Correction.Correction Vol. 10, No. 3 In "Legionella Legionella /Le·gion·el·la/ (le?jah-nel´ah) a genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (family Legionellaceae), normal inhabitants of lakes, streams, and moist soil; they have often been isolated from cooling-tower water, Infection Risk from Domestic Hot Water," by Paola Borella et al., errors occurred in the abstract. The seventh sentence should read as follows: "Furthermore, zinc levels of <100 [micro]g/L and copper levels of >50 [micro]g/L appeared to be protective against Legionella colonization." We regret any confusion these errors may have caused. Correction Vol. 10, No. 3 In the article "Murine Typhus murine typhus n. A comparatively mild, acute, endemic form of typhus caused by the microorganism Rickettsia typhi, transmitted from rats to humans by fleas and characterized by fever, headache, and muscular pain. Also called endemic typhus. with Renal Involvement in Canary Islands Canary Islands, Span. Islas Canarias, group of seven islands (1990 pop. 1,589,403), 2,808 sq mi (7,273 sq km), autonomous region of Spain, in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara. They constitute two provinces of Spain. Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1990 pop. , Spain" by Michele Hernandez-Cabrera et al., errors occurred in the 2nd paragraph under The Study on page 740: 68% should be 6.8%. The corrected sentence appears below: In Spain, two seroepidemiologic surveys, in Salamanca and Madrid (Central/Western Spain), yielded seroprevalence rates seroprevalence rates (sir´ōprev´- n. of 12.8% and 6.8%, respectively, in the general population (4,5). The corrected article appears online at http://www.cdc.gov/ ncidod/EID/vol10no4/ 03-0532.htm We regret any confusion this error may have caused. Correction Vol. 10, No. 3 In the article entitled "Distribution of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy bovine spongiform encephalopathy: see prion. in Greater Kudu greater kudu see kudu. (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)" by Andrew A. Cunningham et al., errors occurred in the title. The corrected title appears below: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Infectivity in Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) The corrected article appears online at http://www.cdc.gov/ ncidod/EID/vol10no6/03-0615.htm We regret any confusion this error may have caused. |
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