Publications

1989

  • Bosgelmez, A., Cakmakci, L., Yorukan, S., Ozer, N., Alten, B., Gurkan, B., Kocak, O., Karayalcin, O., Gurkan, F., Alten, E., “ Safety tests on mice and guinea-pigs with Bacillus sphaericus isolate”, J. of Is. Acad. of Sciences, 2, 264-271, 1989.

1990

  • Cakmakci, L., Ozer, N., Alten, B., Yorukan, S., Bosgelmez, A., Kocak, O., Gurkan, B., Karayalcin, O., Alten, E., Gurkan, F. “ Safety Test on Mice with Bacillus thuringiensis Isolate”, J. of Is. Acad. of Sciences, 3,1, 35-40, 1990.
  • Ozer, N., Yorukan, S., Cakmakci, L., Bosgelmez, A., Alten,B., Gurkan, B., Kocak, B., Gurkan, F., Karayalcin, O., Alten, E., Cetinkaya, G., “ Safety Tests on Mice and Guinea-Pigs with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis” J. of Is. Acad. of Sciences, 3,1, 41-48, 1990.
  • Alten, B., A. Boşgelmez, “ Effectiveness of Several Bacillus Isolates on Culex laticinctus Edwards (Diptera:Culicidae) Larvae Under Natural Conditions” Doğa-Tr. Journal of Zoology, 14:2, 252-262, 1990.
  • Alten,B., A. Boşgelmez, “  Effectiveness of Several Bacillus Isolates on Culiseta Longiareolata Macquart (Diptera:Culicidae) Larvae Under Natural Conditions” Doğa-Tr. Journal of Zoology, 14:2, 263-273, 1990.

1991

  • Alten,B., A. Boşgelmez, “ Culex laticinctus Edwards’ın Biyolojisi Üzerine Araştırmalar” Hacettepe Fen ve Mühendislik Dergisi, 12, Seri A, 39-56, 1991.
  • Suludere, Z., Y.Kalender, L. Çakmakçı, B. Alten, C. Ayvalı, G. Çetinkaya, “ An Electron Microscopic Investigation of Spores and Parasporal Crystals in Various Strains of Bacillus sphaericus and Bacillus thuringiensis from Turkey”  Doğa-Tr. Journal of Biology, 1991.

1993

Agriculture and Forestry, 16:1, 1-14, 1992.

  • Alten,B., A. Boşgelmez, “ Culiseta longiareolata (Macquart)’ın Biyolojisi Üzerine Araştırmalar” Hacettepe Fen ve Mühendislik Dergisi, 14, Seri-A, 1-20, 1993.

1995

  • Çetinkaya, G., B. Alten, O. Molu, N.Özer, A. Boşgelmez, L. Çakmakçı, “Effect of Mutant Bacillus thuringiensis Strains of Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera:Culicidae) Larvae Under Laboratory Conditions” Doğa-Tr. Journal of Biology, 19:2, 137-142, 1995.

1996

  • Alten,B., A.Boşgelmez, “ Ortaca ve Dalaman Yörelerinde (Muğla-Türkiye)Culex Türleri Üzerine Biyoekolojik Araştırmalar I” Doğa-Tr. Journal of Zoology, 20, 27-53, 1996.

1997

  • Alten, B., A. Boşgelmez, “ Ortaca ve Dalaman Yörelerinde (Muğla-Türkiye) Culex Türlerinin Nokturnal-Krepuskular Davranışları ve Aktivasyon Katsayıları II”, Doğa-Tr. Journal of Zoology,21, 7-19, 1997.

1999

  • Alten,B., F.M. Şimşek, “Ortaca ve Dalaman Yörelerinde (Muğla-Türkiye) Culex martinii Medschid (Diptera:Culicidae) Ekolojisi Üzerine Araştırmalar” Doğa-Tr. Journal of Zoology, 23:1, 197-206 , 1999.

2000

  • Alten, B., S.S. Çağlar, N. Özer, “Malaria and Its Vectors in Turkey” European Mosq. Bulletin,7, 27-35 2000.
  • Alten, B., R. Bellini, S.S. Çağlar, F.M. Şimşek, S. Kaynaş, “ Species Composition and Seasonal Dynamics of Mosquitoes in The Belek Region of Turkey” J. of Vector Ecol.,25, 146-154, 2000.

2001

  • Ramsdale, C.D., B. Alten, S.S. Çağlar, N.Özer, “ A Revised, Annotated, Checklist of The Mosquitoes (Diptera:Culicidae) of Turkey” European Mosq. Bulletin,9, 18-28, 2001.

2003

  • Çağlar, S.S., B. Alten, R. Bellini, F.M. Şimşek, S. Kaynaş, “ Comparison of Nocturnal Activities of Mosquitoes (Diptera:Culicidae) Sampled by New Jersey Light Traps and CO2 Traps in Belek, Turkey” J. of Vector Ecol., 28 (1), 1-11, 2003.
  • Alten, B., S.S. Çağlar, S. Kaynaş, F.M. Şimşek, “ Evaluation of Protective Efficacy of K-OTAB Impregnated Bednets for Cutaneous leishmaniasis Control in Southeast Anatolia-Turkey”, J. of Vector Ecol., 28 (1), 53-64 ,2003.
  • Alten, B., S.S. Çağlar, F.M. Şimşek, S. Kaynaş, “ Effect of Insecticide Treated Bednets for Malaria Control in Southeast Anatolia-Turkey” J. of Vector Ecol.,28 (1), 97-107, 2003.
  • Alten, B., S.S. Caglar, F.M. Simsek, S. Kaynas, M.J. Perich, “ Field Evaluation of an Area Repellent System (Thermacell) Against Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera:Psychodidae) and Ochlerotatus caspius (Diptera: Culicidae) in Sanliurfa Province, Turkey” J. of Med. Entomol., 40 (6),930-934, 2003.

2004

  • Belen, A., B. Alten, A.M. Aytekin, “Altitudinal variation in morphometric, molecular and life table characteristics of Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) papatasi (Scopoli) (Diptera:Psychodidae) local populations ” Med. Vet. Entomol., 18 (4),343-350, 2004.

