Erratum: False-Positive Results in a Recombinant Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Nucleocapsid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Due to HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-229E Rectified by Western Blotting with Recombinant SARS-CoV Spike Polypeptide (Juornal of Clinical Microbiology (2022) 42:12 (5885-5888) DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5885-5888.2004)

Patrick C.Y. Woo, Susanna K.P. Lau, Beatrice H.L. Wong, Kwok Hung Chan, Wai Ting Hui, Grace S.W. Kwan, J. S.Malik Peiris, Robert B. Couch, Kwok Yung Yuen

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Abstract

We were alerted that lanes 2 and 6 of Western blot strips in Fig. 2A are more similar than expected on retrospective inspection under magnification. The lapse of 18 years since the publication of this paper made investigation using original research material impossible. We therefore voluntarily take the step of retracting this paper to set the scientific record straight.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume60
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022

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