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Article History

Received: 22 May 2024

Accepted: 16 January 2025

First Online: 20 January 2025

Declarations

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: This study was approved by Departmental Research Ethics Review Committee (DRERC) of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology (DMIP), College of health science, Addis Ababa University (EC approval document number DRERC/002/2022) and AHRI/ALERT Ethics Review Committee of Armauer Hansen Research Institute (EC approval document number PO/11/21). The ECCP study was approved by the IVI Institutional Review Board (IRB), Seoul, Korea (IRB no. 2021-005); the AHRI/ALERT Ethics Review Committee, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (approval letter dated 28 July 2021; form AF-10-015); Ethiopian National Research Ethics Review Committee, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (approval letter dated 17 December 2021; reference no. 7/2-512/m259/35); Oromia Region Health Bureau (Oromia Health Research Directorate approval letter dated 26 August 2021; reference no. REF/UBTU/516/10239). Data were used only for this study purpose. Informed written consent was taken from each study participant and informed consent to participate was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of the participant under the age of 16 following standard ethical procedure as indicated in declaration of Helsinki before recruiting them into the study. Anonymity was maintained during data collection and use of data.

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

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