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Peer-reviewed
Research Article
High prevalence and associated factors of red blood cell folate deficiency among first-trimester pregnant women in a neural tube defect high-risk Region of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
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Birhane Alem Berihu ,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: birhane.alem@mu.edu.et, birhane.visionary27@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University - Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Hayelom Kebede Mekonen,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University - Mekelle, Ethiopia, Department of Pain and Neural Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland Baltimore, United States of America
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Afework Mulugeta,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University - Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Tony Magana,
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University - Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Yibrah Berhe Zelelow,
Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of medicine, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University - Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Masresha Tessema,
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization
Affiliation Ethiopian public health institute- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Feyissa Challa,
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation
Affiliation Ethiopian public health institute- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Yohannes Belay,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation
Affiliation Ethiopian public health institute- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Mehari Meles,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation
Affiliation Ethiopian public health institute- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Wossene Habtu,
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources
Affiliation Ethiopian public health institute- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Tigist Getahun,
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources
Affiliation Ethiopian public health institute- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Yosef Tolcha,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization
Affiliation Ethiopian public health institute- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Tafere Gebreegziabher Belay
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Central Washington University, Department of Health Sciences, Ellensburg, United States of America
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High prevalence and associated factors of red blood cell folate deficiency among first-trimester pregnant women in a neural tube defect high-risk Region of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
- Birhane Alem Berihu,
- Hayelom Kebede Mekonen,
- Afework Mulugeta,
- Tony Magana,
- Yibrah Berhe Zelelow,
- Masresha Tessema,
- Feyissa Challa,
- Yohannes Belay,
- Mehari Meles,
- Wossene Habtu
- Published: August 20, 2026
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0356720