Abdisa Tufa:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2196-6835
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – original draft
Tewodros Haile Gebremariam:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4704-1435
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Tsegahun Manyazewal:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8360-7574
Role: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review
& editing
Yidnekachew Asrat: Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Tewodros Getinet: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: SoftwareRole: Writing – review & editing
Tsegaye Gebreyes Hundie: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review &
editing
Dominic-Luc Webb: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review &
editing
Per M. Hellström:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8428-0772
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Solomon Genet:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5433-0107
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Tai-Heng Chen: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
6
October
2022
Publication date Collection: 2022
Publication date PMC-release: 6
October
2022
Volume: 17
Issue: 10
Electronic Location Identifier: e0275391
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences,
Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[2
]
Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis
Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[3
]
Centre for Innovative Drug Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa),
College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[4
]
School of Public Health, Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
[5
]
Eka Kotebe General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
[6
]
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University,
Uppsala, Sweden
Kaohsuing Medical University Hospital, TAIWAN
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-22-15252
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275391
PMC ID: 9536552
SO-VID: 5e774df0-966d-49e1-9b9e-f78c9e6e6382
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License:
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the original author and source are credited.
No authors received funding for this particular study. Centre for Innovative Drug
Development and Therapeutic Trials for Africa (CDT-Africa), College of Health Sciences,
Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa supported expenses associated with data and sample
collection. Professor Per M. Hellström and Associate professor Dominic-Luc Webb, Gastroenterology
and Hepatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden support
all expenses related to laboratory analysis. The funders have no role in the study
design, data and decision to publish including preparation of the manuscript.
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