Ömer Faruk Şahin

Molecular Epidemiology of Anaplasma capra in Cattle from the Black Sea Region of Türkiye

Anaplasma capra is an emerging tick-borne pathogen with zoonotic potential. Since its first description, the pathogen has been reported in several countries across Asia, Europe, and Africa; however, information on its distribution in Türkiye remains limited. This study investigat...

Detection of Anaplasma capra in Patients with Suspected Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Turkey, 2022.

Anaplasma capra is a recently discovered bacterial tickborne pathogen that was first identified in goats in 2012 and later in humans in China in 2015. We detected and genetically characterized A. capra in adult patients with suspected Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Tur...