In the original article, there was an error in Figure 1 as published. Specifically, the curve representing the host anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) immune response in unvaccinated people in low environmental mycobacteria (EMb) abundance areas (normal red line) was not drawn correctly. The corrected Figure 1 appears below.
Figure 1
The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
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Summary
Keywords
tuberculosis, BCG, vaccine efficacy, immune response, environmental mycobacteria, heterogeneity, geographical latitude
Citation
Kumar P (2022) Corrigendum: A Perspective on the Success and Failure of BCG. Front. Immunol. 13:850325. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.850325
Received
07 January 2022
Accepted
12 January 2022
Published
09 February 2022
Volume
13 - 2022
Edited and reviewed by
Juraj Ivanyi, King’s College London, United Kingdom
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*Correspondence: Pawan Kumar, pksbio30@gmail.com
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