About the Authors

Michael Teklemariam

Affiliation Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology; College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ashenafi Assefa

Affiliation Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Moges Kassa

Affiliation Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Hussien Mohammed

Affiliation Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Hassen Mamo

binmamo@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology; College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AA MK. Formal analysis: MT. Investigation: MT H. Mohammed. Project administration: AA MK H. Mohammed H. Mamo. Resources: AA MK. Supervision: AA MK H. Mohammed H. Mamo. Visualization: MT. Writing – original draft: MT. Writing – review & editing: H. Mamo.