Kassahun Haile:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2520-9244
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing
– review & editing
Tilahun Yemane: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – review & editing
Girum Tesfaye: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Deneke Wolde: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – review & editing
Abebe Timerga: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Project administrationRole: Writing – review & editing
Admasu Haile: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – review & editing
Sanjiv Mahadeva: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
14
January
2021
Publication date Collection: 2021
Volume: 16
Issue: 1
Electronic Location Identifier: e0245168
Affiliations
[1
]
Departement of Medical Laboratory Science, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia
[2
]
School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
[3
]
Departement of Medical Laboratory Science, Wachemo University, Hosanna, Ethiopia
[4
]
Department of Biomedical Science, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia
University of Malaya Faculty of Medicine, MALAYSIA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-20-30115
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245168
PMC ID: 7808578
PubMed ID: 33444345
SO-VID: 4739c0fb-354c-4c3e-9bfe-24b07404f8da
Copyright © © 2021 Haile et al
License:
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the original author and source are credited.
Kassahun Haile (KH) received funding from Jimma University (
www.ju.edu.et). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision
to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Hematology
Subject:
Anemia
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Helicobacter Pylori
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Helicobacter Pylori
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Bacteria
Subject:
Helicobacter
Subject:
Helicobacter Pylori
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Medical Conditions
Subject:
Parasitic Diseases
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Digestive System
Subject:
Gastrointestinal Tract
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Digestive System
Subject:
Gastrointestinal Tract
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Subject:
Gastrointestinal Infections
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Ethiopia
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Hematology
Subject:
Anemia
Subject:
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Public and Occupational Health