Correction

After publication of this work [1] it has come to our attention that one of the references used in the article [2] has been incorrectly cited. The sentence "The seroprevalence of A. phagocytophilum in Europe varies from 83.3% in Holland" in the second paragraph of the Background section of the article is incorrectly written and should state "The PCR detection of A. phagocytophilum in Europe varies from 9.8% in Holland" instead. The authors apologise for any confusion caused.