2005

  • Şimşek, F.M., S.S. Çağlar, S. Kaynaş, B. Alten, N. Özer, “Field trials of Bacillus thuringiensis İsraelensis De Barjac formulation (Vectobac 12 AS) for control of Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Giles (Diptera:Culicidae) in Belek, Turkey”,Hacettepe J. of Biol. and Chem., 34, 51-58, 2005.
  • Simsek, F.M., S. Kaynas, B.Alten and S.S. Çağlar, “Laboratory Colonization of the malaria vector Anopheles (Cellia) superpictus from Şanlıurfa, Turkey” European Mosq. Bulletin, 19,26-30, 2005.
  • Tanyüksel, M., E. Araz, K. Dündar, G. Uzun, T. Gümüs, B. Alten, F. Saylam, A.T. Özkan, K.Y. Mumcuoğlu, “ Maggot Debridement Threapy in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds in a Military Hospital Setup in Turkey” Dermatology, 210 (2), 115-118, 2005.
  • Yurttaş, H., B. Alten, A.M. Aytekin, “ Variability in natural populations of Anopheles sacharovi from southeast Anatolia, revealed by morphometric and allozymic analysis” J. of Vector Ecol., 30 (2),206-212 2005.
  • Erisoz Kasap,Ö., B. Alten,“Laboratory estimation of degree-day development requirements of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera:Culicidae)” J. of Vector Ecol.,30 (2), 328-333, 2005.

2006

  • Belen, A., B. Alten, “Variation in life table characteristics among altitudinal populations of Phlebotomus papatasi at different altitudes” J. of Vector Ecol.,31 (1), 35-44, 2006.
  • Dvorak, V., A.M. Aytekin, B. Alten, S. Skarupova, J. Votypka, P. Volf, “ A comparison of the intraspecific variability of Phlebotomus sergenti Parrot, 1917 (Diptera:Psychodidae)”, J. of Vector Ecol., 31(2), 229-238, 2006.
  • Yurttaş, H., B. Alten, “Geographic differentation in life table attributes among Anopheles sacharovi populations, malaria vector in Turkey”, J. of  Vector Ecol., 31(2), 275-284, 2006.
  • Erisoz,K.Ö., B. Alten, “Comparative demography of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera:Psychodidae) at constant temperatures”, J. of Vector Ecol., 31 (2), 378-385, 2006.

2007

  • Özer, N., K. Ergünay, F. Simsek, S. Kaynas, B. Alten, S.S. Çağlar, S. Ustaçelebi “ West Nile virus studies in the Sanliurfa Province of Turkey”, J. of Vector Ecol., 32 (2), 202-206, 2007.
  • Şimşek, F.M., S.S. Çağlar, S. Kaynaş and B. Alten “ Evaluation of the performance of K-OTAB (Deltamethrin Tablet Formulation) Impregnated Bednets against the Malaria Vector Anopheles (Cellie) superpictus Grassi 1899 (Diptera: Culicidae) under Laboratory Conditions”, Turk J. Zool., 31, 75-82, 2007.
  • Aytekin, A.M., B. Alten, S.S. Çağlar, Y. Özbel, S. Kaynas, F.M. Şimşek, Ö.E. Kasap, A. Belen “ Phenotypic variation among local populations of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae) in southern Turkey”, J. of Vector Ecol., 32 (2), 226-234, 2007.
  • Simsek, F.M.,Alten, SS. Caglar, Y. Ozbel, A.M. Aytekin, S. Kaynas, A. Belen, O.E. Kasap, M. Yaman, S. Rastgeldi, “Distribution and altitudinal structuring of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae) in South Anatolia, Turkey: their relation to human cutaneous leishmaniasis” , J. of Vector Ecol., 32 (2), 269-279, 2007.

2008

  • Ponçon, N., C. Toty, P. Kengne,Alten, D. Fontenille “ Molecular evidence for similarity between Anopheles hyrcanus (Diptera:Culicidae) and Anopheles pseudopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), sympatric potential vectors of malaria in France”, J. of Med. Entomol., 45 (3), 576-580, 2008.
  • Svobodova, M.,Alten, L. Y. Zidkova, V. Dvorak, J. Hlavackova, J. Myskova, V. Sebkova, Ö.E. Kasap, A. Belen, J. Votypka, P.Volf “Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum transmitted by Phlebotomus tobbi” , Int. J. of Parasitol., 39, 251-256, 2008. ( PMID: 18761342, e-publication, 2008)

2009

  • Aytekin, S., M. Aytekin andAlten, “ Studies on the effects of different constant temperatures on the productivity (Ro) and morphology of Anopheles superpictus Grassi (Diptera:Culicidae), malaria vector, by using geometric morphometrics”, J. of Vector Ecol., 34 (1): 32-42, 2009.
  • Erisoz Kasap, Ö., A. Belen, S. Kaynas, F.M. Şimşek, L. Biler, N. Ata and Alten, “ Activity patterns of sandfly species (Diptera:Psychodidae) and comparative performance of different traps in an endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in Cukurova Plain, southern Anatolia”, Acta Vet. Brno, 78:327-335;doi:10.2754/avb200978020327, 2009.
  • Demirci, B., A. Aldemir, M. Ali Kırpık, Alten, A. Baysal, “ Species composition and seasonal dynamics of mosquito larvae (Diptera:Culicidae) in Iğdır Plain, Turkey”, J. of Faculty of Vet. Med. Univ. of Kafkas, 15 (1), 103-110, 2009.
  • Gündüz, Y.K., Aldemir, A., Alten, “ Seasonal dynamics and nocturnal activities of mosquitoes (Diptera:Culicidae) in Aras Valley, Turkey”, T. Journal of Zool., 33, 269-276, 2009. doi:10.3906/zoo-0808-11

2010

  • Aldemir, A., Bedir, H., Demirci, B. and Alten, “Biting activity of mosquito species (Diptera:Culicidae) in the Turkey-Armenia Border Area, Ararat Valley, Turkey”, J.Med. Entomol., 47,1, 22-27, 2010.
  • Simsek, F.M., Kaynas,S., Toz Ozensoy, S., Ozbel,Y., Alten, B., Chan, A.S.T.,” Evaluation of the VectestTM Malaria Antigen Panel Assay using Anopheles sacharovi Specimens in an Endemic Area, Sanliurfa Province, Turkey. J. of Faculty of Vet.Med. Univ. of Kafkas, 16 (Suppl. B), S231-S234, 2010.
  • Gunay, F., Alten, E.D. Ozsoy,” Estimating reaction norms for predictive population parameters, age specific mortalityl, and mean longevity in temperature-dependent cohorts of Culex quinquefasciatus Say ((38) ptera:Culicidae)”, J. of Vector Ecol., 35 (2), 354- 362, 2010.
  • Alten,” Speciation and Dispersion Hypotheses of Phlebotomine Sandflies of the Subgenus Paraphlebotomus (Diptera:Psychodidae): The case in Turkey”, Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry, 38 (3), 229-246, 2010.

