Yitayew, Berhanu
Woldeamanuel, Yimtubezinash
Asrat, Daniel
Rahman, Aminur
Mihret, Adane
Aseffa, Abraham
Olsson, Per-Erik
Jass, Jana http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7957-0310
Funding for this research was provided by:
SIDA, Swedish International Development Agency
Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas (219-2014-837)
Örebro University
Article History
Received: 29 October 2021
Accepted: 3 May 2022
First Online: 18 May 2022
Declarations
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: The research was approved by the Addis Ababa University institutional research board, College of Health Sciences (IRB-CHS; Ref. N<u>o</u> AAUMF 03–008), national IRB (Ref. N<u>o</u> 310/83/2018) and Armauer Hansen Research Institute/All Africa Leprosy TB Rehabilitation and Training center (AAERC) research ethics committee (Ref. N<u>o</u> PO26/17). Permission for sample collection was obtained from the Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority. Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute authorized the exportation of DNA samples to Örebro University, Sweden.No animals or humans were involved in the study, therefore ethical approval or consent for participation is not applicable.
: No personal information was used in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.