Gebrehiwot, Abrha G.
Melka, Daniel Seifu
Kassaye, Yimenashu Mamo
Gemechu, Tufa
Lako, Wajana
Hinou, Hiroshi
Nishimura, Shin-Ichiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6608-8418
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japanese Ministry of Education and Science (25220206)
Japan Science and Technology Agency (core-to-core program B)
Article History
Received: 26 April 2018
Accepted: 11 June 2019
First Online: 17 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the ethical review boards of Addis Ababa University, School of Medicine, Ethiopia (reference number DRERC 04/14) and Hokkaido University, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Japan (reference number 07–01) and was performed in accordance with the ethical principles of the declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants. All the information obtained was kept confidential. The right to participate, to withdraw from the study, or not to participate was respected.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.