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Item Corrigendum to “Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding malaria in people living with HIV in rural and urban Ghana” [Acta Trop. 181 (2018) 16–20](Acta Tropica, 2019-04) Owusu, E.D.A.; Cremers, A.L.; Brown, C.A.; Mens, P.F.; Grobusch, M.P.The authors regret that there were errors in the p-values of Tables 1, 2, 3 [table-presented] and that Table 4 [table-presented] was not visually optimally presented. The corrected tables are provided below. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused and to point out that the corrected details do not impact on Results or Discussion as initially presented. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.Item Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding malaria in people living with HIV in rural and urban Ghana(Elsevier B.V., 2018-05) Owusu, E.D.A.; Cremers, A.L.; Brown, C.A.; Mens, P.F.; Grobusch, M.P.Background: One of the malaria vulnerable groups is people living with HIV. This study investigated knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards malaria in people living with HIV attending anti-retroviral therapy (ART) clinics in rural and urban Ghana. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study patients attending the ART clinics in Atibie (rural area) and Accra (urban area) were interviewed on their knowledge, attitude and practices regarding malaria. Finger-prick capillary blood was tested for Plasmodium spp. with rapid diagnostic tests. Multivariate regression analysis was used to determine the influence of KAP on malaria prevalence. Results: Parasitemia was generally more frequent among HIV positive individuals in the rural area (29/116; 25%) in the rural area than in the urban area (35/350; 10%). Inaccurate knowledge of cause of malaria and prevention methods were associated with increased odds of malaria parasitemia; [OR = 1.51 (CI: 1.29–5.12); p < .05] and [OR = 2.59 (CI: 2.53–4.75); p < .05], respectively. There were disparities in socio-economic factors. For instance, low level of education was higher in the rural area (45/116; 38.8%) compared to the urban area (121/350; 34.6%). Conclusions: Malaria control efforts may yield further results when the knowledge and socio-economic gap between rural and urban areas is closed. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.