2011

  • Dvorak, V., A.M. Aytekin, Alten, S. Skarupova, J. Votypka and P. Volf,” Intraspecific variability of natural populations of the cutaneous leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus sergenti”, J. of Vector Ecol. Sand Fly Special Issiue, 36, Suppl. 1., S49-S57, 2011 .
  • Belen, A., Alten, ” Seasonal dynamics and altitudinal distributions of the sand fly (Diptera:Psychodiade) populations in a cutaneous leishmaniasis area, Cukurova Region, Turkey”, J. of Vector Ecol. Sand Fly Special Issiue, 36, Suppl. 1, S87-S94, 2011.
  • Belen, A., Kucukyildirim, S. and  Alten, ” Genetic structures of the sand fly (Diptera:Culicidae) populations in leishmaniasis endemic region (Cukurova Plain) of Turkey”, J. of Vector Ecol. Sand Fly Special Issiue, 36, Suppl. 1., S32-S48, 2011.
  • Ozbel, Y., C. Sanjoba Alten, M. Asada, J. Deqaquit, Y. Matsumoto, S. Demir, R.R.M.L.R. Siyambalagoda, R.P.V.J. Rajapakse, Y. Matsomoto,” Distribution and ecological aspects of sand fly (Diptera:Psychodidae) species in Sri Lanka”, J. of Vector Ecol. Sand Fly Special Issiue, 36, Suppl. 1., S77-S86, 2011.
  • Vicente, J.L.,C.A. Sousa Alten, S.S. Caglar, E. Falcuta, J.M. Latorre, V. Toty, H. Barre, B. Demirci, M. di Luca, L. Toma, R. Alves, P. Salgueiro, T.L. Silva, V.E. do Rosario, M.D. Bargues, S. Mas-Coma, D. Boccolini, R. Romi, G. Nicolescu, N. Ozer, D. Fontenille and J. Pinto,” Genetic structure and phenotypic variation among populations of the malaria vector Anopheles atroparvus in southern Europe using microsatellite and geometric morphometrics analysis”, Malaria Journal, 10,5, 1-9, 2011.
  • Gunay, F., Alten, E.D. Ozsoy,” Narrow sense heritability of body size and its response across different developmental temperatures in Culex quinquefasciatus (Say 1923)”, J. of Vector Ecol., 36,2, 348-354, 2011.

2012

  • Votypka, j., Erisoz Kasap, O., Volf, P., Kodym, P.,  Alten, ” Risk factor of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Cukurova Region, Turkey ”, Transaction of Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 106,  186-190, 2012.
  • Demirci, B., Lee, Y., Lanzaro, G., Alten, ” Altitudinal genetic and morphometric variation among population of Culex theileri from northeastern Turkey ”, J. of Vector Ecol., 37 (1), 197-209, 2012.
  • Demirci, B., Lee, Y., Lanzaro, G., Alten, ” Identification and characterization of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) in Culex theileri Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) ”,J. Med. Entomol., 49 (3), 581-588, 2012.
  • Prudhomme, J., Gunay, F., Rahola, N., Ouanaimi, F., Guernaoui, S., Boumezzough, A., Banuls, AL., Sereno, D., Alten, ”Wing size and shape variation of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera:Psychodidae) populations from the south and north slopes of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, J. of Vector. Ecol., 37 (1), 137-146, 2012.
  • Ergunay, K., Erisoz Kasap, O., Kocak tufan, Z., Turan, M.H., Ozkul, A., Alten, ”Molecular evidence indicate Phlebotomus major sensu lato (Diptera:Psychodidae) as the vector species of the recently-identified Sandfly Fever Sicilian Virus (SFSV) variant: Sandfly Fever Turkey Virus (SFTV)”, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 12 (8), 690-698, 2012.
  • Oter,K., Gunay, F., Tuzer, E., Linton, Y.M., Bellini, R., Alten, “First record of Stegomyia albopicta in Turkey determined by active ovitrap surveillance and DNA barcoding” Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 13:10, 2013, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1093

2013

  • Akhoundi, M., Mirsaei, A., Baghaei, A., Alten, Depaquit, J., “Sand fly (Diptera:Psychodidae) distribution in the endemic and non-endemic foci of Visceral leishmaniasis in northwestern Iran” Journal of Vector Ecology, 38 (1): 97-104. 2013.
  • Erisoz Kasap, O., Votypka, J., Alten,  “The distribution of Phlebotomus major complex (Diptera:Psychodidae) in Turkey”, Acta Tropica, 127: 204-211, 2013.
  • Ergunay, K., Gunay, F., Oter, K., Erisoz Kasap, O., Orsten, S., Akkutay, A.Z., Erdem, H., Ozkul, A.,   Alten, “Arboviral surveillance of field-collected mosquitoes reveals circulation of West Nile Virus (WNV) Lineage 1 strains in Eastern Thrace, Turkey” Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2013,DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.128.
  • Alkan, C., Bichaud, L., de Lamballerie, X. d, Alten, Gould, E., Charrel, R.N. Sandfly-borne phleboviruses of Eurasia and Africa: epidemiology, genetic diversity, geographic range, control measures, Antiviral Research (2013), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.07.005
  • Erdem, K. Ergunay, A. Yilmaz, H. Naz, F. Akata, A. S. Inan, A. Ulcay, F. Guna, A. Ozkul8,B. Alten, V. Turhan, O. Oncul and L. Gorenek. Emergence and co-infections of West Nile virus and Toscana virus in Eastern Thrace, Turkey. Clinical Microbiology Infections (2013), DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12310

