Correction: Incidence of Brucella infection in various livestock species raised under the pastoral production system in Isiolo County, Kenya

Correction: BMC Vet Res 17, 342 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-021-03036-z

Following the publication of the original article [1], the authors pointed out several corrections to be made. The lines and paragraphs mentioned below are in reference to the published article.

• 1. Under abstract, results section (line 3) – please change the word “month” to “months” so that it reads “cases per animal-months at risk”. We have highlighted this word in yellow in the attached PDF file of the article.

• 2. Under the background section in paragraph 1, kindly delete the statement “through spill-over” in line 22. The statement is stricken through in the attached PDF file of the article.

  Results. Under descriptive analysis

• 3. Paragraph 1, lines 24 to 25 in the statement “Fisher’s exact 2-tailed p = 0.002”. Please replace the uppercase P with lowercase p so this appears as follows: ‘‘Fisher’s exact 2-tailed p = 0.002’’.

• 4. Also, in line 25 in the statement: sex (P = 0.027). Please replace the uppercase P with lowercase p so this appears as follows: p = 0.027. The other parts should remain as they are.

• 5. Paragraph 1, line 27. Please add a semicolon after the CI so that the text appears as follows: (4.5% 95% CI; 1.1–8.4). We have also highlighted this section in yellow in the attached PDF file of the article for easy location and action.

• 6. Under descriptive results, paragraph 1 lines 31 - 33. Please delete the statement “factors associated with the seroprevalance of Brucella spp. based on the univariable mixed)”. In line 31, put a bracket after the figure 17.0. so that it appears as 13.4%; 95% CI; 10.3-17.0). We have stricken thorough this statement in the attached PDF file for easy location and action by deletion.

• 7. Paragraph 2 under descriptive analysis, line 5. Under the statement: (Cochran’s Q test = 18.5, df = 2, P < 0.001). Please replace the uppercase P with lowercase p so this appears as: (Cochran’s Q test = 18.5, df = 2, p < 0.001). In lines 8 to 9 in the same paragraph under the statement: mRBPT (P < 0.001), RBPT and iELISA (P = 0.001), please replace uppercase P with lowercase p so that this appears as follows: mRBPT (p < 0.001), RBPT and iELISA (p = 0.001).

• 8. Under the heading: Risk factor analysis, line 7. Please replace uppercase P with lowercase p in the figures P = 0.012 so that this appears as p = 0.012. This section has been highlighted in the attached PDF file for easy identification and action.

• 9. Under the heading: Brucella infection incidence results, paragraph 1, line 5. Change the word “month'' to “months'' so that this statement reads: “animal-months at risk''. In line 9, please also change the word “month'' to “months''. Paragraph 2, line 8, under the figures (χ2 = 7.4, df = 5, P = 0.190). Kindly replace uppercase P with lowercase p so that this reads (χ2 = 7.4, df = 5, p = 0.190).

• 10. Under discussion section, paragraph 2, line 4. Replace the word “month'' with “months''.

• 11. Under statistical analysis section, page 9. In the denominator part of the below formula, please delete the c in Spc1 so that this becomes Sp1. The other parts of the formula are correct. In the attached PDF file, we have deleted letter c in the formula.

$$\mathrm{TP}=\frac{\mathrm{AP}\hbox{-} \left(1\hbox{-} \mathrm{Sp}1\right)\;\left(1\hbox{-} \mathrm{Sp}2\right)}{\mathrm{Se}1\times \mathrm{Se}2\hbox{-} \left(1\hbox{-} \mathrm{Sp}1\right)\;\left(1\hbox{-} \mathrm{Sp}2\right)}$$

The original article has been corrected.