About the Authors

Mekuria Asnakew Asfaw

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

maksambaramr23@gmail.com

Affiliation Collaborative Research and Training Centre for NTDs, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Teklu Wegayehu

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Tigist Gezmu

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Collaborative Research and Training Centre for NTDs, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Alemayehu Bekele

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Collaborative Research and Training Centre for NTDs, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Zeleke Hailemariam

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Teshome Gebre

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Task Force for Global Health, International Trachoma Initiative, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.