2014

  • Murat Ocal, Serra Orsten, A. Çağkan İnkay, Ezgi Yetim,  Pınar Acar, Sehnaz Alp, Ozge Erisoz Kasap,Filiz Gunay, Ethem M. Arsav, Bulent Alten , Aykut Ozkul, Durdal Us, Matthias Niedrig, Koray Ergunay. Ongoing activity of Toscana virus (TOSV) genotype A and West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 1 strains in Turkey: A clinical and field survey. Zoonoses and Public Health, 61, 480-491,  2014, doi: 10.1111/zph.12096
  • Medlock, J., Hansford, K., Van Bortel, W., Zeller, H.,Bulent Alten. A summary of the evidence for the change in European distribution of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae) (Review). Journal of Vector Ecology, 39 (1), 72-77, 2014.
  • Kasap Erisoz, O., Belen, A., Alken, C., Gunay, F., Dvorak, V., Ergunay, K., Aydın, S., Votypka, J., Banuls, A.L., Charrel, R., Ozkul, A., Ozel, Y., Volf, P., andBulent Alten . Phlebotomine sandflies on the crossroad of Anatolia: Transmitted diseases and vectors. Parasites and Vectors, 7, (Suppl 1): O21, 2014.
  • Bishaud, L., Alkan, C., Piorkowski, G., Zhioua, E., Bitam, I., Izri, A., Moin Vaziri, V.,Bulent Alten  Ozbel, Y., Kasap, O.E., Lamballerie, de X., Charrel, R. Virus discovery in sand flies, from field studies to phylogenetic tree building: classic methods versus novel methods, what do we need to address public health impact?    Parasites and Vectors, 7, (Suppl 1): O10, 2014.
  • Ergunay, K., Gunay, F., Erisoz Kasap, O., Oter, K., Gargari, S., Karaoglu, T., Tezcan, S., Cabalar, M., Yildirim, Y., Emekdas, G.,Bulent Alten, Ozkul, A. Widespread circulation of West Nile virus in Turkey. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(7): e3028. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003028, 2014.
  • Demirci, B., Durmaz, E.,Bulent Alten. Influence of Bloodmeal Source on Reproductive Output of the Potential West Nile Vector, Culex theileri (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ME13197, 2014.
  • Gunay, F., Karakus, M., Oguz, G., Dogan, M., Karakaya, Y., Ergan, G., Kaynas, S.,  Erisoz Kasap, Ozbel, T.,Bulent Alten. Evaluation of the efficacy of Olyset® Plus in a village-based cohort study in Cukurova Plain, Turkey in an area of hyperendemic cutaneous leishmaniasis. Journal of Vector Ecology. 39, 2,395-405, 2014.
  • Ergunay K, Erisoz Kasap O, Orsten S, Oter K, Gunay F, Akkutay Z, Dincer E, Alten B, Ozkul A. Phlebovirus and Leishmania detection in sandflies from eastern Thrace and northern Cyprus. Parasite and Vectors, 7, doi:10.1186/s13071-014-0575-6, 2014.

2015

  • Gunay, F.,Bulent Alten, Simsek, F., Aldemir, A., Linton, Y-M. Barcoding Turkish Culex mosquitoes to facilitate arsovirus incrimination studies reveals hidden biodiversity and new potential vectors. Acta Tropica, 143:112-120, 2015.       ( doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.10.013. Epub 2014 Oct 25.)
  • Prudhomme, J., Toty, C., Erisoz Kasap, O., Rahola, N., Vergnes, B.,Bulent Alten, Sereno, D., Banuls, AL. Sixteen microsatellitte loci for genetic studies of Phlebotomus ariasi. Acta Tropica, 142, 79-85, 2015. (doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.10.016. Epub 2014 Nov 1.)
  • Alkan, C., Alwassouf, S., Piorkowski, G., Bichaud, L., Tezcan, S., Dincer, E., Ergunay, K., Ozbel, Y.,  Bulent Alten, De Lambbalerie, X., Charrel, R. Isolation, genetic characterization and seroprevalence of Adana virus a novel phlebovirus belonging to the Salehabad virus complex in Turkey, Journal of Virology. J Virol. 2015 Feb 4. pii: JVI.03027-14.
  • Bulent Alten, Yusuf Ozbel, Koray Ergunay, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Benjamin Cull, Maria Antoniou, Enkelejda Velo, Jorian Prudhomme, Ricardo Molina, Anne-Laure Bañuls, Francis Schaffner, Guy Hendrickx, Wim Van Borteland Jolyon Medlock. Sampling strategies for phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae) in Europe. Bulletin Entomological Research.   doi:10.1017/S0007485315000127
  • Jorian Prudhomme, Nil Rahola, Celine Toty, Cecile Cassan, David Roiz, Baptiste Vergnes, Magali Thierry, Jean-Antoine Rioux,Bulent Alten, Denis Sereno and A-L. Banuls. Ecology and spatiotemporal dynamics of sandflies in the Mediterranean Languedoc Region (Roquedur area, Gand, France) Parasite and Vectors. 2015 Dec 18;8(1):642. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1250-2.
  • Sarı B.,Limoncu M.E.,Balcıoğlu I.C.,Aldemir A.,Tasçı G.T., Kılıç Y.,Töz S., Demirci B., Demir S., Erişoz Kasap O., Ölgen M.K., Özbel Y. Seroepidemiological And Entomological Survey in a New Focus of Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis in Kars Province Northeastern Turkey. Veterinary Parasitology, 209(3-4), 179-187., Doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.02.02. 2015.

