Corrigendum to “Importation of SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to major COVID-19 epidemic in Taiwan” [Int J Infect Dis 97 (2020) 240–244]
Chih-Yen Lina b, Wen‐Hung Wangb c, Aspiro Nayim Urbinab, Sung‐Pin Tsenga, Po‐Liang Lub c, Yen‐Hsu Chenb c, Ming‐Lung Yud, Sheng‐Fan Wanga b e f✉
- aDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
- bCenter for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
- cDivision of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
- dHepatobiliary Section, Department of Internal Medicine, and Hepatitis Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
- eDepartment of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan. Electronic address: wasf1234@kmu.edu.tw
- fDepartment of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
The authors regret that Dr Sheng-Fan Wang’s name was published with the typographical error and apologize for any inconvenience caused. Importation of SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to major COVID-19 epidemic in TaiwanInternational Journal of Infectious DiseasesVol. 97PreviewEmerging diseases pose a threat to global health and have the potential to become fatal. In December 2019, an atypical pneumonia induced by a novel coronavirus was first reported Wuhan, China (Huang et al., 2020). This novel coronavirus was initially named 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The name is now severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the disease is coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Coronaviridae Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy). Since the first reported case, there has been a rapid increase in the number of cases, with outbreaks being reported in countries all over the world. Full-Text PDF Open Access