This article is a correction to:
The epidemiological trend of monkeypox and monkeypox-varicella zoster viruses co-infection in North-Eastern Nigeria
Roland Stephen1Faith Alele2,3Jamiu Olumoh4†Jennifer Tyndall5Malachy Ifeanyi Okeke5
Oyelola Adegboye2,3,6*†- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria
- 2Public Health and Tropical Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- 3Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- 4Department of Mathematics and Statistics, American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria
- 5Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria
- 6World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vector-Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
A corrigendum on
The epidemiological trend of monkeypox and monkeypox-varicella zoster viruses co-infection in North-Eastern Nigeria
by Stephen, R., Alele, F., Olumoh, J., Tyndall, J., Okeke, M. I., and Adegboye, O. (2022). Front. Public Health 10:1066589. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1066589
In the published article, there was an error in Table 1 as published. There were errors regarding the number of patients with negative/inconclusive results by age group and gender. The corrected Table 1 and its caption appear below.
TABLE 1
Table 1. Patient demographic and clinical characteristics in all case series.
In the published article, there was an error in the second line of the first paragraph of the results section.
A correction has been made to the second line of the first paragraph of the results. This sentence previously stated:
“Males accounted for 79% (28)…”
The corrected sentence appears below:
“Males accounted for 79% (26)…
The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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Keywords: monkeypox virus, MPX, varicella zoster virus, Nigeria, coinfection
Citation: Stephen R, Alele F, Olumoh J, Tyndall J, Okeke MI and Adegboye O (2023) Corrigendum: The epidemiological trend of monkeypox and monkeypox-varicella zoster viruses co-infection in North-Eastern Nigeria. Front. Public Health 11:1256195. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1256195
Received: 10 July 2023; Accepted: 13 July 2023;
Published: 24 July 2023.
Edited and reviewed by: Shuchao Wang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
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*Correspondence: Oyelola Adegboye, oyelola.adegboye@jcu.edu.au
†ORCID: Jamiu Olumoh orcid.org/0000-0002-7371-3920
Oyelola Adegboye orcid.org/0000-0002-9793-8024