About the Authors

Mustafa Aksoy

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Harran University School of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey

Nebiye Doni

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

Hatice Uce Ozkul

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Yuzuncu Yıl University School of Medicine, Van, Turkey

Yavuz Yesilova

yavuzyesilova@gmail.com (YY); abhay.satoskar@osumc.edu (ARS)

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Health Sciences University, Van Training and Research Hospital, Dermatology Clinic, Van, Turkey

Nurittin Ardic

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

Abdullah Yesilova

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Yuzuncu Yıl University School of Medicine, Van, Turkey

Jennifer Ahn-Jarvis

Affiliation Biosciences, College of Dentistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Steve Oghumu

Affiliation Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Cesar Terrazas

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Abhay R. Satoskar

yavuzyesilova@gmail.com (YY); abhay.satoskar@osumc.edu (ARS)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA ND YY. Performed the experiments: MA ND YY. Analyzed the data: HUO YY NA AY JAJ CT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HUO YY NA AY. Wrote the paper: YY SO CT ARS.