA quantity in tonsil tissues and VCA-IgG quantity in autologous sera. Tonsils were obtained from 36 patients, male 20 (55.

Role of human papillomavirus in the clinical and histopathologic features of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the clinical and histopathologic features of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers.

Method: Paraffin wax-embedded sections consisting of 89 laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers from 210 patients were analyzed. Tissue samples were amplified by using a glucose 6-phosphatase dehydrogenase (G6PDH) control kit (Eurogentec, Seraing, Belgium), and G6PDH-positive samples were thought to have appropriate tissues by using a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction kit (DNA mini kit, Qiagen, Germany).

Diversity of human rotavirus G9 among children in Turkey.

Between September 2004 and December 2005 a prospective study was conducted to understand the epidemiology of rotavirus infection among children with diarrhea attending two hospitals in Ankara, Turkey. Rotavirus was detected in 39.7% of the 322 stool samples and affected mainly children in the age group of 6-23 months.

[Investigation of herpes simplex virus DNA by real-time polymerase chain reaction in the clinical samples].

The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 and type 2 DNA from the clinical samples sent to our routine laboratory, by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A total of 328 samples collected from 306 female and 7 male patients who were admitted to different outpatient clinics were included in the study. The samples included 235 cervical swab samples (of which 150 were from pregnant women), 77 amniotic fluid, 8 blood, 6 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), one pericardial fluid and one cervical biopsy.