About the Authors
- Lela Urushadze
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* E-mail: lelincdc@gmail.com
Affiliations National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Ying Bai
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Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Lynn Osikowicz
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Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Clifton McKee
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Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Ketevan Sidamonidze
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Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Davit Putkaradze
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Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Paata Imnadze
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Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Andrei Kandaurov
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Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Ivan Kuzmin
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Michael Kosoy
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Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Disease, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LU YB PI MK. Performed the experiments: LU YB LO CM AK IK KS DP MK. Analyzed the data: LU YB LO CM AK IK PI MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LU IK KS PI MK. Wrote the paper: LU LO CM AK IK MK.