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Correction to: Epidemiology and evolution of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, 2012–2020

The Original Article was published on 08 May 2021

Correction to: Infect Dis Poverty (2021) 10:66 https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.1186/s40249-021-00853-0

Following publication of the original article [1], it was found that the figure 1 is incorrect. The correct figure (1) is provided in this erratum.

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Distribution of human MERS cases in the world a, in the Middle East b and in Europe c during 2012–2020. Countries were colored according to the dominant transmission type: (i) zoonotic transmission plus human-to-human transmission, (ii) zoonotic transmission without human-to-human transmission, (iii) imported infection plus human-to-human transmission, and (iv) imported infection without human-to-human transmission

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  1. Zhang AR, Shi WQ, Liu K, Li XL, Liu MJ, Zhang WH, Zhao GP, Chen JJ, Zhang XA, Miao D, Ma W, Liu W, Yang Y, Fang LQ. Epidemiology and evolution of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, 2012–2020. Infect Dis Poverty. 2021;10:66. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.1186/s40249-021-00853-0.

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Zhang, AR., Shi, WQ., Liu, K. et al. Correction to: Epidemiology and evolution of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, 2012–2020. Infect Dis Poverty 10, 115 (2021). https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.1186/s40249-021-00898-1

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