About the Authors

Yemane Mengsteab Hagos

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

mengsteaby40@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia

Gebrehiwet Tesfay Yalew

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

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia

Hadush Negash Meles

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Adigrat University, Adigrat, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia

Ephrem Tsegay

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia

Mulu Lemelem

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia

Araya Gebreyesus Wasihun

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.