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A Leishmanin Survey in South-East Turkey* by Kevm M Notes A Leishmanin Survey in South-East Turkey* by KEvm M. CAHILL, M.D., D.T.M. & H., Head, Department ofEpidemiology and Director of Tropical Medicine, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt, UAR, GEORGE R. ANDERSON, M.D., M.P.H., Commanding Officer, US Air Force, TUSLOG, Fourth Epidemiological Flight, Izmir, Turkey, & NECIP TUREGON, Gulhane Hospital, Ankara, Turkey South-east Turkey has long been considered an In the present study all patients with positive skin endemic zone of cutaneous leishmaniasis.a " Urfa test reactions had scars compatible with a healed sore " and " Diyarbakir boil " are but two of the " oriental sore ". Similar scars could be found in numerous eponyms by which Leishmaniasis tropica some negative reactors who either (a) were over age infection has been known. Despite the apparent 60 or (b) had active, severe tuberculosis. The strong- prevalence of the disease in this area there have been est reactions were in those between ages 15 and 40 no objective studies of the incidence of infection. the reactions diminished in intensity in the older age- The World Health Organization does not list a single groups. reference to south-eastern Turkey in its comprehen- sive bibliography on leishmaniasis; b textbooks of Results parasitology, tropical diseases and geographical pathology all list the area as an endemic zone of L. Phase 1 of the project was carried out in the follow- tropica infection, but qualify their authority by noting ing towns of the Euphrates valley: Bircek, Urfa, the absence of any available references. To get an Baqlarbaze and Mezrea. The results were as follows idea of the prevalence of leishmaniasis in south- (see accompanying table). eastern Turkey, a leishmanin skin test survey was carried out (see the map). In the smaller villages, all Bircek. This town of 13 230 people is built into the the available persons were tested; the stated popula- limestone cliffs lining the Euphrates river. The tions in the villages surveyed are government esti- people live in stone houses apart from their animals. mates that include migrant herdsmen and occupants One hundred and five children between the ages of 6 of farms remote from the community centre. In and 13 years in the goyernment primary school were larger towns, all schoolchildren and patients in tested; half of the children were under 10 years of the sole civil hospital were tested. All recruits in a age, and the other half were between 10 and 13 years single Army camp were also examined. old. In the group under 10 years old, 4 %Y were posi- The methods employed in making a leishmanin tive reactors; in the group over 10 years of age 12% survey have been previously reported.c The basic were positive reactors. features are the intradermal injection of 0.15 ml of Bircek Turkish Cavalry Camp. Ninety-eight enlist- leishmanin antigen (Burroughs-Wellcome) with a ed men between the ages of 20 and 23 from all areas reading of the reaction 48 hours later. Patients with of Turkey were tested. Only one man was from an indurated area larger than 1 cm are considered south-eastern Turkey; he was a positive reactor. positive. Erythema is frequently an accompanying Of the remaining soldiers, 13 % were positive reac- sign in positive reactors, but is not, of itself, con- tors. They came from the following provinces: sidered adequate evidence of reaction. Kenya, Ankara, Isparta, Manisa, Tekindag, Uzak, Trabizon, Denzili, Corum (2) and Canakkale (2). * The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private ones of the authors, and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the US Navy Department, Urfa. This is a town of 59 000 people, situated at the US Air Force Department, the naval and air forces at an elevation of 1500 feet (450 metres) in the eastern large, or the Turkish Ministry of Health. foothills of the Euphrates valley. The people live in a Mumford, E. (1960) J. trop. Med. Hyg., 63, 79. stone houses apart from their herds. Eighty-six b World Health Organization (1957) Bull. Wid Hith Org., 16, 1051. patients in the Urfa government hospital were tested; c Cahill, K. (1964) Amer. J. trop. Med. Hyg., 13, 795. four of these were children, all of whom had a 1552A 121 122 122 ~~~~~~~~~NOTES LEISHMANIN SURVEY ZONE (SHADED) IN TURKEY negative leishmanin test. Of the adult patients 52% the Euphrates on the Turkish-Syrian border. People were positive reactors; there was no sex difference in share the mud huts with their herds and work ani- the response rate. mals. Eighty-eight villagers were tested; 84% were Baqlarbaze. This farming village of 800 people is adults, over half of them women; 16 % were children situated three miles (five kilometres) from the banks under 10 years of age. Of the adults, 75% were posi- of the Euphrates. The