About the Authors

Nurettin Canakoglu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, Department of Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

Engin Berber

Affiliations Department of Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey, Department of Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Sukru Tonbak

Affiliation Department of Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

Mustafa Ertek

Affiliation Refik Saydam National Public Health Agency, Ankara, Turkey

Ibrahim Sozdutmaz

Affiliation Department of Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Munir Aktas

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

Ahmet Kalkan

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

Aykut Ozdarendeli

aozdarendeli@erciyes.edu.tr, aozdarendeli@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, Department of Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AO NC EB. Performed the experiments: NC EB AO ST IS. Analyzed the data: NC EB AO ST IS ME MA AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NC EB AO ST IS ME MA AK. Wrote the paper: AO NC EB.