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. 2026 Jan 23;26(1):110. doi: 10.1007/s10238-025-02025-y

Correction: Hodgkin lymphoma: the role of EBV plasma viral load testing in an HIV-endemic setting

J Opie 1,✉, Z Mohamed 1,2, D Chetty 1,3, J Bailey 1,4, K Brown 1, E Verburgh 1, D Hardie 1,5,✉
PMCID: PMC12827366  PMID: 41571836

Correction to: Clinical and Experimental Medicine (2024) 25:10

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10238-024–01524-8.

In the original version of the article, the entries in Table 1 was misaligned.

Table 1 which previously appeared as

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Total cohort
n = 68
HIV+ ve
n=21 (31%)
HIV- ve
n=47 (69%)
P-value
Female 34 (51%) 10 (48%) 24 (51%) 0.793
Median age (years)

36

(IQR 26 – 52)

39

(IQR 28–46)

33

(IQR 25–57)

0.841
PLWH receiving ART 18 (86%)

CD4 count median (cells/ul) *

<100

100–200

>200

152 (IQR 105–286)

5 (25%)

6 (30%)

9 (45%)

EBV tumour positive** 33 (49%) 20 (95%) 13 (28%) <0.001

Stage at diagnosis

I

II

III

IV

1 (2%)

13 (19%)

9 (13%)

45 (66%)

0

4 (19%)

1 (5%)

16 (76%)

1 (2%)

9 (19%)

8 (17%)

29 (62%)

0.552

Histological subtype

Nodular sclerosing

Lymphocyte rich

Mixed cellularity

Lymphocyte depleted

CHL unclassified***

37 (54%)

12 (18%)

10 (15%)

1 (1%)

8 (12%)

6 (29%)

2 (10%)

5 (24%)

1 (5%)

7 (33%)

31 (66%)

10 (21%)

5 (11%)

0

1 (2%)

<0.001

Chemotherapy treatment

Died before treatment/no treatment

First line only

First & second line

1 (1%)

52 (76%)

15 (22%)

1 (5%)

17 (81%)

3 (14%)

0

35 (74%)

12 (26%)

0.244

Survival at last follow up

Alive

Deceased

56 (82%)

12 (18%)

14 (67%)

7 (33%)

42 (89%)

5 (11%)

0.037

ART antiretroviral therapy; CHL classical Hodgkin lymphoma; PLWH people living with HIV; IQR interquartile range*1 patient did not have a CD4 count available**Detected by EBERish (for lymph node and tissue) and LMP-1 staining (for bone marrow biopsies)***All CHL unclassified cases were diagnosed on bone marrow biopsy

But should have been

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Total cohort
n = 68
HIV+ ve
n=21 (31%)
HIV- ve
n=47 (69%)
P-value
Female 34 (51%) 10 (48%) 24 (51%) 0.793
Median age (years)

36

(IQR 26 – 52)

39

(IQR 28–46)

33

(IQR 25–57)

0.841
PLWH receiving ART 18 (86%)

CD4 count median (cells/ul) *

<100

100–200

>200

152 (IQR 105–286)

5 (25%)

6 (30%)

9 (45%)

EBV tumour positive** 33 (49%) 20 (95%) 13 (28%) <0.001

Stage at diagnosis

I

II

III

IV

1 (2%)

13 (19%)

9 (13%)

45 (66%)

0

4 (19%)

1 (5%)

16 (76%)

1 (2%)

9 (19%)

8 (17%)

29 (62%)

0.552

Histological subtype

Nodular sclerosing

Lymphocyte rich

Mixed cellularity

Lymphocyte depleted

CHL unclassified***

37 (54%)

12 (18%)

10 (15%)

1 (1%)

8 (12%)

6 (29%)

2 (10%)

5 (24%)

1 (5%)

7 (33%)

31 (66%)

10 (21%)

5 (11%)

0

1 (2%)

<0.001

Chemotherapy treatment

Died before treatment/no treatment

First line only

First & second line

1 (1%)

52 (76%)

15 (22%)

1 (5%)

17 (81%)

3 (14%)

0

35 (74%)

12 (26%)

0.244

Survival at last follow up

Alive

Deceased

56 (82%)

12 (18%)

14 (67%)

7 (33%)

42 (89%)

5 (11%)

0.037

The original version of this article has been corrected.

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