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Article History

Received: 22 August 2017

Accepted: 29 December 2017

First Online: 5 January 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical clearance and approval was obtained from college of health science Institutional Review Board of Jimma University under reference number RPGe/355/2016. Written informed consent prepared in local languages (Afaan Oromo and Amharic) was obtained from all participants or care givers in case patient was not able to consent. Objectives, procedures, risks and benefits of the study were described to all participants before collecting data and specimens from them. Laboratory findings were swiftly communicated to treating physician for urgent intervention.

: Not applicable – This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data.

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