Correction to: Parasites & Vectors (2022) 15:268 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05359-8

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors flagged an error in the legend of Fig. 2: 'APRJ' had been written in place of 'APRI'. The caption has since been corrected in the published article. The authors thank you for reading and apologize for any inconvenience caused.