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Correction: Antimalarial drug resistance molecular markers of <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> isolates from Sudan during 2015–2017
Correction: Antimalarial drug resistance molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Sudan during 2015–2017

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Hussien,Hamid,Elamin,Hassan,Elaagip,Salama,Abdelraheem,and Mohamed: Correction: Antimalarial drug resistance molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Sudan during 2015–2017

The sixth author's name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Abosufyan Hamattallah A. Salama.

There is an error in affiliation 3 for author Abosufyan Hamattallah A. Salama. The correct affiliation 2 is: Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Kordofan University, Alobied, Sudan.

The word “marker” is misspelled in the article title, as well as in the Table 2 and Table 3. In all of these cases, “maker” should be “marker.” The correct title is: Antimalarial drug resistance molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Sudan during 2015–2017. The correct citation is: Hussien M, Abdel Hamid MM, Elamin EA, Hassan AO, Elaagip AH, Salama AHA, et al. (2020) Antimalarial drug resistance molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Sudan during 2015–2017. PLoS ONE 15(8): e0235401. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235401

In Table 2, the heading for column 1 should read: Drug resistance marker. In Table 3, the heading for column 1 should read: Drug resistance marker. Please see the correct Table 2 and Table 3 here.

Table 2
Frequency of mutant alleles in Pfcrt and Pfmdr1.
Drug resistance markerMutant allelesN (%)
Pfcrt (n = 213)M74I153 (71.8%)
N75E153 (71.8%)
K76T153 (71.8%)
A220S154 (72.3%)
Q271E155 (73%)
R371I155 (73%)
Pfmdr1 (n = 194)N86Y104 (53.6%)
Y184F171 (88.1%)
D1246Y3 (1.5%)

Pfcrt: P. falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter gene; Pfmdr1: P. falciparum multidrug resistance protein 1 gene.

Table 3
Frequency of Pfcrt and Pfmdr1 haplotypes.
Drug resistance markernumber of mutationsmutation haplotypeKH n = 149NH n = 29G n = 21NK n = 14Total n (%)P. value
Pfcrt (n = 213)NoneWild Type CVMNK48 (32.2%)7 (24.1%)5 (23.8%)0 (0%)60 (28.2%)0.17
TripleCVIET101 (67.8%)22

(75.9%)
16 (76.2%)14 (100%)153 (71.8%)0.17
Pfmdr1 (n = 194)NoneWild Type NYD9 (6.5%)0 (0%)4 (19.0%)0 (0%)13 (6.7%)
SingleYYD6 (4.3%)1 (3.8%)1 (4.7%)1 (12.5%)9 (3.1%)
NFD51 (36.7%)14 (53.8%)9 (42.9%)3 (37.5%)77 (39.7%)0.42
DoubleYFD70 (50.4%)11 (42.3%)7 (33.3%)4 (50.0%)92 (47.4%)0.48
YYY1 (0.7%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (0.5%)
TripleYFY2 (1.4%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)2 (1%)

Pfcrt: P. falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter gene; Pfmdr1: P. falciparum multidrug resistance protein 1 gene; KH: Khartoum; NH: New Halfa; G: Gezira; NK: North Kordofan.

Reference

MHussien, MMAbdel Hamid, EAElamin, AOHassan, AHElaagip, AHASalama, et al (2020) Antimalarial drug resistance molecular makers of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Sudan during 2015–2017. PLoS ONE 15(8): e0235401 10.1371/journal.pone.0235401