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CORRECTION article

Front. Public Health, 25 January 2024
Sec. Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention
Volume 12 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1354693

Corrigendum: Wastewater-based surveillance identifies start to the pediatric respiratory syncytial virus season in two cities in Ontario, Canada

This article is a correction to:

  1. Wastewater-based surveillance identifies start to the pediatric respiratory syncytial virus season in two cities in Ontario, Canada

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\r\nElisabeth MercierElisabeth Mercier1Lakshmi PisharodyLakshmi Pisharody1Fiona GuyFiona Guy2Shen WanShen Wan1Nada HegazyNada Hegazy1Patrick M. D&#x;AoustPatrick M. D'Aoust1Md Pervez KabirMd Pervez Kabir1Tram Bich NguyenTram Bich Nguyen1Walaa EidWalaa Eid3Bart HarveyBart Harvey4Erin RodenburgErin Rodenburg4Candy RutherfordCandy Rutherford5Alex E. Mackenzie,Alex E. Mackenzie6,7Jacqueline WillmoreJacqueline Willmore8Charles Hui,Charles Hui6,7Bosco PaesBosco Paes9Robert Delatolla Robert Delatolla1*Nisha Thampi,Nisha Thampi6,7
  • 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 2Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  • 3Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 4Hamilton Public Health Services, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  • 5Hamilton Regional Virology Laboratory, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  • 6Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 7Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 8Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 9Department of Pediatrics (Neonatal Division), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

A corrigendum on
Wastewater-based surveillance identifies start to the pediatric respiratory syncytial virus season in two cities in Ontario, Canada

by Mercier, E., Pisharody, L., Guy, F., Wan, S., Hegazy, N., D'Aoust, P. M., Kabir, M. P., Nguyen, T. B., Eid, W., Harvey, B., Rodenburg, E., Rutherford, C., Mackenzie, A. E., Willmore, J., Hui, C., Paes, B., Delatolla, R., and Thampi, N. (2023). Front. Public Health 11:1261165. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1261165

In the published article, there was an error in the Conflict of interest statement. The correct Conflict of interest statement appears below.

Conflict of interest

PD'A, EM, and RD hold leadership positions in Advanced Environmental Molecular Analytics Ltd. BP received research funding and/or compensation as advisor/lecturer from AstraZeneca and Sanofi outside the scope of this study.

The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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: respiratory syncytial virus, wastewater-based surveillance, pediatric hospitalization, community incidence, season start date, active immunization, palivizumab, hospital-level preparedness

Citation: Mercier E, Pisharody L, Guy F, Wan S, Hegazy N, D'Aoust PM, Kabir MP, Nguyen TB, Eid W, Harvey B, Rodenburg E, Rutherford C, Mackenzie AE, Willmore J, Hui C, Paes B, Delatolla R and Thampi N (2024) Corrigendum: Wastewater-based surveillance identifies start to the pediatric respiratory syncytial virus season in two cities in Ontario, Canada. Front. Public Health 12:1354693. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1354693

Received: 12 December 2023; Accepted: 16 January 2024;
Published: 25 January 2024.

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Copyright © 2024 Mercier, Pisharody, Guy, Wan, Hegazy, D'Aoust, Kabir, Nguyen, Eid, Harvey, Rodenburg, Rutherford, Mackenzie, Willmore, Hui, Paes, Delatolla and Thampi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

*Correspondence: Robert Delatolla, robert.delatolla@uOttawa.ca

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.