Full Member
Ms. Gelila Sime
Membership since:
2025
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Ethiopian Medicla Laboratory Association
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Publications resulting from Research
Publication List - Gelila Biresaw Sime
1. Woldeteklehaymanot, K., Aschalew, K., Koira, G., Biresaw, G., & Shiferaw, M. (2024). Hematological predictors of preeclampsia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Arba Minch General Hospital, South Ethiopia: A comparative cross sectional study. Practical Laboratory Medicine, 39, e00362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plabm.2024.e00362
2. Zerdo, Z., Bastiaens, H., Anthierens, S., Massebo, F., Masne, M., Biresaw, G., Shewangizaw, M., Tunje, A., Chisha, Y., Yohannes, T., & Van Geertruyden, J.-P. (2023). Effect of malaria prevention education on bed net utilization, incidence of malaria, and treatment seeking among school aged children in Southern Ethiopia: Cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Infectious Diseases, 23(1), 844. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08586-5
3. Sabu, K. R., Sugathan, S., Idhayadhulla, A., Woldemariam, M., Aklilu, A., Biresaw, G., Tsegaye, B., & Manilal, A. (2022). Antibacterial, antifungal, and cytotoxic activity of Excoecaria agallocha leaf extract. Journal of Experimental Pharmacology, 14, 17–26. https://doi.org/10.2147/JEP.S339383
4. Zerdo, Z., Bastiaens, H., Anthierens, S., Massebo, F., Masne, M., Biresaw, G., Shewangizaw, M., Tunje, A., Chisha, Y., Yohannes, T., & Van Geertruyden, J.-P. (2022). Implementation of a malaria prevention education intervention in Southern Ethiopia: A qualitative evaluation. BMC Public Health, 22, 2060. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14500-0
5. Zerdo, Z., Bastiaens, H., Anthierens, S., Massebo, F., Masne, M., Biresaw, G., Shewangizaw, M., Tunje, A., Chisha, Y., Yohannes, T., & Van Geertruyden, J.-P. (2022). Prevalence, intensity and endemicity of intestinal schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthiasis and its associated factors among school aged children in Southern Ethiopia. Scientific Reports, 12, 4586. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08333-7
6. Negesso, A. E., Rikitu, G. K., Sime, G. B., Gebregzabher, E. H., Tekele, S. G., & Misganaw, A. S. (2022). Preceptors training need assessment for medical laboratory professional clinical education programs in Ethiopia. PLOS ONE, 17(10), e0275533. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275533
7. Birru, M., Mengistu, M., Siraj, M., Aklilu, A., Boru, K., Woldemariam, M., Biresaw, G., Seid, M., & Manilal, A. (2021). Magnitude, diversity, and antibiograms of bacteria isolated from patient care equipment and inanimate objects of selected wards in Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia. Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 12, 39–49. https://doi.org/10.2147/RRTM.S301215
8. Mitiku, A. G. A., Aklilu, A., Biresaw, G., & Gize, A. (2021). Prevalence and associated factors of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among urinary tract infection suspected patients at Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia. Infection and Drug Resistance, 14, 2133–2142. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S310115
9. Mitiku, A. G. A., Aklilu, A., Biresaw, G., et al. (2021). Catheter associated urinary tract infection: Incidence, associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of uropathogens at Arba Minch General Hospital, Ethiopia. Infection and Drug Resistance, 14, 4261–4270. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S332660
10. Manilal, A., Sabu, K. R., Woldemariam, M., Aklilu, A., Biresaw, G., Yohanes, T., Seid, M., & Merdekios, B. (2021). Antibacterial activity of Rosmarinus officinalis against multidrug resistant clinical isolates and meat borne pathogens. Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2021, 6677420. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6677420
11. Ameya, G., Biresaw, G., Mohammed, H., Chebud, A., Meskele, M., Hussein, M., & Endris, M. (2021). Epistaxis and its associated factors among precollege students in Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Blood Medicine, 12, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S289778
