About the Authors

Habtamu Bedimo Beyene

habtish1976@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Melkamu Bedimo Beyene

Affiliation Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Yehenew Asmamaw Ebstie

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Zelalem Desalegn

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HBB. Performed the experiments: HBB MBB. Analyzed the data: HBB MBB YA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZD. Wrote the paper: HBB YA ZD.