We regret to announce that there was a serious error in the last full paragraph on page 8 of the above mentioned paper [1]
The incorrect sentence
That a double (separate or even concomitant) leptospirosis- hantavirus infection is a rarity in Sri Lanka is furthermore confirmed again in the retrospective study, giving 6/23 or 26·0% incidence.
Should have read
That a double (separate or even concomitant) leptospirosis-hantavirus infection is all but a rarity in Sri Lanka is furthermore confirmed again in the retrospective study, giving 6/23 or 26·0% incidence.
Also, on two occasions leptospirosis is given as leptosirosis.
The publishers apologise for these errors.
REFERENCE
- 1.Sunil-Chandra NP, Clement J, Maes P, De Silva HJ, Van Esbroeck M, Van Ranst M Concomitant leptospirosis-hantavirus co-infection in acute patients hospitalized in Sri Lanka: implications for a potentially worldwide underestimated problem. Epidemiology and Infection, doi: 10.1017/S0950268814003707. Published online 13 January 2015. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]