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, evaporative condensers, tap water, shower heads, and treated sewage. L. micda´dei is the causative agent of Pittsburgh pneumonia. L. 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 murine /mu·rine/ (mur´en) pertaining to, derived from, or characteristic of mice or rats. mu·rine (my  r Typhus endemic typhus murine t. epidemic typhus the classic form, due to Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted between humans by body lice. flying squirrel typhus an acute infectious disease similar to epidemic typhus, occurring in the southeastern United States; it is caused by Rickettsia prowazekii with Renal Involvement in Canary Islands, 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 Salamanca, city, MexicoSalamanca (sälämäng`kä), city (1990 pop. 206,275), Guanajuato state, W central Mexico. Chiefly an oil center, it also serves as the commercial and distribution point for the surrounding agricultural region. The city lies on major national highway and rail systems. and Madrid (Central/Western Spain), yielded seroprevalence rates 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 spongiform /spon·gi·form/ (spun´ji-form) resembling a sponge. spon·gi·form (sp  nj Encephalopathy AIDS encephalopathy HIV e. anoxic encephalopathy hypoxic e. biliary encephalopathy , bilirubin encephalopathy kernicterus. bovine spongiform encephalopathy spongiform encephalopathy in Greater Kudu kudu (kn. Encephalopathy characterized by progressive diffuse vacuolation of the cerebral cortex.  `d), short-haired African antelope, genus Strepsiceros. The greater kudu, Strepsiceros strepsiceros, has a reddish brown coat with thin vertical white stripes on its sides. (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)" by Andrew A. Cunningham et al., errors occurred in the title. The corrected title appears below: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy bovine spongiform encephalopathy: see prion. 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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