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Correction to: Polymorphisms in chloroquine resistance-associated genes in Plasmodium vivax in Ethiopia

Malaria Journal volume 17, Article number: 188 (2018) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 16 April 2015

Correction to: Malaria J (2015) 14:164 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0625-3

After publication of the original article [1], it came to the authors’ attention that the primers mentioned in Table 1 for the amplification of the pvcrt-o gene of Plasmodium vivax are not the ones actually used for the experiments. The correct primers and PCR product size are as below:

Table 1 Primers used for amplifications of pvcrt-o and pvmdr-1 marker genes
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  1. Golassa L, Erok B, Baliraine FN, Aseffa A, Swedberg G. Polymorphisms in chloroquine resistance-associated genes in Plasmodium vivax in Ethiopia. Malaria J. 2015;14:164. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0625-3.

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  1. Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Lemu Golassa & Berhanu Erko

  2. Department of Biology, LeTourneau University, Longview, TX, USA

    Frederick N. Baliraine

  3. Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Lemu Golassa & Abraham Aseffa

  4. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Göte Swedberg

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Golassa, L., Erko, B., Baliraine, F.N. et al. Correction to: Polymorphisms in chloroquine resistance-associated genes in Plasmodium vivax in Ethiopia. Malar J 17, 188 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2338-x

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