About the Authors

Muhammet M. Akiner

Affiliation Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Fener, Rize, Turkey

Berna Demirci

Affiliation Kafkas University, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Kars, Turkey

Giorgi Babuadze

Affiliation Division of Virology and Molecular Biology, National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), Tbilisi, Georgia

Vincent Robert

Affiliation Research Unit MIVEGEC, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France

Francis Schaffner

fschaffner@avia-gis.com

Affiliation Avia-GIS, Zoersel, Belgium

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Francis Schaffner is employed by the private company Avia-GIS, performing consultancy about vector surveillance and control, and producing software to support vector surveillance and mapping.