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Authors
Dessie, Kassalem
Diriba, Regasa
Fekadu, Amanuel
Adugna, Yewbdar
Sisay, Abay
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Article History
Received: 25 June 2024
Accepted: 6 November 2025
First Online: 1 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted after an ethical letter was obtained from the Research and Ethics Committee of the Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University (DRERC/746/24/MLS) , and a support letter was requested and acquired by SPHMMC. Informed written consent was obtained from the caretakers before enrollment in the study. Then, the objective of this research was explained to the study participants, and those willing to participate were included. To ensure the confidentiality of the data, the study subjects were identified using codes, and unauthorized persons were not able to access the collected data.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
