About the Authors

Christos Hadjichristodoulou

xhatzi@med.uth.gr

Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Spyros Pournaras

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Maria Mavrouli

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Andriani Marka

Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Persefoni Tserkezou

Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Agoritsa Baka

Affiliation Hellenic Centre for Disease Control & Prevention (KEELPNO), Athens, Greece

Charalambos Billinis

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece

Antonios Katsioulis

Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Anna Psaroulaki

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geogrphical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Anna Papa

Affiliation National Reference Center for Arboviruses, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Nikos Papadopoulos

Affiliation Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, School of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

Zissis Mamuris

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Athanasios Tsakris

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Jenny Kremastinou

Affiliation Hellenic Centre for Disease Control & Prevention (KEELPNO), Athens, Greece

MALWEST Project

Partnership of the MALWEST Project is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH SP AM JK AB. Performed the experiments: CH AM A. Psaroulaki SP A. Papa AT. Analyzed the data: CH AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP MM A. Papa AT. Wrote the paper: CH CB PT. Provided expertise and editing: SP A. Psaroulaki NP ZM A. Papa.