About the Authors

Melaku Tilahun

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

melatila@yahoo.com

Affiliations Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gobena Ameni

Contributed equally to this work with: Gobena Ameni, Abraham Aseffa

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

Affiliation Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Kassu Desta

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Aboma Zewude

Roles Methodology, Project administration

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Lawrence Yamuah

Roles Data curation, Software, Validation

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Markos Abebe

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abraham Aseffa

Contributed equally to this work with: Gobena Ameni, Abraham Aseffa

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

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.