Alemu Gedefie:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9678-5513
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Tadesse Birara: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
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Sisay Misganaw: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
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Getachew Mesfin Bambo: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
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Samuel Sahile Kebede: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
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Ousman Mohammed: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
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Ermiyas Alemayehu:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0955-5817
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Julia Robinson: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLOS Glob Public Health
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLOS Glob Public Health
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLOS Global Public Health
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
2767-3375
Publication date
(Electronic):
20
September
2023
Publication date Collection: 2023
Volume: 3
Issue: 9
Electronic Location Identifier: e0002285
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia
[2
]
Department of Information System, College of Informatics, Wollo University, Kombolcha,
Ethiopia
[3
]
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Mizan-Tepi
University, Mizan, Ethiopia
PLOS: Public Library of Science, UNITED STATES
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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Article
Publisher ID:
PGPH-D-22-01733
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002285
PMC ID: 10511068
PubMed ID: 37729157
SO-VID: 276c2658-06db-4a95-9a5d-0ccadc332507
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Medical Conditions
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Population Biology
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SARS coronavirus
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SARS CoV 2
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SARS CoV 2
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Medicine and health sciences
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Pathology and laboratory medicine
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Pathogens
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Coronaviruses
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