About the Authors

Aysel Ozpinar

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

Fahrettin Kelestimur

Affiliation School of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey

Yildiran Songur

Affiliation School of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

Ozge Can

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

Liza Valentin

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Sciences, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kathleen Caldwell

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Sciences, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ender Arikan

Affiliation Acibadem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Ibrahim Unsal

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

Mustafa Serteser

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

Tamer Inal

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

Yigit Erdemgil

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

Abdurrahman Coskun

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

Nadi Bakirci

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

Ozlem Sezgin

Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey, Acibadem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Ben Blount

bkb3@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Laboratory Sciences, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AO OC LV BB. Performed the experiments: AO FK YS OC LV KC EA IU MS TI YE AC NB OS BB. Analyzed the data: AO FK YS OC LV KC EA IU MS TI YE AC NB OS BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO FK YS OC LV KC EA IU MS TI YE AC NB OS BB. Wrote the paper: AO FK YS OC LV KC EA IU MS TI YE AC NB OS BB.