Marianne Sinka, Malaria Atlas project (MAP), University of Oxford
22 November 2010
In Figure 1 (The predicted distribution map of An. darlingi) and also in the An. darlingi map shown in the Additional file 2 (The predicted distribution maps of the nine dominant vector species of the Americas), points are shown on the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. These are confirmed absence points and therefore should not have been included. The maps are intended to indicate locations only where the species presence has been confirmed. Anopheles darlingi has never been found or reported from Costa Rica or Nicaragua (as indicated in the Expert opinion map) despite numerous and comprehensive surveys in the area trying to locate it.
Copies of the corrected figure and the updated Additional file 2 are available on the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) website:
Additional File 2 (all species maps): http://www.map.ox.ac.uk/media/PDF/Sinka%20et%20al_Additional%20file%202%20-%20final%20maps%20(FINAL).pdf
Author comment/correction.
22 November 2010
In Figure 1 (The predicted distribution map of An. darlingi) and also in the An. darlingi map shown in the Additional file 2 (The predicted distribution maps of the nine dominant vector species of the Americas), points are shown on the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. These are confirmed absence points and therefore should not have been included. The maps are intended to indicate locations only where the species presence has been confirmed. Anopheles darlingi has never been found or reported from Costa Rica or Nicaragua (as indicated in the Expert opinion map) despite numerous and comprehensive surveys in the area trying to locate it.
Copies of the corrected figure and the updated Additional file 2 are available on the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) website:
Additional File 2 (all species maps):
http://www.map.ox.ac.uk/media/PDF/Sinka%20et%20al_Additional%20file%202%20-%20final%20maps%20(FINAL).pdf
Figure 1:
http://www.map.ox.ac.uk/media/PDF/Figure%201%20-%20An%20darlingi%20-%20corrected.png
Competing interests
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