Front. Public Health Frontiers in Public Health Front. Public Health 2296-2565 Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1256195 Public Health Correction Corrigendum: The epidemiological trend of monkeypox and monkeypox-varicella zoster viruses co-infection in North-Eastern Nigeria Stephen Roland 1 Alele Faith 2 3 Olumoh Jamiu 4 † Tyndall Jennifer 5 Okeke Malachy Ifeanyi 5 Adegboye Oyelola 2 3 6 * † 1Department of Internal Medicine, Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria 2Public Health and Tropical Medicine, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia 3Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia 4Department of Mathematics and Statistics, American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria 5Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria 6World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Vector-Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia

Edited and reviewed by: Shuchao Wang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

 *Correspondence: Oyelola Adegboye oyelola.adegboye@jcu.edu.au

†ORCID: Jamiu Olumoh orcid.org/0000-0002-7371-3920

Oyelola Adegboye orcid.org/0000-0002-9793-8024

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 A corrigendum on The epidemiological trend of monkeypox and monkeypox-varicella zoster viruses co-infection in North-Eastern Nigeria by Stephen, R., Alele, F., Olumoh, J., Tyndall, J., Okeke, M. I., and Adegboye, O. (2022). Front. Public Health 10:1066589. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1066589 monkeypox virus MPX varicella zoster virus Nigeria coinfection section-at-acceptance Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention

In the published article, there was an error in Table 1 as published. There were errors regarding the number of patients with negative/inconclusive results by age group and gender. The corrected Table 1 and its caption appear below.

Patient demographic and clinical characteristics in all case series.

Characteristics Total All MPX MPX only All VZ VZ only Co-infection Negative/inconclusive
n (N) 33 11/33 2/33 (6.1%) 22/33 (67%) 13/33 (39%) 9/33 (27%) 9/33 (27%)
Age, median (IQR) 14 (8–30) 14 (10–28) 14 (8–20) 13 (10–28) 12 (7–22) 14 (11–29) 30 (17–36)
Age group, n (%)
0–9 8 (24) 2 (18) 1 (50) 5 (23) 4 (31) 1 (11) 2 (22.2)
10–19 10 (30) 4 (36) 0 (0) 9 (41) 5 (38) 4 (44) 1 (11.1)
20–29 4 (12) 3 (27) 1 (50) 3 (14) 1 (7.7) 2 (22) 0 (0)
30–39 7 (21) 2 (18) 0 (0) 3 (14) 1 (7.7) 2 (22) 4 (44.4)
40+ 2 (6.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (9.1) 2 (15) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Missing 2 (6.1) 2 (22.2)
Sex, n (%)
Male 26 (79) 9 (82) 2 (100) 16 (73) 9 (69) 7 (78) 8 (88.9)
Female 7 (21) 2 (18) 0 (0) 6 (27) 4 (31) 2 (22) 1 (11.1)
Presence crust, n (%) 8 (24.2) NA NA NA 7 (53.9) 1 (11.1) NA
Days,† [mean (SD)] 2.9 (4.1) NA NA NA 5.5 (5.7) 1.2 (1.2) NA

Average days between the onset of fever and rashes.

NA, not available.

In the published article, there was an error in the second line of the first paragraph of the results section.

A correction has been made to the second line of the first paragraph of the results. This sentence previously stated:

“Males accounted for 79% (28)…”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“Males accounted for 79% (26)…

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.

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