Updates are available Correction dated 2020-06-11
Click to view Correction: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-01846-z
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Assegu Fenta, Demissie http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3914-838X
Lemma, Kinfe
Tadele, Henok
Tadesse, Birkneh Tilahun
Derese, Birrie
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Article History
Received: 26 September 2019
Accepted: 30 April 2020
First Online: 19 May 2020
Change Date: 11 June 2020
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was ethically cleared by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Hawassa University College of medicine and health science in February 2017 and approved the proposal with (Reference number: IRB -057-14- 02/2017 and Institutional Review Board chairperson Ayalew Astatkie (PhD)). An original copy of the approval, as well as the consent and assent form, is available upon request. A permission letter was obtained from Hawassa University hospital administrations.The purpose and importance of the study were explained to each study participant, parents, and guardians. Finally, informed written consent and assent were obtained from each study participant and any information obtained during the study was kept with utmost confidentiality, and those found infected with bacterial meningitis were treated in the hospital.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
