In the article 1, the following errors were published on e25422.
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In Table 4, there were errors in format that caused confusion in content. In Patients 13 and 14, the last three values in these rows were shifted to the wrong columns. These should be corrected to improve clarity.
Table 4.
Initial and follow‐up early infant diagnosis and viral load results of all samples with initial early infant diagnosis qualitative cycle threshold values above 31
| Patient | First sample | Second sample | EID definitive result | Viral load result (copies/mL) | Viral load Ct | ||
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| Ct 1 | Ct 2 | Ct 1 | Ct 2 | ||||
| 1 | 40.9 | Not detected | Second DBS not collected | Negative | Not detected | N/A | |
| 2 | 34.3 | Not detected | Negative | Not detected | N/A | ||
| 3 | 33.5 | Not detected | Negative | Not detected | N/A | ||
| 4 | 34.2 | Not tested | Not detected | N/A | Negative | Not detected | N/A |
| 5 | 31.6 | Not detected | Negative | <400 | 35.3 | ||
| 6 | 31.6 | Not tested | 29.6 | N/A | Positive | 1,453 | 32.9 |
| 7 | 31.6 | 32.2 | 32.0 | N/A | Positive | 1,204 | 34.2 |
| 8 | 32.8 | Not tested | Second DBS not collected | Positive | < 400 | 38.2 | |
| 9 | 31.3 | 31.1 | Positive | 577 | NA | ||
| 10 | 31.5 | 31.2 | Positive | <400 | NA | ||
| 11 | 31.2 | 31.9 | Positive | 2140 | 34.6 | ||
| 12 | 32.4 | Not tested | Positive | <400 | NA | ||
| 13 | 33.2 | Not tested | Positive | <400 | NA | ||
| 14 | 31.5 | Not tested | Positive | 506 | NA | ||
Grey shading, false positive case, N/A, not applicable or additional testing unnecessary as definite result determined; NA, not available Not detected, target not detected; Not testing, additional sample unavailable.
The correct Table 4 should be:
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In 3.2 Data analysis, last paragraph, the text was inconsistent with the data on Table 4.
The sentences read:
In this sub‐analysis, there were five potentially false‐positive viral load test results. The initial EID cycle threshold results of each were 40.9, 34.3, 34.2, 33.5 and 31.6 (Table 4). However, when the indeterminate range was implemented and follow‐up testing conducted, four of the five initially EID positives tested negative (target not detected) on either the same or a new sample and were determined to be HIV negative.
The sentences should have read:
In this sub‐analysis, there were five potentially false‐negative viral load test results. The initial EID cycle threshold results of each were 40.9, 34.3, 34.2, 33.5 and 31.6 (Table 4). However, when the indeterminate range was implemented and follow‐up testing conducted, all five initially EID positives tested negative (target not detected) on either the same or a new sample and were determined to be HIV negative. There was not enough sample to retest the viral load results from the fifth patient in particular.
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The format of some abbreviations was incorrect and has been fixed throughout the article to improve clarity.
Antiretroviral treatment (ART)
Early infant diagnosis (EID)
Mother‐to‐child transmission (MTCT)
Prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission (PMTCT)
Viral load (VL)
World Health Organization (WHO)
ERRATUM. J Int AIDS Soc. 2020; 23(3):e25465
Reference
- 1. Vubil A, Nhachigule C, Loquiha O, Meggi B, Mabunda N, Bollinger T, et al. Viral load assay performs comparably to early infant diagnosis assay to diagnose infants with HIV in Mozambique: a prospective observational study. J Intern AIDS Soc. 2020;23:e25422. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
