About the Authors

Mengistu Hailemariam Zenebe

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

mengemariamzenebe@gmail.com

Affiliations School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hawassa University college of Medicine and Health Sceinces, Hawassa, Ethiopia, School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jimma University Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Zeleke Mekonnen

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeleke Mekonnen, Eskindir Loha, Elizaveta Padalko

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jimma University Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Eskindir Loha

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeleke Mekonnen, Eskindir Loha, Elizaveta Padalko

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway

Elizaveta Padalko

Contributed equally to this work with: Zeleke Mekonnen, Eskindir Loha, Elizaveta Padalko

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

the Authors has no conflict of interests.