2016

  • Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Vit Dvorak, Jerome Depaquit,Bulent Alten, Jan Votypka, Petr Volf. Paleobiogeography of the subgenus Transphlebotomus Artemiev with description of two new species, Phlebotomus anatolicus n.sp.  and Phlebotomus killicki n. sp. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 34:467-2015. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.05.025
  • Bulent Alten; Carla Maia; Odete Afonso; Lenea Campino; Maribel Jiménez; Estela González; Ricardo Molina; Anne Laure Bañuls; Jorian Prudhomme; Baptiste Vergnes; Celine Toty; Cécile Cassan; Magali Thierry; Denis Sereno; Gioia Bongiorno; Riccardo Bianchi; Cristina Khoury; Nikolaos Tsirigotakis; Emmanouil Dokianakis; Maria Antoniou; Vasiliki Christodoulou; Apostolos Mazeris; Mehmet Karakus; Yusuf Ozbel; Suha K. Arserim; Ozge Erisoz Kasap; Filiz Gunay; Gizem Oguz; Sinan Kaynas; Nikoloz Tsertsvadze; Lamzira Tskhvaradze; Ekaterina Giorgobiani; Marina Gramiccia; Petr Volf; Luigi Gradoni. Seasonal dynamics of phlebotomine sand fly species proven vectors of Mediterranean leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10,2, DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004458
  • Cigdem Alkan,Bulent Alten, Xavier de Lamballerie, Remi Charrel. Sandfly-borne phlebovirus isolations from Turkey: new insight into the Sandfly Fever Sicilian and Sandfly Fever Naples species. PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease 10, 3 , DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004519 , 2016
  • W. Senghor, A.A. Niang, J. Depaquit, M.N. Faye, H. Ferte, O. Gaye, E. Elguero,Bulent Alten, U. Perktas, C. Cassan, B. Faye, A-L. Banuls. Transmission of Leishmania infantum in the Canine Leishmaniasis focus of Mont-Rolland, Senegal: Ecological, Parasitological and molecular evidence for a possible role of Sergentomyia sand flies PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 10,11, 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004940., 2016
  • Mert Dogan, Filiz Gunay, Arianna Puggioli, Fabrizio Balestrino, Ceren Oncu,Bulent Alten and Romeo Bellini. Establishment of a satellite rearing facility to support the release of sterile Aedes albopictus males. I. Optimization of mass rearing parameters. Acta Tropica. 159, 62-68, DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.03.32, 2016.
  • Mehmet Karakus, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Filiz Gunay, Gizem Oguz, Samiye Demir, Aslı Suner,Bulent Alten, Yusuf Ozbel. Effects of Ervironmental Factors and Storage Conditions on the performance of Olyset (R) Plus against sand flies in WHO cone bioassays: WHO approved cone test on sand flies. Parasite and Vectors. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 110,4, 252-257, 2016.
  • Mehmet Karakus, Yasemen Sarikaya, Gizem Oguz, Mert Dogan, Gökhan Ergan, Filiz Gunay, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Yusuf Özbel, Bulent Alten. Assessment of diagnostic doses for widely used synthetic pyrethroids (Deltamethrin and Permethrin) in an endemic focus of leishmaniasis in Turkey. Parasites and Vectors, 9, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1812-y, 2016.
  • Mehmet Karakus, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Filiz Gunay, Gizem Oguz, Samiye Demir, Aslı Suner,Bulent Alten, Yusuf Ozbel. Effects of Ervironmental Factors and Storage Conditions on the performance of Olyset (R) Plus against sand flies in WHO cone bioassays: WHO approved cone test on sand flies. Parasite and Vectors. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 110,4, 252-257, 2016.
  • Bulent Alten, Veerle Verstreit, Wim Van Bortel, Herve Zeller, William Wint and Neil Stewart Alexander. Vbornet Gap Analysis: Sand fly vector distribution models utilised to identify areas of potential species distribution in areas lacking records. Open Health Data. 4:e5, doi:10.5334/ohd.26. 2016
  • Koray Ergunay, Nadine Litzba, Annika Brinkmann, Filiz Funay, Sırrı Kar, Kerem Oter, Serra Orsten, Yasemen Sarikaya,Bulent Alten, Andreas Nitsche, Yvonne-Marie Linton. Isolation and characterization of Culex theileri flaviviruses in field collected mosquitoes from Turkey. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 46, 138-147, DOI:10.1016/j.meegid.2016.11.008, 2016.

2017

  • Hartwig Huemer, Jorian Prudhomme, Fatima Amaro, Amal Baklouti, Gernot Walder,Bulent Alten, Sara Moutailler, Koray Ergunay, Remi N. Charrel, Nazlı Ayhan. Practical guidlines for studies on sandfly-Borne flaviviruses: Part II: Important points to Consider for fieldwork and subsequent virological screening. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 17,1, 73-80 ,DOI:10.1089/vbz.2016.1965, 2017.
  • Nazlı Ayhan, Amal Baklouti, Jorian Prudhomme, Gernot Walder, Fatima Amaro,Bulent Alten, Sara Moutailler, Koray Ergunay, Remi N. Charrel, Hartwig Huemer. Practical guidlines for studies on sandfly-Borne flaviviruses: Part I: Important points to Consider Ante field work Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 17,1, 81-90,DOI:10.1089/vbz.2016.1957, 2017.
  • Koray Ergunay, Annika Brinkmann, Nadine Litzba, Filiz Gunay, Sırrı Kar, Kerem Oter, Serra Orsten,Yasemen Sarikaya,Bulent Alten, Andreas Nitsche, Yvonne-Marie Linton. A novel rhabdovirus, related to Merida virus, in field-collected mosquitoes from Anatolia and Thrace. Archives of Virology. doi.: 10.1007/s00705-017-3314-4. 2017
  • Koray Ergunay, Nadine Litzba, Annika Brinkmann, Filiz Gunay, Yasemen Sarikaya, Sırrı Kar, Serra Orsten, Kerem Oter, Cristina Domingo, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Aykut Özkul, Andres Nitsche,Bulent Alten, Yvonne-Marie Linton. Co-circulation of West Nile virus and distinct insect-specific flaviviruses in Turkey. Parasites and Vectors. 10 (1). doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2087-7. 2017
  • Jose Risueno, Clara Munoz, Pedro Perez-Cutillas, Elena Goyena, Moises Gonzalves, Maria Ortuno, Luis Jesus Bernal, Juana Ortiz,Bulent Alten, Eduardo Berriatua. Understanding Phlebotomus perniciosus abundance in southern Spain; assessing the role of environmental and anthropic factors. Parasite and Vectors. 10(1), doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2087-7. 2017.
  • Cigdem Alkan, Vahideh Moin Vaziri, Bulent Alten, Xavier de Lamballerie, Remi Charrel. Isolation and sequencing of Dashli virus, a novel Sicilian-like virus in sand flies from Iran; genetic and phylogenetic evidence for the creation of a novel species within the Phlebovirus genus in the Bunyaviridae family. PLOS  Neglected Tropical Diseases. (11) 12:   10.1371/journal.pntd.0005978
  • Nazlı Ayhan,Bulent Alten, Vladimir Ivovic, Vit Dvorak, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Franjo Martinkovic, Jasmin Omeragic, Jovana Stefanovska, Dusan Petric, Slavica Vaselek, Devrim Baymak, Petr Volf, Remi N. Charrel. Direct Evidence for an expanded circulation area of the recently identified Balkan virus (Sandfly fever Naples virus species) in several countries of the Balkan archipelago. Parasite and Vectors, 10, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2334.y. 2017
  • Nazlı Ayhan,Bulent Alten, Vladimir Ivovic, Franjo Martinkovic, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Franjo Martinkovic, Yusuf Ozbel,  Remi N. Charrel. Co-circulation of two lineages of Toscana Virus in Croatia. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 5, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00336. 2017
  • Slavica Vaselek, Nazli Ayhan, Gizem Oguz, Ozge Erisoz kasap, Sara Savic, Trentina Di Muccio, Luigi Gradoni, Yusuf Ozbel,Bulent Alten, Dusan Petric. Sand fly and Leishmania sp. survey in Vojvodina (Serbia): First detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in sand flies and first record of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) mascittii Grassi, 1908. Parasite and Vectors, 10(1) DOI:10.1186/s13071-017-2386.z. 2017.
  • Gizem Oğuz,Bulent Alten, Ozge Erisoz Kasap. Variations in wing morphology of a natural population of Phlebotomus tobbi Adler&Theodor, the proven vector of Leishmania infantum in Turkey. Journal of Vector Ecology.42 (2), 223-232, doi: 10.1111/jvec.12262.2017.
  • Munoz-Hernandez, C., Rusieno, J., Yilmaz, A.,  Munoz, C., Perez-Cutillas, P., Goyena, E., Ortuno, M., Bernal, L.J., Ortiz, J.,Bulent Alten, Berriatua, E. Phlebotomus perniciosus sand flies investigations in rural Spain reveal strongly aggregated and gender-specific spatial distribution and advocate for using light-attraction traps. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. doi: 10.1111/mve.12275. 2017.
  • Karakus, M., Saygili, B., Kalkan, S.O., Ozdemir, G., Oguz, G., Erisoz Kasap, O.,Bulent Alten, Ozbel, Y. Identification of midgut bacteriel diversity of different population of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Turkey. NATURE Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13948-2. 2017.
  • Failloux A.B., Bouattour A., Faraj., Gunay F. et al. (2017). Surveillance of Arthropod-Borne Viruses and Their Vectors in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Regions Within the MediLabSecure Network. Review. Current Tropical Medicine Reports, 4, 27-39. Doi: 1007/s40475-017-0101-y.

