Correction to: Parasites Vectors (2021) 14: 516 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04993-y

Following publication of the original article [1], it was brought to our attention that incorrect grant numbers had been provided in the funding declaration of the article.

The following grant numbers had been provided: “U19 AI089672 and D43 TW009527”.

However, the correct grant numbers are as follows: “U19 AI129326 and D43 TW001505”.

The original article has been updated to correct these numbers.

The authors thank you for reading this correction and apologize for any inconvenience caused.