Correction: Lesbon et al. Nucleocapsid (N) Gene Mutations of SARS-CoV-2 Can Affect Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic and Impact False-Negative Results. Viruses 2021, 13, 2474

Addition of Two Authors

The authors hereby request the inclusion of two authors (Olivia Teixeira and Maria Cristina Nonato) in the recently published article in Viruses entitled “Nucleocapsid (N) gene mutations of SARS-CoV-2 can affect real-time RT-PCR diagnostic and impact false-negative results” [1].

As already demonstrated to the Journal, the authors Olivia Teixeira and Maria Cristina Nonato were very important contributors of this article as they were solely responsible for the analysis of the protein structure and the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 mutations on its function at RNA and protein levels. They also collaborated in the discussion of results and the preparation of Figure 2 of the protein structure. Therefore, Olivia Teixeira and Maria Cristina Nonato have to be part of this article as authors. Their names are added between Luiz Carlos Junior de Alcantara and Loyze Paola Oliveira de Lima. All authors have agreed on this change.

Additional Affiliations

An additional affiliation, 6, is added in regard to the addition of two authors (Olivia Teixeira and Maria Cristina Nonato). The numbers of other affiliations have been adjusted accordingly.

Newly added affiliation 6: Ribeirao Preto Protein Crystallography Laboratory, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto 14040-903, São Paulo, Brazil.

In the published publication, there was an error regarding the affiliation for “Dimas Tadeu Covas”. In addition to affiliation “2”, the updated affiliation should include: “8, Blood Center of Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14051-060, São Paulo, Brazil”.

Insert New Author Contributions Statement

The contributions of Olivia Teixeira and Maria Cristina Nonato were not included in the original publication. The corrected Author Contributions Statement appears here.

Author Contributions: Conceptualization and designed the experiments: H.F.; performed the analysis: J.C.C.L., M.D.P., O.T. and M.C.N.; analyzed the data: J.C.C.L., H.F., E.C.d.M.O., G.R., L.G.C., O.T. and M.C.N.; writing—original draft preparation: J.C.C.L.; writing—review and editing: J.C.C.L., M.D.P., M.G., S.K. and H.F.; Molecular screening and produced SARS-CoV-2 genomic data: J.C.C.L., M.D.P., E.C.d.M.O., J.S.L.P., L.G.C., V.L.V., M.G., L.C.J.d.A., L.P.O.d.L., A.J.M., C.R.d.S.B., E.C.M., J.d.S.T.B., D.B.M., R.A.B., R.d.L.R.C.C., P.D.S.C.M., S.N.S., R.B.d.S., E.S.R., E.V.S., J.S.B., D.G.L.d.L.R., J.P.K., B.S., P.A.A., F.A.d.S.d.C., C.A.B., L.S., M.M.M., M.P., F.E.V.d.S., R.M.T.G., J.A.S.-N., M.L.N., L.L.C., R.T.C., R.M.N., D.T.C., S.C.S., M.C.E., S.K., H.F. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused and state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.