About the Authors

Desalegn Nega

desalegn24@gmail.com

Affiliation Malaria and Other Vector-Borne Parasitic Diseases Research Team, Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ashenafi Assefa

Affiliation Malaria and Other Vector-Borne Parasitic Diseases Research Team, Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Hussein Mohamed

Affiliation Malaria and Other Vector-Borne Parasitic Diseases Research Team, Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Hiwot Solomon

Affiliation Malaria research team, disease prevention and control directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Adugna Woyessa

Affiliation Malaria and Other Vector-Borne Parasitic Diseases Research Team, Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Yibeltal Assefa

Affiliation Malaria and Other Vector-Borne Parasitic Diseases Research Team, Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Amha Kebede

Affiliation Malaria and Other Vector-Borne Parasitic Diseases Research Team, Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Moges Kassa

Affiliation Malaria and Other Vector-Borne Parasitic Diseases Research Team, Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN MK AA HM HS AW YA AK. Performed the experiments: DN MK AA HM. Analyzed the data: DN MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS AW AK YK. Wrote the paper: DN.