Corrigendum: Caseload and Case Fatality of Lassa Fever in Nigeria, 2001–2018: A Specialist Center's Experience and Its Implications

Akpede, George O.; Asogun, Danny A.; Okogbenin, Sylvanus A.; Dawodu, Simeon O.; Momoh, Mojeed O.; Dongo, Andrew E.; Ike, Chiedozie; Tobin, Ekaete; Akpede, Nosa; Ogbaini-Emovon, Ephraim; Adewale, Adetunji E.; Ochei, Oboratare; Onyeke, Frank; Okonofua, Martha O.; Atafo, Rebecca O.; Odia, Ikponmwosa; Adomeh, Donatus I.; Odigie, George; Ogbeifun, Caroline; Muoebonam, Ekene; Ihekweazu, Chikwe; Ramharter, Michael; Colubri, Andres; Sabeti, Pardis C.; Happi, Christian T.; Günther, Stephan; Agbonlahor, Dennis E.

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Corrigendum: Caseload and Case Fatality of Lassa Fever in Nigeria, 2001–2018: A Specialist Center's Experience and Its Implications

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Caseload and Case Fatality of Lassa Fever in Nigeria, 2001–2018: A Specialist Center's Experience and Its Implications
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$\nGeorge O. Akpede,$ George O. Akpede^1,2^*

Danny A. Asogun^1,3

Sylvanus A. Okogbenin^1,4

Simeon O. Dawodu²

Mojeed O. Momoh⁴

Andrew E. Dongo⁵

Chiedozie Ike³

Ekaete Tobin¹

Nosa Akpede¹

Ephraim Ogbaini-Emovon¹

Adetunji E. Adewale²

Oboratare Ochei³

Frank Onyeke²

Martha O. Okonofua⁶

Rebecca O. Atafo^1,6

Ikponmwosa Odia¹

Donatus I. Adomeh¹

George Odigie¹

Caroline Ogbeifun⁷

Ekene Muoebonam¹

Chikwe Ihekweazu⁸

Michael Ramharter⁹

Andres Colubri¹⁰

Pardis C. Sabeti¹⁰

Christian T. Happi¹¹

Stephan Günther¹²

Dennis E. Agbonlahor¹³

¹Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria
²Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria
³Department of Community Medicine, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria
⁴Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria
⁵Department of Surgery, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria
⁶Department of Nursing Services, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria
⁷Department of Medical Records, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria
⁸Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria
⁹Department of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Department of Medicine University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
¹⁰Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
¹¹Department of Biological Sciences and African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Redeemer's University, Ede, Nigeria
¹²Department of Virology, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
¹³Department of Microbiology, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria

A Corrigendum on
Caseload and Case Fatality of Lassa Fever in Nigeria, 2001–2018: A Specialist Center's Experience and Its Implications

by Akpede, G. O., Asogun, D. A., Okogbenin, S. A., Dawodu, S. O., Momoh, M. O., Dongo, A. E., et al. (2019). Front. Public Health 7:170. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00170

Two author names were incorrectly spelled as “Pardis C. Sarbeti” and “Ekene Muebonam”. The correct spelling is “Pardis C. Sabeti” and “Ekene Muoebonam”.

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.

Keywords: case fatality, caseload, center's experience, implications, Lassa fever, outbreaks, Nigeria, trends

Citation: Akpede GO, Asogun DA, Okogbenin SA, Dawodu SO, Momoh MO, Dongo AE, Ike C, Tobin E, Akpede N, Ogbaini-Emovon E, Adewale AE, Ochei O, Onyeke F, Okonofua MO, Atafo RO, Odia I, Adomeh DI, Odigie G, Ogbeifun C, Muoebonam E, Ihekweazu C, Ramharter M, Colubri A, Sabeti PC, Happi CT, Günther S and Agbonlahor DE (2019) Corrigendum: Caseload and Case Fatality of Lassa Fever in Nigeria, 2001–2018: A Specialist Center's Experience and Its Implications. Front. Public Health 7:251. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00251

Received: 30 July 2019; Accepted: 20 August 2019;
Published: 13 September 2019.

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