This article is a correction to:
Decreased influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, 2020
Ivy Asantewaa Asante1*
Stephen Ofori Nyarko1,2
Yaw Awuku-Larbi1
Richard Asomadu Obeng1,2
Gifty Mawuli Sarpong1Esinam Aku Apefa Amenuvor1,2
Mildred Adusei-Poku1,3Linda Boatemaa1Vanessa Magnusen1,4Jennifer Wutsika1,2Samuel Ago1,2Lorreta Kwasah1Juliet Wordui1,2Roberta Aprilyn Tackie1,2Dennis Odai Laryea5Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe5William Asiedu6Daniel Lartei Mingle6Edward Owusu Nyarko6Anne Fox2Shirley C. Nimo-Paintsil2
Naiki Attram2Terrel Sanders2
William Kwabena Ampofo1- 1National Influenza Centre, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
- 2U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENT, Accra, Ghana
- 3Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
- 4West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
- 5Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana
- 6Public Health Division, 37 Military Hospital, Ghana Armed Forces, Accra, Ghana
A corrigendum on
Decreased influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, 2020
by Asante, I. A., Nyarko, S. O., Awuku-Larbi, Y., Obeng, R. A., Sarpong, G. M., Amenuvor, E. A. A., Adusei-Poku, M., Boatemaa, L., Magnusen, V., Wutsika, J., Ago, S., Kwasah, L., Wordui, J., Tackie, R. A., Laryea, D. O., Asiedu-Bekoe, F., Asiedu, W., Mingle, D. L., Nyarko, E. O., Fox, A., Nimo-Paintsil, S. C., Attram, N., Sanders, T., and Ampofo, W. K. (2024). Front. Public Health 11:1290553. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1290553
In the section, Methodology, subheading, Ethics statement, the first sentence was incorrect.
This sentence previously stated:
“This epidemiologic activity was approved by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Institutional Review Board, the Naval Medical Research Command Institutional Review Board, and the Office of Research Administration as public health surveillance.”
The correct sentence appears below:
“This epidemiologic activity was approved by the Naval Medical Research Command Institutional Review Board, and the Office of Research Administration as public health surveillance.”
The Ethics statement was incorrect.
This text previously stated:
“The study involving humans was approved by the College of Health Sciences Ethical and Protocol Review Committee (CHS-Et/M.3-P 2.7/2017-2018), Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Institutional Review Board (NMIMR-IRB CPN 062/17-18), and the Naval Medical Research Command Institutional Review Board - Office of Research Administration (NAMRU3-PJT-21-01) as public health surveillance. The Ghana Health Service waived the requirement of written informed consent from participants or the participants' legal guardians/next of kin because this protocol falls under public health surveillance.”
The correct text appears below:
“The study involving humans was approved by the Naval Medical Research Command Institutional Review Board – Office of Research Administration (NAMRU3-PJT-21-01) as public health surveillance. The Ghana Health Service concurred that this protocol is exempt from ethical considerations including the informed consent process because it falls under public health surveillance. The sentinel sites for routine national influenza virus surveillance in Ghana were set up in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service as well as the Ghana Armed Forces as part of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) system of the Ghana Health Service, which is the health delivery division within the Ministry of Health. All procedures were performed according to relevant guidelines and regulations.”
The authors apologize for these errors 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: influenza activity, COVID-19, pandemic, surveillance, Ghana
Citation: Asante IA, Nyarko SO, Awuku-Larbi Y, Obeng RA, Sarpong GM, Amenuvor EAA, Adusei-Poku M, Boatemaa L, Magnusen V, Wutsika J, Ago S, Kwasah L, Wordui J, Tackie RA, Laryea DO, Asiedu-Bekoe F, Asiedu W, Mingle DL, Nyarko EO, Fox A, Nimo-Paintsil SC, Attram N, Sanders T and Ampofo WK (2024) Corrigendum: Decreased influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, 2020. Front. Public Health 12:1386351. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1386351
Received: 15 February 2024; Accepted: 19 February 2024;
Published: 04 March 2024.
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*Correspondence: Ivy Asantewaa Asante, iasante@noguchi.ug.edu.gh