There are several errors in this article. In Table 2, the age ranges are incorrectly listed under Community in column 1. The age ranges should be listed under Age Category in column 2. Please see the corrected Table 2 here.
Table 2. Summary of age specific seropositive study participants by community.
Community (years) | Age Category | N | T. cruzi seropositiven (%) | 95% Confidence Interval |
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Pindoc | 75 | 20 (26.7%) | 17.1–38.1% | |
<10 | 14 | 0 | 0–23.2% | |
11–20 | 19 | 0 | 0–17.7% | |
21–40 | 14 | 4 (28.6%) | 8.4–58.1% | |
>40 | 28 | 16 (57.1%) | 37.2–75.5% | |
Nuevo Guayaquil | 63 | 7 (11.1%) | 4.6–21.6% | |
<10 | 11 | 0 | 0–28.5% | |
11–20 | 16 | 1 (6.3%) | 0.2–30.2% | |
21–40 | 19 | 2 (10.5%) | 1.3–33.1% | |
>40 | 17 | 4 (23.5%) | 6.8–49.9% | |
Casa Blanca | 130 | 10 (7.7%) | 3.8–13.7% | |
<10 | 24 | 0 | 0–14.3% | |
11–20 | 35 | 2 (5.7%) | 0.70–19.2% | |
21–40 | 31 | 3 (9.7%) | 2.0–25.8% | |
>40 | 40 | 5 (12.5%) | 4.2–26.8% | |
La Esperanza | 123 | 12 (9.8%) | 5.1–16.4% | |
<10 | 32 | 0 | 0–10.9% | |
11–20 | 32 | 6 (18.8%) | 7.2–36.4% | |
21–40 | 36 | 3 (8.3%) | 1.8–22.5% | |
>40 | 23 | 3 (13.0%) | 2.8–33.6% | |
Campo Florido | 195 | 40 (20.5%) | 15.0–26.9% | |
<10 | 74 | 7 (9.5%) | 3.9–18.5% | |
11–20 | 37 | 15 (40.5%) | 24.8–57.9% | |
21–40 | 42 | 8 (19.1%) | 8.6–34.1% | |
>40 | 42 | 10 (23.8%) | 12.1–39.5% | |
Rumiaco | 25 | 2 (8.0%) | 1.0–26.0% | |
<10 | 4 | 1 (25.0%) | 0.6–80.1% | |
11–20 | 8 | 0 | 0–36.9% | |
21–40 | 7 | 1 (14.3%) | 0.4–57.9% | |
>40 | 6 | 0 | 0–45.9% |
There is an error in affiliation 4 for authors Robert H. Gilman, Victor R. Quispe-Machaca, Jenny Ancca-Juarez, Manuela Verastegui, Gerardo Sanchez, Lilia Cabrera, César Náquira, Michael Z. Levy, and Working Group on Chagas Disease in Peru. Affiliation 4 should be: Faculty of Science and Philosophy Alberto Cazorla Talleri, University Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Urbanización Ingeniería, Lima, Peru.
In Table 4, footnote 1 has a typo. T.cruzi should be italicized.
Reference
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