Habitat preference of blackflies in Omo Gibe river basin (southwest Ethiopia): Implications for onchocerciasis elimination and control

• Beekam Kebede Olkeba ,

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

  * E-mail: beekamkebede@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Department of Environmental Health Science, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5045-2206

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• Seid Tiku Mereta,

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

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Peter L. M. Goethals,

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

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1168-6776

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• Delenasaw Yewhalaw,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia, Tropical and Infectious Disease Research Center, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Gemechu Debesa,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Argaw Ambelu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

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• Mahmud Ahmednur,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3161-4465

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• Pieter Boets

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

  Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Provincial Centre of Environmental Research, Ghent, Belgium

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