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Author Correction: Estimation of the mutation rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in cases with recurrent tuberculosis using whole genome sequencing.

Sci Rep · 2023 · PMC9971235 · PMID 36849615

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marginally significantp value = 0.066so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)
As a result, in the Results section, under the subheading ‘Patient selection and risk factors’, “HIV status was significant ( p value = 0.041) between the two groups, showing that HIV positive patients suffered relapse in the first two years more frequently than HIV negative patients.” now reads: “HIV status was significant ( p value = 0.035) between the two groups, showing that HIV positive patients suffered relapse in the first two years more frequently than HIV negative patients.” Additionally, the following sentence was removed: “The gender was marginally significant for males, suggesting a trend of males suffering relapses in the first two years more frequently than females ( p value = 0.066).” Furthermore, in the Discussion section, “Regarding the epidemiological and risk factors of the relapsed TB cases studied, we found that relapse was significantly earlie

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