Correction, vol. 8, no. 12. (News & Notes).

In the article "Induction of Inflammation by West Nile virus Capsid through the Caspase-9 Apoptotic Pathway" by Joo-Sung Yang, et al., errors occurred in the Figure 5 caption on page 1384: delta symbols inadvertantly dropped or were replaced by the letter "d." The corrected caption appears below and online http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vo18no12/02-0224-G5.htm.

Figure 5. Apoptosis determining domain in WNV-Cp gene. a, Schematic diagram of pcWNV-Cp-DJY, pcWNV-CpWT, and pcWNVCp[DELTA]3'constructs. b, Immunoprecipitation of in vitro translated protein from pcWNV-Cp-DJY (Cp-DJY), pcWNV-CpWT (CpWT), and pcWNVCp-3'(Cp[DELTA]3') plasmids. As a negative control, pcDNA3.1 in vitro translated supernatants were analyzed, c, Colorimetric caspase-3 activity assay using pcWNV-Cp-DJY (Cp-DJY), pcWNV-CpWT (CpWT), or pcWNV-Cp 3'(Cp[DELTA]3') plasmid-transfected cells. d, The cell lysates were assayed for caspase-9-like activity, and the pcDNA3.1-transfected cell lysate was used as the negative control, e, Inhibition of WNV-Cp-induced apoptosis by a dominant negative (DN) caspase-9 plasmid (DN Casp9) was assayed with equal amount of cell lysates from co-transfection of pcWNV-Cp-DJY (Cp-DJY) or pcWNV-CpWT (CpWT); an expression level of pro-caspase-9 cleavage products (35-37 kDa) was compared to 3'-terminal deletion mutant, pcWNV-Cp[DELTA]3'(Cp[DELTA]3') and pcDNA3.1 by Western blot analysis with anti-human caspase-9 mAb.

Correction Vol. 8, No. 12

In the article, "Vector Competence of California Mosquitoes for West Nile virus" by Laura B. Goddard et al., errors occurred in the table on page 1387. The corrected table appears below and online at http ://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vo18no12/02-0536.htm.

We regret any confusion these errors may have caused.

Table 2. Infection and transmission rates for California mosquito
species orally infected with [10.sup.7-1 [+ or -] 0.1] PFU/mL of
West Nile virus (WNV)

                                             Day when
                                           transmission
Species                 Source by county   was attempted    No. tested

Culex tarsalis                Yolo               7              30
                                                14               1
                              Kern               7              15
                                                14              35
                           Riverside             7              49
                                                14              55
Cx. pipiens                   Kern               7              50
quinquefasciatus                                14              50
                           Riverside             7              60
                                                14              60
                             Orange             14              58
Cx. p. pipiens               Shasta              7              45
                                                14              50
Cx. stigmatosoma         San Bernardino          7              17
                                                14              31
Cx. erythrothorax            Orange              7              15
                                                14              48
                           Riverside             7              15
                                                14              25
Ochlerotatus dorsalis   San Luis Obispo          7              30
                                                14              29
Oc. melanimon                 Kern               7              50
                                                14              60
Oc. sierrensis                Lake               7              40
                                                14              50
Aedes vexans               Riverside            14              22
Culiseta inornata             Kern              14              28

                                             Infection     Transmission
Species                 Source by county     rate (a)        rate (b)

Culex tarsalis                Yolo              87              60
                                                100             100
                              Kern              93              40
                                                74              60
                           Riverside            94              10
                                                85              62
Cx. pipiens                   Kern              86               4
quinquefasciatus                                58              52
                           Riverside             8               0
                                                13               2
                             Orange             28              19
Cx. p. pipiens               Shasta             80               9
                                                66              36
Cx. stigmatosoma         San Bernardino         100              0
                                                100             71
Cx. erythrothorax            Orange             67               0
                                                77              19
                           Riverside            100             33
                                                100             64
Ochlerotatus dorsalis   San Luis Obispo         50              13
                                                41              34
Oc. melanimon                 Kern              46              18
                                                48              20
Oc. sierrensis                Lake               5               3
                                                14               6
Aedes vexans               Riverside            32              23
Culiseta inornata             Kern              75              21

(a) Percent of mosquito bodies positive for WNV.

(b) Percent of transmission attempts positive for WNV.