Erratum: Emerging/re-emerging viral diseases & new viruses on the Indian horizon

In the article titled “Emerging/re-emerging viral diseases & new viruses on the Indian horizon” published on pages 447-467, Issue 4, Volume 149 in Indian J Med Res[1], the authors inadvertently miscategorised many viruses as against their respective families in Table 1 on page 452.

The correct Table 1 is provided below:

Table 1.

Emerging/re-emerging viral infections in India and new viruses1

Family	Viruses	Probable/mode of transmission	Outbreak potential	Biosafety risk-group
Bunyaviridae	Ganjam virus	Tick-borne	Yes*	2
	Bhanja virus	Tick-borne	Yes*	2
	SFTS virus	Tick-borne	Yes	4
	Chobar Gorge virus	Tick-borne	No	2
	EEV	Arthropod-borne	No	2
	Cat Que virus	Arthropod-borne	Yes*	2
	Kaisodi virus	Tick-borne	Yes*	2
	Umbre virus	Arthropod-borne	Yes*	2
	Oya virus [previously known as Ingwavuma virus]	Arthropod-borne	No	2
	Chittoor virus	Tick-borne	Yes*	2
	Thottapalayam virus	Rodent-borne	No	2
Nairoviridae	CCHF virus	Tick-borne, Human to human	Yes	4
Flaviviridae	Yellow fever	Arthropod-borne	Yes	4
	Zika virus	Arthropod-borne, Mother to child, Sexual route	Yes	2
	KFD virus	Tick-borne	Yes	4
	JE virus	Arthropod-borne	Yes	2
	Dengue virus	Arthropod-borne	Yes	2
	Bagaza virus	Arthropod-borne	Yes*	2
Orthomyxoviridae	Influenza -(H3N2) v alias	Air-borne	Yes	3
	Influenza-Avian [H5N1]	Air-borne	Yes	4
	Quaranfil virus	Tick-borne	Yes*	2
Pneumoviridae	RSV	Air-borne	Yes	2
Paramyxoviridae	Parainfluenza 1 to 4	Air-borne	Yes*	2
	Nipah virus	Human to human Direct contact/consumption of infected bat/fruit infected with bat	Yes	4
Picornaviridae	Human Rhinovirus A, B and C
	Hand, Foot & Mouth disease	Direct contact, Feco-oral route	Yes	2
	Coxsackie-A21 virus	Feco-oral route	Yes	2
	Coxsackie-A10 virus	Feco-oral route	Yes	2
	Polio & Non-Polio flaccid paralysis	Feco-oral route	Yes	3
	Enterovirus-D68	Air-borne	Yes	2
Caliciviridae	Noroviruses	Feco-oral route	Yes	2
	Sapoviruses	Feco-oral route	Yes	2
Hepadnaviridae	Hepatitis KIs virus new & vaccine escape mutants of HBV	Blood-borne	Yes	2
Togaviridae	Rubella virus	Air borne	Yes	2
	Chikungunya virus	Arthropod-borne	Yes	2
Poxviridae	Buffalo pox virus [Orthopoxvirus]	Direct contact	Yes	2
Parvoviridae	Human Parvovirus-4	Parenteral transmission ?	Yes	2
Arenaviridae	LCMV	Rodent-borne	Yes*	3
Herpesviridae	VZV	Air borne, Direct contact	Yes	2
Rhabdoviridae	Chandipura virus	Arthropod-borne	Yes	3
Reoviridae	Rota viruses	Feco-oral route	Yes	2
	Kammavanpettai virus [Orbiviruses]	Tick-borne	No	Unknown

*May cause epidemic; however, no epidemic has been reported. Unknown: No clear information on the risk assessment available. SFTS, severe fever thrombocytopenia syndrome; EEV, equine encephalosis virus; CCHFs, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fevers; KFD, Kyasanur forest disease; JE, Japanese encephalitis; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; CMV, cytomegalovirus; VZV, varicella-zoster virus; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; HBV, hepatitis-B virus. Source: Refs 5, 10, 22-55