About the Authors

Zeleke Mekonnen

Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Selima Meka

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Mio Ayana

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Pathology, College of Public Health and Medical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Johannes Bogers

Affiliation Applied Molecular Biology Research (AMBIOR) Group, Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium

Jozef Vercruysse

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Bruno Levecke

bruno.levecke@ugent.be

Affiliation Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZM BL JB JV. Performed the experiments: ZM SM MA BL. Analyzed the data: ZM BL. Wrote the paper: ZM BL.