12. Zerdo, Z., Bastiaens, H., Anthierens, S., Massebo, F., Biresaw, G., Shewangizaw, M., Tunje, A., Yohannes, T., & Van Geertruyden, J.-P. (2021). Prevalence and associated risk factors of asymptomatic malaria and anaemia among school aged children in Dara Mallo and Uba Debretsehay districts: Results from baseline cluster randomized trial. Malaria Journal, 20, 393. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03937-2
13. Seid, M., Beyene, G., Alemu, Y., Workalemahu, B., Delbo, M., Taddesse, D., Biresaw, G., & Manilal, A. (2020). Does cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in HIV patients increase the drug resistance of pneumococci? A comparative cross sectional study in southern Ethiopia. PLOS ONE, 15(12), e0243054. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243054
14. Marama, T., Shegaze, M., Fikadu, K., Yeshitila, Y. G., Shibru, T., Memiah, P., & Biresaw, G. (2020). Burden of hepatitis B surface antigen sero prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women receiving antenatal care at a public health institution, southern Ethiopia, 2018: Implications for public health prevention. *Medical Studies / Studia Medyczne, 36*(4), 290–297. https://doi.org/10.5114/ms.2020.102323
15. Gezmu, T., Enbiale, W., Asnakew, M., Bekele, A., Biresaw, G., Nigussie, M., Takarinda, K., Manzi, M., & Zachariah, R. (2020). Does training of Health Extension Workers reduce scabies load in district health facilities in rural Ethiopia? International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 97, 237–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.107
16. Zerdo, Z., Bastiaens, H., Anthierens, S., Massebo, F., Masne, M., Biresaw, G., Shewangizaw, M., Tunje, A., Chisha, Y., Yohannes, T., & Van Geertruyden, J.-P. (2020). Long lasting insecticide treated bed net ownership, utilization and associated factors among school aged children in Dara Mallo and Uba Debretsehay districts, Southern Ethiopia. Malaria Journal, 19, 369. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03437-9
17. Biresaw, G., Abebe, L., & Yohannes, T. (2020). Parents' perception on cause of malaria and their malaria prevention experience among school-aged children in Kutcha district, Southern Ethiopia; qualitative study. PLOS ONE, 15(10), e0239728. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239728
18. Bekele, F., Tefera, T., Biresaw, G., & Yohannes, T. (2017). Parasitic contamination of raw vegetables and fruits collected from selected local markets in Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 6, 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-016-0226-6.
1. Woldeteklehaymanot, K., Aschalew, K., Koira, G., Biresaw, G., & Shiferaw, M. (2024). Hematological predictors of preeclampsia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Arba Minch General Hospital, South Ethiopia: A comparative cross sectional study. Practical Laboratory Medicine, 39, e00362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plabm.2024.e00362
2. Zerdo, Z., Bastiaens, H., Anthierens, S., Massebo, F., Masne, M., Biresaw, G., Shewangizaw, M., Tunje, A., Chisha, Y., Yohannes, T., & Van Geertruyden, J.-P. (2023). Effect of malaria prevention education on bed net utilization, incidence of malaria, and treatment seeking among school aged children in Southern Ethiopia: Cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Infectious Diseases, 23(1), 844. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08586-5
3. Sabu, K. R., Sugathan, S., Idhayadhulla, A., Woldemariam, M., Aklilu, A., Biresaw, G., Tsegaye, B., & Manilal, A. (2022). Antibacterial, antifungal, and cytotoxic activity of Excoecaria agallocha leaf extract. Journal of Experimental Pharmacology, 14, 17–26. https://doi.org/10.2147/JEP.S339383
4. Zerdo, Z., Bastiaens, H., Anthierens, S., Massebo, F., Masne, M., Biresaw, G., Shewangizaw, M., Tunje, A., Chisha, Y., Yohannes, T., & Van Geertruyden, J.-P. (2022). Implementation of a malaria prevention education intervention in Southern Ethiopia: A qualitative evaluation. BMC Public Health, 22, 2060. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14500-0
5. Zerdo, Z., Bastiaens, H., Anthierens, S., Massebo, F., Masne, M., Biresaw, G., Shewangizaw, M., Tunje, A., Chisha, Y., Yohannes, T., & Van Geertruyden, J.-P. (2022). Prevalence, intensity and endemicity of intestinal schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthiasis and its associated factors among school aged children in Southern Ethiopia. Scientific Reports, 12, 4586. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08333-7
6. Negesso, A. E., Rikitu, G. K., Sime, G. B., Gebregzabher, E. H., Tekele, S. G., & Misganaw, A. S. (2022). Preceptors training need assessment for medical laboratory professional clinical education programs in Ethiopia. PLOS ONE, 17(10), e0275533. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275533
