Corrigendum: Specifically increased rate of infections in children post measles in a high resource setting

In the published article, there was an error in “Figure 1” as published: the dates on the axis were switched. The corrected figure and its caption appear below.

Figure 1.

Study design. Children and adolescents (age ≤ 18 years) who fulfilled the WHO case definition for measles and presented to the emergency room during the measles epidemic between 20th October 2014 and 30th August 2015 were included as cases. Controls were matched for sex, age (± 10), date of first visit to the hospital (± 1 month, illustrated), and duration of in-patient care if applicable (± 20% in full days). All patients were followed up for 3 years.

The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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