Detection of non-polio and polio enteroviruses in Acute Flaccid Paralysis surveillance in Turkey.

Poliomyelitis was a disease feared worldwide, striking suddenly and paralysing mainly children for life. Monitoring of suspected cases of poliomyelitis is carried out with Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance in Turkey. This study examines national data of AFP surveillance and the epidemiology of enteroviruses (EV) in Turkey from 2000 to 2019 and gives an overview of the detected serotypes of EVs.

[Isolation of Rickettsia slovaca by shell-vial cell culture method from Dermacentor marginatus ticks].

Rickettsia species are gram negative, small pleomorphic coccobacilli, obligate intracellular bacteria. The majority of these bacteria are transported by the ticks. Rickettsia slovaca and Rickettsia raoultii are among the Rickettsia species in the spotted fever group and carried by Dermacentor species ticks, that cause tick-borne lymphadenopathy (Tickborne Lymphadenopathy-TIBOLA or Dermacentor-borne necrotic erythema and lymphadenopathy- DEBONEL).