Correction to: Emerging Microbes and Infections (2013) 2, e48; doi:10.1038/emi.2013.48; published online 7 August 2013
Due to the production error, two mistakes (replacing “highly” with “low”) have been introduced in the fifth sentence, the first paragraph under the subheading “THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE INTERNAL GENES FROM THE H9N2 AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS TO THE VIRULENCE OF nH7N9”, page 2, and the sixth sentence, the second paragraph under the subheading “THE CONTRIBUTION OF nH7N9 MUTANTS SELECTED IN LIVE POULTRY MARKETS TO HUMAN INFECTION”, page 3.
The correct sentences should be as follows:
“Introduction of the HPH5N1 NS into the highly pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza virus enabled H7N1 to replicate efficiently in different human cell lines without prior adaptation due to potent suppression of IFN-β production.58”(page 2).
“The only reported fatal case of a highly pathogenic H7N7 avian influenza virus was with a virus containing a PB2-E627K mutation, which is absent in those patients presenting with mild conjunctivitis.93,94”(page 3).