Front. Microbiol. Frontiers in Microbiology Front. Microbiol. 1664-302X Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00345 Microbiology General Commentary Article Erratum: Genomic analysis of ERVWE2 locus in patients with Multiple sclerosis: absence of genetic association but potential role of Human Endogenous retrovirus type W elements in molecular mimicry with myelin antigen Romano Camila Malta * Departamento de Moléstias Infecciosas e Parasitárias – (LIMHC), Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo e Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil

Edited by: Hirofumi Akari, Kyoto University, Japan

*Correspondence: cmromano@usp.br

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The correct sequences of the primers described in this work are HW_MSchX_F-TGGGTGAAGTAAGTCCAACAG and HW_MSchX_R-TGAAGAACGTATCCAGCCTACA. The amplified fragment corresponds to nucleotides 21227–22122 of the human chromosome Xq22.3 (GenBank ID AL390039.10).