About the Authors

Elif Karaaslan

Contributed equally to this work with: Elif Karaaslan, Nesibe Selma Çetin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Current address: The Special Pathogens Branch, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Beykoz Institute of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey

Nesibe Selma Çetin

Contributed equally to this work with: Elif Karaaslan, Nesibe Selma Çetin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Beykoz Institute of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey

Merve Kalkan-Yazıcı

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Beykoz Institute of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey

Sevde Hasanoğlu

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Beykoz Institute of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey

Faruk Karakeçili

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Erzincan University School of Medicine, Erzincan, Turkey

Aykut Özdarendeli

Roles Methodology, Validation

Affiliations Erciyes University Vectors and Vector Borne Diseases Implementation and Research Center, Kayseri, Turkey; Department of Microbiology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Ahmet Kalkan

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

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

Ali Osman Kılıç

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

Mehmet Ziya Doymaz

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mzdoymaz@bezmialem.edu.tr

Affiliations Beykoz Institute of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.