About the Authors

Seray Ozensoy Toz

Affiliation Ege University, Medical School Department of Parasitology, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

Gulnaz Culha

Affiliation Mustafa Kemal University, Medical School Department of Parasitology, Hatay, Turkey

Fadile Yıldız Zeyrek

Affiliation Harran University, Medical School Department of Microbiology, Sanliurfa, Turkey

Hatice Ertabaklar

Affiliation Adnan Menderes University, Medical School Department of Parasitology, Aydın, Turkey

M. Ziya Alkan

Affiliation Ege University, Medical School Department of Parasitology, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

Aslı Tetik Vardarlı

Affiliation Ege University, Medical School Department of Medical Biology, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

Cumhur Gunduz

Affiliation Ege University, Medical School Department of Medical Biology, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

Yusuf Ozbel

yusuf.ozbel@ege.edu.tr

Affiliation Ege University, Medical School Department of Parasitology, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SOT YO MZA. Performed the experiments: ATV SOT CG. Analyzed the data: CG MZA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FYZ HE GC. Wrote the paper: SOT YO MZA CG.