2018

  • Oncu, C., Brinkmann, A., Gunay, F., Kar, S., Oter, K., Sarikaya, Y., Nitsche, A., Linton, Y.M.,Bulent Alten, Ergunay, K. West Nile virus, Anopheles flavivirus, a novel flavivirus as well as Merida-like rhabdovirus Turkey in field-collected mosquitoes from Thrace and Anatolia. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 57, 36-45, doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2017.11.003, 2018.
  • Tsirigotakis, N., Pavlou, C., Christodoulou, V., Dokianakis, E., Kourouniotis, C.,Bulent Alten, Antoniou, M. Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae) in the Aegean islands: ecological approaches. Parasites and Vectors. 11, DOI: 11.1186/s13071-018-2680-4. 2018.
  • Altinli, M., Gunay, F., Alten, B., Weill, M., Sicard M. Wolbachia diversity and cytoplasmic incompatibility patterns in Culex pipens populations in Turkey. Parasites and Vectors. 11(1), DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-2777-9. 2018.
  • Pudar, D. Petric,D., Allene,X.,Bulent Alten, Ayhan, N., Cvetkovikj, A., Garros, C., Goletic, T.,  Gunay, F., Hlavackova, K., et al. An update of the Culicoides (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) checklist for the Balkans.  Parasites and Vectors. 11. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3051-x. 2018.
  • Medlock, J., Balenghien, T.,Bulent Alten, Versteirt, V., Schaffner, F. Field sampling methods for mosquitoes, sandflies, biting midges and ticks, Technical Report. European Centre for disease Prevention and Control, European Food Safety Authority. Vectornet Project 2014-2018. Stockholm and Parma. ECDC and EFSA. doi: 10.2900/416333. 2018.
  • Jourdain, F., Picard, M., Sulesco T., Haddad, N., Harrat, Z., Sawalha, S.S., Gunay, F., Kanani, K., Shaibi, T., Akhramenko, D., Sarih, M., Velo, E., Paronyan, L., Pajovic, I., Faraj, C., Sikharulidze, I., Putkaradze, D., Maric, J., Bosevska, G., Janceska, E., Bouattour, A., Hamidi, A., Sherifi, K., Bulent Alten, Petric, D., Robert, V. Identification of mosquitoes (Diptera:Culicidae) : an external quality assessment of medical entomology laboratories in the MediLabSecure Network. Parasites and Vectors, 11,  doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3127-7. 2018.
  • Karakus, M., Arserim, S.K., Erişöz Kasap, O., Pekağırbaş, M., Aküzüm, D., Bulent Alten, Töz, S., Özbel, Y. Vector and reservoir surveillance study in a canine and human leishmaniasis endemic area in bost western part of Turkey, Karaburun. Acta Tropica. Doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.11.020. 2018.
  • Wint, G.R.V., Bulent Alten, Balenghien, T., Berriauta, E., Braks, M., Medlock, J., Petric, D., Schaffner, F., D’hollander, S., Gossner, C.M., Briet, O.J.T., Ducheyne. The importance of vector abundance and seasonality. Vectornet Project 2014-2018. Stockholm and Parma. ECDC and EFSA. doi: 10.2900/37171. 2018.

