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Front. Microbiol., 24 December 2013
Sec. Aquatic Microbiology
Volume 4 - 2013 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00405
This article is part of the Research Topic Vibrio ecology, pathogenesis and evolution. View all 26 articles

Erratum: Adaptation of a simple dipstick test for detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in environmental water

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  1. Adaptation of a simple dipstick test for detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in environmental water

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\r\nSubhra ChakrabortySubhra Chakraborty1Munirul AlamMunirul Alam2Heather M. ScobieHeather M. Scobie1David A. Sack*David A. Sack1*
  • 1Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • 2Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

An erratum on:
Adaptation of a simple dipstick test for detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in environmental water

by Chakraborty, S., Alam, M., Scobie, H. M., and Sack, D. A. (2013). Front. Microbiol. 4:320. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00320

Two references cited in this article were incorrect. The reference to Ingram et al. (1996) should instead be Page et al. (2012) and the reference for Rabbani et al. (2001) should instead be Ley et al. (2012).

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Ley, B., Khatib, A. M., Thriemer, K., von Seidlein, L., Deen, J., Mukhopadyay, A., et al. (2012). Evaluation of a rapid dipstick (crystal VC) for the diagnosis of cholera in Zanzibar and a comparison with previous studies. PLoS ONE 7:e36930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036930

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Page, A. L., Alberti, K. P., Mondonge, V., Rauzier, J., Quilici, M. L., and Guerin, P. J. (2012). Evaluation of a rapid test for the diagnosis of cholera in the absence of a gold standard. PLoS ONE 7:e37360. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037360

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Keywords: cholera, dipstick, Bangladesh, environmental water, Vibrio cholerae

Citation: Chakraborty S, Alam M, Scobie HM and Sack DA (2013) Erratum: Adaptation of a simple dipstick test for detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in environmental water. Front. Microbiol. 4:405. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00405

Received: 06 December 2013; Accepted: 06 December 2013;
Published online: 24 December 2013.

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Daniela Ceccarelli, University of Maryland, USA

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*Correspondence: dsack@jhsph.edu

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