Population travel increases the risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection in the highland population of Gardula Zone, South Ethiopia: A longitudinal study

• Muluken Assefa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa Ethiopia

  ⨯
• Fekadu Massebo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

  ⨯
• Temesgen Ashine,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa Ethiopia

  ⨯
• Teklu Wegayehu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tekluweg2007@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1719-6321

  ⨯