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Experimental infection of rock pigeons (Columba livia) with three West Nile virus lineage 1 strains isolated in Italy between 2009 and 2012 – CORRIGENDUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2015

M. SPEDICATO,
I. CARMINE,
A. L. BELLACICCO,
G. MARRUCHELLA,
V. MARINI,
M. PISCIELLA,
G. DI FRANCESCO,
A. LORUSSO,
F. MONACO and
G. SAVINI
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 144 , Issue 6 , April 2016, pp. 1312
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

In the above-mentioned article [Reference Spedicato, Carmine, Bellacicco, Marruchella, Marini, Pisciella, Di Francesco, Lorusso, Monaco and Savini1] there were two errors.

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In the ‘Histology and IHC’ section the text citation of Figure 1a, b should be moved from the second paragraph to the first paragraph, so that the first two paragraphs of the section now read:

Histology and IHC

Multiple foci of interstitial hepatitis and nephritis were observed in WNV-infected (24/24) and healthy control (3/3) pigeons (Fig. 1a, b). Inflammatory infiltrates consisted of lymphocytes and plasma cells, which sometimes appeared as follicle-like structures. Hepatic granulomas, with a necrotic core surrounded by multinucleated giant cells, were also occasionally seen.

Splenic lympho-follicular hyperplasia was observed in WNV-infected (18/24) and healthy control (1/3) pigeons. Small foci of myocarditis (Fig. 2), mainly characterized by lymphocytes infiltrating the interstitial connective tissue, were detected in 4/24 WNV-infected animals (one in group A and three in group C). Very mild meningitis was detected in 1/24 WNV-infected pigeons and 1/3 controls. All tissues from infected and control animals were negative by IHC.

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The legend for Figure 1 is incorrect. The correct version is given below:

Fig. 1. Interstitial hepatitis (a) and nephritis (b) were observed in WNV-infected (24/24) and healthy control (3/3) pigeons.

References

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1. Spedicato, M, Carmine, I, Bellacicco, AL, Marruchella, G, Marini, V, Pisciella, M, Di Francesco, G, Lorusso, A, Monaco, F, Savini, G. Experimental infection of rock pigeons (Columba livia) with three West Nile virus lineage 1 strains isolated in Italy between 2009 and 2012. Epidemiology and Infection. Published online: 23 10 2015 . doi:10.1017/S0950268815002642.Google Scholar