About the Authors

Tafese Beyene

tafeseb.tufa@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences; Asella School of Health Sciences, Adama Science and Technology University, Asella, Ethiopia

Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology; College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Daniel Asrat

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology; College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gonfa Ayana

Affiliation Regional Laboratories Capacity Building Directorate, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institution (EHNRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

David R. Boulware

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

Pharma share and Oxiod company donated us Remal Cryptococcal antigen Test kit. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TB YW DA. Performed the experiments: TB YW DA GA. Analyzed the data: TB YW DRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TB YW GA. Wrote the paper: TB DRB YW. Topic selection and study design: TB YW. Proposal write up: TB YW DA. Processing lab experimental: TB YW GA. Data entry and analysis: TB DRB. Result & discussion write up: TB YW DA. Manuscript writing: TB DRB YW DA.