Kinoshita, Hitomi
Nakamichi, Kazuo
Lim, Chang-Kweng
Takayama-Ito, Mutsuyo
Wang, Lixin
Iizuka, Itoe
Kurane, Ichiro
Saijo, Masayuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (H29-Nanchitou-Nan-Ippan-036)
the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (H21-Shinko-Ippan-009)
JSPS KAKENHI (17K09768)
Article History
Received: 29 June 2018
Accepted: 20 August 2018
First Online: 31 August 2018
Change Date: 8 October 2018
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: In the original publication of article [1], ‘20 × 10copies’, which is in the sentence ‘As seen in Fig. 4, the sensitivity of the specimens containing equal to or more than 20 × 10copies in 2 μL of extracted DNA (equivalent to ≥3.0 × 103 copies/mL CSF) was 100% (29/29)’ changes to ‘2.0 × 10copies’ in results section. The publisher apologizes to the readers and authors for the inconvenience.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted under the approval from the Ethical Committee for Biomedical Science in the NIID (approval number 667). Written Informed consent from patients or their family members was obtained and the study adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
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