2019

  • Akiner, M., Ozturk, M, Baser, AB, Gunay, F., Emanet, N, Bulent Alten, Linton, YM, Ergunay, K. Ongoing activity of invasive aedes species in Northern Anatolia: lack of Chikungunya despite West Nile virus circulation. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 79, 87, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.219. 2019.
  • Erguler, K., Pontiki, I., Zittis, G., Proestos, Y., Christodoulou, V., Tsirigotakis, N., Antoniou, M., Erisoz Kasap, O., Bulent Alten, Lelieveld, J. A climate-driven and field data-assimilated population dynamics model of sand flies. NATURE-Scientific Reports. 9, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38994-w. 2019.
  • Cazan, C.D., Pastrav, I.R., Györke, A., Oguz, G., Bulent Alten, Mihalca, A.D. Seasonal dynamics of a population of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) perfiliewi Parrot, 1930 (Diptera:Psychodidade) in North-Eastern Romania. Parasitology Research. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06296-9. 2019.
  • Jourdain, F., Samy, A.M., Hamidi, A., Bouattour, A., Bulent Alten, Faraj, C., Roiz, D., Petric, D., Perez-Ramirez, E., Velo, E., Günay, F., Bosevska, G., Salem, I., Pajovic, I., Maric, J., Kanani, K., Paronyan, L., Dente, M.G., Picard, M., Zgomba, M., Sarih, M., Haddad, N., Gaidash, O., Sukhiasvii, R., Declich, S., Shaibi, T., Sulesco, T., Harrat, Z., Ro.ert, V. Entomological surveillance in the Mediterranean area: on the way towards harmanisation. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007314. 2019.
  • Cazan, C.D., Pastrav, I.R., Ionica, A.M., Oguz, G., Erisoz Kasap, O., Dvorak, V., Halada, P., Dumitrache, M.O., Volf, P., Alten, B., Mihalca, A.D. Updates on the distribution and diversity of sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae) in Romania. Parasite and Vectors. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3507-7. 2019.
  • Vaselek, S., Dvorak, V., Hlavackova, K., Ayhan, N., Halada, P., Oguz, G., Ivovic, V., Ozbel, Y., Charrel, R.N., Alten, B., Petric, D. A survey of sand flies (Diptera:Phlebotomine) along recurrent transit routes in Serbia. Acta Tropica. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105063. 2019.
  • Akıner, M., Öztürk, M., Başer, A.B., Günay, F., Hacıoğlu, S., Brinkmann, A., Emanet, N., Bulent Alten, Özkul, A., Nitsche, A., Linton, Y.M., Ergünay, K. A. Arboviral screening of invasive Aedes species in northeastern Turkey: West Nile virus circulation and detection of insect-orly virus. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. doi: 10.137/journal.pntd.0007334. 2
  • Erisoz Kasap O,Linton YM, Karakus M, Ozbel Y, Alten B. Revision of the species composition and distribution of Turkish sand flies using DNA barcodes. Parasit Vectors. 2019 Aug 22;12(1):410. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3669-3.
  • Prudhomme J,Velo E, Bino S, Kadriaj P, Mersini K, Gunay F, Alten B.  Altitudinal variations in wing morphology of Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in Albania, the region where it was first recorded in Europe.  2019;26:55. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2019053. Epub 2019 Sep 6
  • Sherpa S, Gueguen M, Renaud J, Blum MGB, Gaude T, Laporte F, Akiner M, Alten B, Aranda C, Barre-Cardi H, Bellini R, Bengoa Paulis M, Chen XG, Eritja R, Flacio E, Foxi C, Ishak IH, Kalan K, Kasai S, Montarsi F, Pajovic I, Petric D, Termine R, Turic N, Vazquez-Prokopec GM, Velo E, Vignjevic G, Zhou XH, Despres L. Predicting the success of an invader: Niche shift versus niche conservatism. Ecology and Evolution. 2019. doi:1002/ece3.5734
  • Jourdain, F., Samy, A.M., Hamidi, A., Bouattour, A.,Bulent Alten, Faraj, C., Roiz, D., Petric, D., Perez-Ramirez, E., Velo, E., Günay, F., Bosevska, G., Salem, I., Pajovic, I., Maric, J., Kanani, K., Paronyan, L., Dente, M.G., Picard, M., Zgomba, M., Sarih, M., Haddad, N., Gaidash, O., Sukhiasvii, R., Declich, S., Shaibi, T., Sulesco, T., Harrat, Z., Robert, V.  Towards harmonisation of entomological surveillance in the Mediterranean area PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007314, 2019.
  • Muja-Bajraktari N., Zhushi-Etemi F., Dikolli-Velo E., Kadriaj P., Gunay F. The composition, diversity, and distribution of mosquito fauna (Diptera: Culicidae) in Kosovo. Journal of Vector Ecology, Doi: 10.1111/jvec.12333. 2019.

 2020

  •  Prudhomme, J., De Meeus, T., Toty, C., Cassan, C., Rahola, N., Vergnes, B., Charrel, R.,Alten, B.,  Sereno, D., Banuls, A-L. Altitude and hillside orientation shapes the population structure of the Leishmania infantum vector Phlebotomus ariasi. Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 10.1038/s41598-020-71319-w, 2020.
  • Bellini, R., Michaelakis, A., Petric, D., Schaffnerr, F.,Alten, B.,  Angelini, P., Aranda, C., Becker, N., Carrieri, M., Di Luca, M. Practical management plan for invasive mosquito species in Europe: I. Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 35, doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101691, 2020.
  • Vaselek, S., Oguz, G., Ayhan, N., Ozbel, Y., Kadriaj, P., Cupina, A.I., Velo, E., Muja, N., Baymak, D., Alishani, M., Petric, D.,  Volf, P., Dvorak, V.,Alten, B.  Sandfly surveillance and investigation of Leishmania spp. DNA in sandflies in Kosovo. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. doi: 10.1111/mve.12451, 2020.
  • Ozbel, Y., Oguz, G., Arserim, S.K., Kasap, O.E., Karaoglu, B., Yilmaz, A., Emanet, N., Gunay, F., Hacioglu, S., Demirok, M.C.,Alten, B.,  Ergunay, K. The initial detection of Toscana virus in phlebotomine sandflies from Turkey. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. doi: 10.1111/mve.12450 2020.
  • Dvorak, V., Kasap, OE., Ivovic, V., Mikov, O., Stefanovska, J., Martinkovic, F., Omeragic, J., Pajovic, I., Baymak, D., Oguz, G., Hlavackova, K., Gresova, M., Gunay, F., Vaselek, S., Ayhan, N., Lestinova, T., Cvetkovikj, A., Soldo, DK., Katerinova, I., Tchakarova, S., Yilmaz, A., Karaoglu, B., Iranzo, JR., Kadriaj, P., Velo, E., Ozbel, Y., Petric, D., Volf, P., Alten, B. Sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae) in eight Balkan countries: historical review and region-wide entomological survey. Parasites & Vectors. 13, 1. 2020. Doi: 1186/s13071-020-04448-w
  • Wint W., Petric D., Caputo B., Erguler K., Gunay F., et al. (2020). A questionnaire-based survey of surveillance and management of Aedes invasive mosquitoes in Europe. Technical Report. AIMCOST Action CA17108, University la Sapienza, Rome. Doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27722.80323

