About the Authors

Abraham Degarege

abrahamdegarege@yahoo.com

Affiliations Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Zeleke Mekonnen

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

Bruno Levecke

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

Mengistu Legesse

Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Yohannes Negash

Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Jozef Vercruysse

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

Berhanu Erko

Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD BE ML ZM. Performed the experiments: AD ML BE YN. Analyzed the data: AD BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD BE ML ZM BL JV. Wrote the paper: AD BE ML ZM BL JV YN.