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Correction to: Bed nets used to protect against malaria do not last long in a semi-arid area of Ethiopia: a cohort study

Malaria Journal volume 18, Article number: 142 (2019) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 20 June 2018

Correction to: Malar J (2018) 17:239 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2391-5

Following publication of the original article [1], the author has flagged errors that affect the scientific content of the article.

The errors concern Table 2 (page 6), Table 5 (page 9) and Table 6 (page 11) of the published article.


Firstly, with concern to Table 2, the errors concern the ‘Totals’ provided in the table. Please find below (the correct version of) the table, with the corrected ‘Totals’ data highlighted in italics:

Table 2 Reasons for loss of long-lasting insecticide nets over a 2-year follow-up period in Ethiopia
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Regarding Tables 5 and 6, the error on the footnotes of the published tables is: “NA not applicable when P < 0.25”.

The footnotes on Tables 5 and 6 should read as: “NA not applicable when P > 0.25”.

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  1. Solomon T, Loha E, Deressa W, Balkew M, Gari T, Overgaard HJ, Lindtjørn B. Bed nets used to protect against malaria do not last long in a semi-arid area of Ethiopia: a cohort study. Malar J. 2018;17:239. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2391-5.

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  1. School of Public and Environmental Health, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

    Tarekegn Solomon, Eskindir Loha & Taye Gari

  2. Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Wakgari Deressa

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

    Meshesha Balkew

  4. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

    Hans J. Overgaard

  5. Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Tarekegn Solomon, Taye Gari & Bernt Lindtjørn

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Solomon, T., Loha, E., Deressa, W. et al. Correction to: Bed nets used to protect against malaria do not last long in a semi-arid area of Ethiopia: a cohort study. Malar J 18, 142 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2772-4

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