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    Determination of Antimony Resistance Mechanism of Leishmania tropica Causing Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Turkey
    (ANKARA MICROBIOLOGY SOC, 2020-01-01) Ozbilgin, Ahmet; Zeyrek, Fadile Yildiz; Guray, Melda Zeynep; Culha, Gulnaz; Akyar, Isin; Harman, Mehmet; Ozbel, Yusuf; Ertabaklar, Hatice; Cavus, Ibrahim; Gunduz, Cumhur
    World Health Organization reported that approximately one billion people are at risk in endemic areas, one million cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and approximately 300,000 cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) were reported per year in the last five years. The number of deaths due to VL is reported to be approximately 20,000 per year. Approximately 2500 cases/year have been reported as CL, caused by Leishmania tropica and Leishmania infantum, in Turkey. The significant increase observed in many cities mainly in the provinces of Mediterranean and Aegean regions in cases and foci in recent years, suggests that there may be an increase in this infections in the following years as well. In Turkey, the causative agent of CL is L.tropica and meglumine antimoniate is used in the treatment of CL. We aimed to determine antimony resistance genes specific for L.tropica by comparing the gene and protein expressions of antimony-resistant and non-resistant L.tropica strains. Ltropica isolates obtained from 3 CL patients without antimonate resistance from Aegean, Mediterranean and Southeastern regions of Turkey were provided to transform into 3 resistant isolates against meglumine antimony in the laboratory conditions. Gene expression alterations by microarray method