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

Tigist Gezmu

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

Teklu Wegayehu

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

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

Alemayehu Bekele

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Zeleke Hailemariam

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Nebiyu Masresha

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Teshome Gebre

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, 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.