Habtamu, Kassahun
Getachew, Hallelujah
Abossie, Ashenafi
Demissew, Assalif
Tsegaye, Arega
Degefa, Teshome
Wang, Xiaoming
Lee, Ming-Chieh
Zhou, Guofa
Kibret, Solomon
King, Christopher L.
Kazura, James W.
Petros, Beyene
Yewhalaw, Delenasaw
Yan, Guiyun
Article History
Received: 13 March 2024
Accepted: 20 June 2024
First Online: 12 July 2024
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Addis Ababa's Natural & Computational Sciences (IRB) (CNSDO/20 1 111/2018). There were no unanticipated problems involving risks to volunteers or others, and no significant deviations were noted. Before the study was screened, all willing participants older than eighteen years were asked to provide written informed consent; for those younger, approval was obtained from parents or legal guardians. A witness who could read was utilized for patients who could not provide their consent, and children's consent was also sought.
: The authors declare no competing interests.