Correction to: Bed nets used to protect against malaria do not last long in a semi-arid area of Ethiopia: a cohort study.

Following publication of the original article [1], the author has flagged errors that affect the scientific content of the article.

Correction to: Malar J (2018) 17:239 10.1186/s12936-018-2391-5

Following publication of the original article [1], the author has flagged errors that affect the scientific content of the article.

The errors concern Table 2 (page 6), Table 5 (page 9) and Table 6 (page 11) of the published article.

Firstly, with concern to Table 2, the errors concern the ‘Totals’ provided in the table. Please find below (the correct version of) the table, with the corrected ‘Totals’ data highlighted in italics:

Table 2

Reasons for loss of long-lasting insecticide nets over a 2-year follow-up period in Ethiopia

Reason for LLIN loss	6 months	12 months	18 months	24 months	Total
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Known outcome of attrition or torn
Thrown away	102 (40.0)	301 (71.8)	173 (74.9)	62 (70.5)	638 (64.2)
Used for something else	30 (11.8)	58 (13.8)	28 (12.1)	22 (25.0)	138 (13.9)
Torn (pHI > 643)	123 (48.2)	60 (14.3)	30 (13.0)	4 (4.5)	217 (21.9)
Total	255 (100)	419 (100)	231 (100)	88 (100)	993 (100)
Unknown outcome of attrition
Given away	260 (76.7)	44 (45.8)	11 (20.0)	1 (12.5)	316 (63.5)
Lost to follow-upa	52 (15.3)	43 (44.8)	26 (47.2)	5 (62.5)	126 (25.3)
Stolen	8 (2.4)	9 (9.4)	3 (5.5)	2 (25.0)	22 (4.4)
Unknown reasons	6 (1.8)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)	0 (0.0)	7 (1.4)
Otherb	13 (3.8)	0 (0.0)	14 (25.5)	0 (0.0)	27 (5.4)
Total	339 (100)	96 (100)	55 (100)	8 (100)	498 (100)
Overall total	594	515	286	96	1491

LLIN long-lasting insecticidal net

aFamily moved to other location, family not at home, refusal to participate

bSold or destroyed by fire

Regarding Tables 5 and 6, the error on the footnotes of the published tables is: “NA not applicable when P < 0.25”.

The footnotes on Tables 5 and 6 should read as: “NA not applicable when P > 0.25”.