Article History
Received: 24 May 2020
Accepted: 1 February 2021
First Online: 1 March 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearance was secured from Institutional Review Board of College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University. Permission letter was obtained from the Amhara Public Health Institute and Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital prior to data collection. All the study participants were informed about the purpose of the study. Written informed consent was obtained from each study participants and guardian for participants under 16 years old before clinical examination and sample collection. Information obtained in the course of the study was kept confidential. Participants who were positive for the pathogen reported to physicians for treatment and any other care.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declared that no competing interest exists.