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Article History

Received: 23 July 2018

Accepted: 18 March 2019

First Online: 27 March 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Prior to data collection, ethical approval was secured from Research and Ethical Review Committee of Ambo University following through review and approval of the proposal. Permission was also obtained from the hospital administration. Written consent was obtained from all study participants themselves except for study participants below 16 years where parental written consent was obtained from the guardians. Strict confidentiality was maintained during the interview process as well as anonymity was kept during data processing and report writing. Study participants who became positive for enteric fever were treated by physicians.

: Not applicable as details, images and/or videos related to study subjects were not recorded for this study.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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