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Correction to: Accuracy and reliability of an NS1 rapid immunochromatographic test for DENV-1 diagnosis at point of care and in the laboratory

Verónica Elizabeth Mata 1,✉, Sonia Regina Lambert Passos 1, Yara Hahr Marques Hökerberg 1, Guilherme Miguéis Berardinelli 1, Maria Angelica Borges dos Santos 2, Levy Vilas Boas Fukuoka 1, Anna Carolina Fontoura Seixas Rangel Maciel 1, Cintia Damasceno dos Santos Rodrigues 3, Aline da Silva Santos 3, Raquel de Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira 1
PMCID: PMC5667037  PMID: 29092715

Correction

An error occurred during the publication of the original article [1]. This led to several sections of the text being incorrectly converted into Portuguese:

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    The title

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    Declarations
    • Ethics approval and consent to participate
    • Consent for Publication
    • Competing Interests
    • Publisher’s Note
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    Article references

A full list of all corrections follows below:

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    Title: Accuracy and reliability of an NS1 rapid immunochromatographic test for DENV-1 diagnosis at point of care and in the laboratory

  • B.

    Declarations:

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute (CAAE 0066.0.009.000–11). All patients signed the free and informed consent form.

Consent for Publication

Not applicable.

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Publisher’s Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

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The Publisher apologises for this error and any confusion caused.

The original article has also been updated.

Footnotes

The original article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2679-z.

Reference

  • 1.Mata VE, Passos SRL, Hökerberg YHM, Berardinelli GM, Dos Santos MAB, Fukuoka LVB, Maciel ACFSR, Dos Santos Rodrigues CD, da Silva Santos A, de Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira R. Accuracy and reliability of an NS1 rapid immunochromatographic test for DENV-1 diagnosis at point of care and in the laboratory. BMC Infect Dis. 2017;17:594. doi:10.1186/s12879-017-2679-z. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed]

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