7. Birru, M., Mengistu, M., Siraj, M., Aklilu, A., Boru, K., Woldemariam, M., Biresaw, G., Seid, M., & Manilal, A. (2021). Magnitude, diversity, and antibiograms of bacteria isolated from patient care equipment and inanimate objects of selected wards in Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia. Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 12, 39–49. https://doi.org/10.2147/RRTM.S301215
8. Mitiku, A. G. A., Aklilu, A., Biresaw, G., & Gize, A. (2021). Prevalence and associated factors of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among urinary tract infection suspected patients at Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia. Infection and Drug Resistance, 14, 2133–2142. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S310115
9. Mitiku, A. G. A., Aklilu, A., Biresaw, G., et al. (2021). Catheter associated urinary tract infection: Incidence, associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of uropathogens at Arba Minch General Hospital, Ethiopia. Infection and Drug Resistance, 14, 4261–4270. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S332660
10. Manilal, A., Sabu, K. R., Woldemariam, M., Aklilu, A., Biresaw, G., Yohanes, T., Seid, M., & Merdekios, B. (2021). Antibacterial activity of Rosmarinus officinalis against multidrug resistant clinical isolates and meat borne pathogens. Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2021, 6677420. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6677420
11. Ameya, G., Biresaw, G., Mohammed, H., Chebud, A., Meskele, M., Hussein, M., & Endris, M. (2021). Epistaxis and its associated factors among precollege students in Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Blood Medicine, 12, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S289778
12. Zerdo, Z., Bastiaens, H., Anthierens, S., Massebo, F., Biresaw, G., Shewangizaw, M., Tunje, A., Yohannes, T., & Van Geertruyden, J.-P. (2021). Prevalence and associated risk factors of asymptomatic malaria and anaemia among school aged children in Dara Mallo and Uba Debretsehay districts: Results from baseline cluster randomized trial. Malaria Journal, 20, 393. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03937-2
13. Seid, M., Beyene, G., Alemu, Y., Workalemahu, B., Delbo, M., Taddesse, D., Biresaw, G., & Manilal, A. (2020). Does cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in HIV patients increase the drug resistance of pneumococci? A comparative cross sectional study in southern Ethiopia. PLOS ONE, 15(12), e0243054. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243054
14. Marama, T., Shegaze, M., Fikadu, K., Yeshitila, Y. G., Shibru, T., Memiah, P., & Biresaw, G. (2020). Burden of hepatitis B surface antigen sero prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women receiving antenatal care at a public health institution, southern Ethiopia, 2018: Implications for public health prevention. *Medical Studies / Studia Medyczne, 36*(4), 290–297. https://doi.org/10.5114/ms.2020.102323
15. Gezmu, T., Enbiale, W., Asnakew, M., Bekele, A., Biresaw, G., Nigussie, M., Takarinda, K., Manzi, M., & Zachariah, R. (2020). Does training of Health Extension Workers reduce scabies load in district health facilities in rural Ethiopia? International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 97, 237–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.107
16. Zerdo, Z., Bastiaens, H., Anthierens, S., Massebo, F., Masne, M., Biresaw, G., Shewangizaw, M., Tunje, A., Chisha, Y., Yohannes, T., & Van Geertruyden, J.-P. (2020). Long lasting insecticide treated bed net ownership, utilization and associated factors among school aged children in Dara Mallo and Uba Debretsehay districts, Southern Ethiopia. Malaria Journal, 19, 369. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03437-9
17. Biresaw, G., Abebe, L., & Yohannes, T. (2020). Parents' perception on cause of malaria and their malaria prevention experience among school-aged children in Kutcha district, Southern Ethiopia; qualitative study. PLOS ONE, 15(10), e0239728. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239728
18. Bekele, F., Tefera, T., Biresaw, G., & Yohannes, T. (2017). Parasitic contamination of raw vegetables and fruits collected from selected local markets in Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 6, 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-016-0226-6.