2021

  •  Ayhan, N., Alten, B., Ivovic, V., Cvetkovikj, A., Stefanovska, J., Martinkovic, F., Piorkowski, G., Moureau, G., Gould, EA., Pettersson, JHO., de Lamballerie, X., Charell, RN. Field survey in Croatia and North Macedonia reveal two novel phleboviruses circulating in sandflies. Journal of General Virology. 102, 11, 2021. Doi: 1099/jgv.0.001674.
  • Sulesco, T., Kasap, OE., Halada, P., Oguz, G., Rusnac, D., Gresova, M., Alten, B., Volf, P., Dvorak, V. Phlebotomine sand fly survey in the Republic of Moldova: species composition, distribution and host preferences. Parasites & Vectors. 14, 1, 2021. Doi: 1186/s13071-021-04858-4
  • Cazan, CD., Sandor, AD., Kasap, OE., Alten, B., Mihalca, AD. Sand fly fauna of South-Eastern Romania, with the description of Phlebotomus (Transphlebotomus) simonahalepae n. sp. (Diptera:Psychodidae). Parasits& Vectors. 14, 1, 2021. Doi: 1186/s13071-021-04929-6
  • Korkmaz, C., Alten, B., Erol, U., Deniz, A. Updated checklist of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of Turkey with ten new records. Journal of Vector Ecology. 46, 2, pp. 124-136, 2021. Doi: 52707/1081-1710-46.2.124
  • Pekağırbas M., Karakuş M., Erişöz Kasap Ö., Demir S., Nalçacı M, Töz S., Eren H., Özbel Y. Investigation of Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) Fauna, Seasonal Dynamics, and Natural Leishmania spp. Infection in Muğla, Southwest of Turkey. Acta Tropica, 216. Doi: 1016/j.actatropica.2021.105827. 2021.

2022

  •  Muja-Bajraktari N, Kadriaj P, Zhushi-Etemi F, Sherifi K, Alten B, Petrić D, et al. (2022) The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) in Kosovo: First record. PLoS ONE 17(3), 2022: e0264300. Doi: 1371/journal.pone.0264300.
  • Miranda M.A et al. (2022). AIMSurv: First pan-European harmonized surveillance of Aides invasive mosquito species of relevance for human vector-borne diseases. Gigabyte, 1-13, doi:10.46471/gigabyte.57, 2022.
  • Kamil Erguler, Jacop Mendel, Dusan Veljko Petric, Mina Petric, Mihaela Kavran, Murat Can Demirok, Filiz Gunay, Pantelis Georgiades, Bulent Alten and Jos Lelieveld.A dynamically structured matrix population model for insect life histories observed under variable environmental conditions. Scientific Reports. 12:11587, dot: 10.1038/s41598-022-15806-2, 2022.
  • Rahola, N. et al. Assessment of expertise in morphological identification of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) using photomicrographs -Web of science core collection. Parasite. 29, doi: 10.1051/parasite/2022045, 2022.

2023

  • Gizem Oguz, Hayriye Akel Bilgic, Cagatay Karaaslan, Hatice Mergen, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Bulent Alten. Differential expression of Phlebotomus tobbi Adler, Theodor & Louire, 1930 (Diptera:Psychodidae) genes under different environmental condition. Acta Tropica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106808. 2023.
  • Metin Pekagirbas, Mehmet Karakus, Ayda Yilmaz, Ozge Erişöz Kasap, Sevgi Sevsay,  Yusuf Ozbel, Seray Toz, Salih Dogan. Two parasitic mite species on Phlebotominae sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Türkiye:Biskratrombium persicum (Microtrombidiidae) and Eustigmaeus johnstoni (Stigmaeidae). Acarogical Studies. 5 (1): 11-16. 2023. doi: 10.47121/acarolstud.1209774
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  • Wint G.R. William, Balenghien Thomas, Berriatua Eduardo, Braks Marieta, Marsboom Cedric, Medlock Jolyon, Schaffner Francis, Van Bortel Wim, Alexander Neil, Alten Bulent, Czwienczek Ewelina, Dhollander Sofie, Ducheyne Els, Gossner Celine M., Hansford Kayleigh, Hendrickx Guy, Honrubia Hector, Matheussen Tom, Mihalca Andrei Daniel, Petric Dusan, Richardson Jane, Sprong Hein, Versteirt Veerle, Briet Olivier. VectorNet: collaborative mapping of arthropod disease vectors in Europe and surrounding areas since 2010. Euro Surveill. 2023;28(26):pii=2200666. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.26.2200666.
  • Christou, M., Koyutourk, B., Yetismis, K., Martinou, A.F., Christodoulou, V., Koliou, M., Antoniou, M., Pavlou, C., Ozbel, Y., Kasap, O.E., Alten, B., Georgiades, P., Georgiou, G.K., Christoudias, T., Proestos, Y., Lelieveld, J., Erguler, K., Entomological surveillance and spatiotemporal risk assessment of sand fly-borne diseases in Cyprus, Current Research in Parasitology and Vector- Borne Diseases (2023), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2023.100152.

  • Edwin Kniha, Vít Dvořák, Stephan Koblmüller, Jorian Prudhomme, Vladimir Ivović, Ina Hoxha, Sandra Oerther, Anna Heitmann, Renke Lühken, Anne-Laure Bañuls, Denis Sereno, Alice Michelutti, Federica Toniolo, Pedro M. Alarcón-Elbal, Daniel Bravo-Barriga Mikel A. González, Javier Lucientes, Vito Colella, Domenico Otranto, Marcos Bezarra Santos, Gernot Kunz, Adelheid G. Obwaller, Jerome Depaquit, Amer Alić, Ozge Erisoz-Kasap, Bulent Alten, Jasmin Omeragic, Petr Volf, Julia Walochnik, Viktor Sebestyén, Attila J. Trájer. Reconstructing the post-glacial spread of the sand fly Phlebotomus mascittii Grassi, 1908 (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Europe. Nature Communications Biology. 2023. 10.1038/s42003-023-05616-1

  • Basak Ezgi Sarac, Cagatay Karaaslan, Ali Doruk Uzunkaya, Ayda Yilmaz, Bulent Alten, Slavica Vaselek. Identification of Ochrobactrum as a bacteria with transstadial transmission and potential for application in paratransgenic control of leishmaniasis. Parasitology Research. doi.org/10.1007/s00436-023-08087-9. 2023.2024.

2024

  • Slavica Vaselek and Bulent Alten. The corelation between nutrition, Phlebotomus papatasi sand fly development and microbiome. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 2024. (Accepted).
  • Zafer Sakaci, Sengul Talay, Kamil Ergular, Adil Korkmaz, Deniz Sirin, Aylin Er, Bulent Alten, Sirri Kar. Interindividual variation among Culex pipiens larvae in terms of thermal response. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 2024. doi: 10.1111/mve.12709

 

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