Erratum to: Malar J (2015) 14:356 DOI 10.1186/s12936-015-0891-0

After publication of the original article [1], the authors noticed that an item of information had been omitted from the ‘Acknowledgements’ section. The section should have read:

“The present work has been financed by the Fuenlabrada University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. This study received financial support from the Red de Investigación Cooperativa en Enfermedades Tropicales (RICET-RD12/0018/0008), VI PN de I+D+I 2008–2011. ISCIII—Subdirección General de Redes y Centros de Investigación Cooperativa; y fondos FEDER.”

The phrase “y fondos FEDER” should have been included, to acknowledge the additional source of financial support for the article.