Correction: Hemoglobin e prevalence among ethnic groups residing in Malaria-endemic areas of Northern Thailand and its lack of association with Plasmodium falciparum invasion in vitro (PLoS ONE (2016) 11:1 (e0148079) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148079)

Abstract

The values for columns "No. samples (M/F)," and "No. of hemoglobin disorder observed (%)" for rows "Pae" and "Dong Sa Ngat" are incorrectly switched. Please see the corrected Table 1 below. (Table Presented). There are errors in Fig 1 for "Pae (Lawa)" and "Dong Sa Ngat (Skaw)." Please see the correct Fig 1 here. (Figure Presented). There is an error in the first sentence of the third paragraph in the Results section. The correct sentence is:When all four investigated traits were combined, it was found that the LuangNeur (Lue) had the highest (21/28, 75%), while the Pae (Lawa) had the lowest (1/30, 3.3%) prevalence of hemoglobinnopathies. There is an error in the second sentence of the fourth paragraph in the Results section. The correct sentence is: The Sino-Tibetan population also showed low frequency of G6PD deficiency (7/103, 7%) and β-thalassemia (5/103, 5%). There are errors in the third sentence of the fourth paragraph in the Results section. The correct sentence is: α-thalassemia was themost prevalent haemoglobin disorder observed, ranged from 7.2% (4/55) in the Austro-Asiatic to 24.7% (20/111) in the Tai-Kadai (Fig 1B). There is an error in the the fifth sentence in the fourth paragraph in the Discussion section. The correct sentence is: The relative lower HbE frequencies in the Sino-Tibetan than the Tai-Kadai or Austro-Asiatic was corresponding to this founder scenario.