In the article “Detection of West Nile virus in a common whitethroat (Curruca communis) and Culex mosquitoes in the Netherlands, 2020" by Sikkema et al, published on 8 October 2020, corrections were made on request of the authors: The sentence “Mosquitoes can acquire the virus by feeding on a viraemic bird and can transmit it to other birds, animals or humans following an intrinsic incubation period” was changed to “Mosquitoes can acquire the virus by feeding on a viraemic bird and can transmit it to other birds, animals or humans following an extrinsic incubation period”. The affiliations for Tjomme van Mastrigt were corrected from 4,8,9 to 3,8,9. These changes were published on 27 October 2020.
. 2020 Oct 29;25(43):201029c. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.43.201029c
Author’s correction for Euro Surveill. 2020;25(40)
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1European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
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This corrects the article "Detection of West Nile virus in a common whitethroat (Curruca communis) and Culex mosquitoes in the Netherlands, 2020", 2001704.