Corrections: Vol. 12, No. 7.In "Migratory Passerine passerine Any perching bird. All passerines belong to the largest order of birds, Passeriformes, and have feet specialized for holding onto a horizontal branch (perching). The passerine foot has three forward-directed toes and one backward-directed toe. Birds as Reservoirs of Lyme Borreliosis Lyme borreliosis Another name for Lyme disease. Mentioned in: Lyme Disease in Europe," by Par Comstedt et al., an error occurred in the second sentence of the first paragraph of Acknowledgments, page 1094. The sentence should read "This is report no. 214 from the Ottenby Bird Observatory." The corrected text appears in the online article at http://www. cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no07/06-0127.htm In "Human West Nile Virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. Infection, Catalonia, Spain" by Domingo Bofill et al., an error occurred on page 1164. The final paragraph of the article incorrectly states that 20% of cases of West Nile virus infection are asymptomatic. The sentence should read "The probable WNV WNV West Nile Virus WNV World Net Visions infection described was asymptomatic, as occurs in 80% of cases." The corrected text appears in the online article at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no07/06-0164.htm We regret any confusion these errors may have caused. |
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