Abadi, Tesfay
Teklu, Takele
Wondmagegn, Tadelo
Alem, Meseret
Desalegn, Girmay
Article History
Received: 17 January 2024
Accepted: 26 February 2024
First Online: 17 March 2024
Declarations
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: The study was reviewed and approved by research review and ethics committee at the School of Biomedical and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar (Ref No. SMBMLS/2529/12). The approval was also obtained from the Tigray Regional Health Bureau and Mekelle City Health facility administrators. The purpose of the study, type and amount of specimen needed was explained to the participants, and written informed consent was obtained from all study participants recruited in this study in the local language. Confidentiality information regarding their results was kept between the study participant, data collector/investigator, and authorized physician. The data were analyzed anonymously.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.