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Correction to: Use of a NAT-based assay to improve the surveillance system and prevent transfusion-transmitted malaria in blood banks

Malaria Journal volume 19, Article number: 325 (2020) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 31 July 2020

Correction to: Malar J (2020) 19:275 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03345-y

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors flagged that an author has been erroneously excluded from the article’s authorship.

The missing author is Elaine Costa, who was part of the team that validated the NAT platform, did the pilot study and analyzed the results.

To correct this error, please find Elaine Costa included in the author list of this correction.

In addition, please see here for the (corrected) Author Contributions statement:

GCM, ACGA, JHC, CMMA, NAF were responsible for patient recruitment and laboratory procedures; DR, MR, SR,EC, EFA validated the NAT platform and did the pilot study; DR, GCM, DTG, AT analyzed the results and wrote first draft of the manuscript; PA, GCM, AGPF, AT, WMM, and MVGL analyzed the results, revised and approved the final version of the manuscript.

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.

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  1. Rocha D, de Melo GC, Carneiro JMH, Ribeiro M, Ribeiro S, de Godoy DT, Costa E, de Almeida ACG, de Andrade EF, de Moura Abrahim CM, Fraiji NA, Ferreira AGP, Monteiro WM, Brindeiro R, Tanuri A, de Lacerda MVG, Alvarez P. Use of a NAT-based assay to improve the surveillance system and prevent transfusion-transmitted malaria in blood banks. Malar J. 2020;19:275. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03345-y.

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  1. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

    Gisely Cardoso de Melo, Anne Cristine Gomes de Almeida, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro & Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda

  2. Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

    Gisely Cardoso de Melo, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro & Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda

  3. Institute of Technology in Immunobiology Bio-Manguinhos, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Fiocruz, Avenida Brasil, 4365, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Daniele Rocha, Marisa Ribeiro, Sthefanie Ribeiro, Daniela Tupy de Godoy, Elaine Costa, Elisabete Ferreira de Andrade, Antonio Gomes Pinto Ferreira & Patrícia Alvarez

  4. Instituto de Pesquisas Leônidas e Maria Deane, Fiocruz, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

    Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda

  5. Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Daniele Rocha, Marisa Ribeiro, Elisabete Ferreira de Andrade, Rodrigo Brindeiro & Amilcar Tanuri

  6. HEMOAM-Fundação Hospitalar de Hematologia e Hemoterapia do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

    José Marcelo Hipólito Carneiro, Cláudia Maria de Moura Abrahim & Nelson Abrahim Fraiji

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Rocha, D., de Melo, G.C., Carneiro, J.M.H. et al. Correction to: Use of a NAT-based assay to improve the surveillance system and prevent transfusion-transmitted malaria in blood banks. Malar J 19, 325 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03396-1

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