About the Authors

Teha Shumbej

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Laboratory, Butajira Hospital, Butajira, Ethiopia

Tariku Belay

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

Zeleke Mekonnen

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

Tamirat Tefera

tamirat.tefera@ju.edu.et

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

Endalew Zemene

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS TB EZ. Performed the experiments: TS TT ZM. Analyzed the data: TT EZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS TB ZM. Wrote the paper: TS TB ZM TT EZ. Critically reviewed the manuscript for intellectual content: ZM.