people live in mud huts shared tive reactors; there was no sex difference in the with their herds and work animals. response rate. Of the children 21 % were positive Fifty-four reactors. patients were tested; 66 % were adults, of whom all but two were male; 33 % were under 10 years of age. Phase 2 was carried out along the Tigris at the Of the adults, 75% were positive reactors; and of the following places. children, 16%. Diyarbakir. This is a city of 80 000, built at an Mezrea. This town of 450 farmers is situated at an elevation of 2400 feet (750 metres) along the Tigris elevation of 425 feet (130 metres) above the banks of river. Ninety-four adult staff and patients in the local hospital were skin-tested; there was an equal POSITIVE LEISHMANIN REACTORS sex distribution; 87% of the adults were positive IN THE TIGRIS-EUPHRATES VALLEY reactors. One hundred and five schoolchildren were also tested in Diyarbakir; 9 were In the ~~Children % positive. Adults 10 Town~ duts(under years) group under 10 years of age there was only one reaction in 41 while in No. tested % positive tested positive positive (2%), the group from INo. I% 10-13 years of age there were 9 positive reactors among 64 children (14%). Bircek 53"a 12 53 4 Urfa 82 52 4 (0) Silvan. This is a mountain town of 6500 people, Baqlarbaze 36 75 18 (16) living at an elevation of 3000 feet (915 metres), 54 miles (87 kilometres) east of Diyarbakir. The people Mezrea 74 75 14 (21) live in clean stone houses apart from their herds. Diyarbakir 94 87 41 2 One hundred and nine students were 64 a 9 skin-tested; in the secondary school (ages 13-18) there was a Silvan 85"a 17 24 0 positive reaction rate of 17 % in 85 subjects. T-here were no positive reactions among 24 primary-school children a' Subjects between the ages of 10 and 16. (ages 7-9) tested. DIFFERENTIATION OF VIBRIO CHOLERAE FROM VIBRIO EL TOR 123 Discussion in south-eastern Turkey. The immunological pheno- A skin test has been widely and successfully used menon of anergy is considered responsible for the as both a diagnostic and an epidemiological tool in false negative results in geriatric and tuberculosis South American cutaneous and mucocutaneous patients. There were no fresh leishmanial ulcers leishmaniasis. False positive reactions occur, especi- seen during the present survey; local Turkish physi- ally in patients with lupus vulgaris, but false negative cians assert that the infection rate has been extremely reactions are uncommon. On the other hand, false low during the past eight years. In 1956 a malaria negative reactions are the rule in patients with active eradication programme was initiated in this area, and visceral leishmaniasis.c, d The leishmanin skin test it is highly probable that DDT sprays intended for has not been extensively employed in the Near Anopheles control also reduced markedly the popu- Eastern and African endemic zones of L. tropica lation of Phlebotomus papatasi, the vector of oriental infection. sore in Turkey. The high positive rates in adults confirm the im- * * pression that L. tropica infection was hyperendemic We are indebted to Capt. William Meekins and the dManson-Bahr, P. E. C. (1961) E. Afr. med. J., 38, 165. laboratory staff of DET 36, TUSLOG, for field assistance. Comparative Studies of the Polymyxin-B Test with Bacteriophage Typing for the Differentiation of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio El Tor: Preliminary Report by GAN KOEN HAN, Ph.D., M.D., Head ofthe Department ofMicrobiology, School ofMedicine, University of Indonesia, Djakarta, Indonesia a The differentiation between Vibrio cholerae and Outbreaks of cholera due to Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio El Tor can be carried out by comparative V. El Tor in several countries have emphasized the testing of the biochemical reactions, the haemolytic need for a simple laboratory technique that could reaction on plated blood-agar and blood-broth, the provide rapid and reliable bacteriological identifi- agglutinating property of anti-cholera serum by cation of the type of cholera infection. heating at 56°C for three hours (Gispen b), the It was therefore felt that it was worth undertaking Tanamal c tests, the agglutinating property of anti- a comparative study in order to evaluate the above- cholera serum after treatment of the cholera vibrios mentioned laboratory tests by their sensitivity in with 2% chloroform (Meyer d), the action of CuSo4 differentiating the two types of agglutinable vibrios. on vibrios (Wahba & Takla e), the chicken red TIhe haemolytic test was performed with the Greig blood cell agglutination test (Finkelstein & Muker- method and with a new haemolytic procedure, which jeef), the polymyxin-B test (Gan & Tjiao), and with will be published by Yen & Radojcic '. The poly- the aid of bacteriophage (Mukerjee h).
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