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Correction: Tuberculosis in older adults: case studies from four countries with rapidly ageing populations in the western pacific region

BMC Public Health volume 23, Article number: 1100 (2023) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 21 February 2023

Correction: BMC Public Health 23, 370 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15197-7

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified 2 errors:

  1. 1.

    In the background the sentence “In 2019, life expectancy at birth of the population was 4 years above the global estimate of 73.7 years” should read In 2019, life expectancy at birth of the population was 4 years above the global estimate of 73.3 years

  2. 2.

    The following disclaimer was missing: The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article, and they do not necessarily represent the views, decisions, or policies of the institutions with which they are affiliated.

The original article has been updated.

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  1. Teo AKJ, et al. Tuberculosis in older adults: case studies from four countries with rapidly ageing populations in the western pacific region. BMC Public Health. 2023;23:370. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15197-7.

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  1. Kerri Viney, Ben Marais, Heejin Kim, Seiya Kato, Yuhong Liu, Catherine W.M. Ong and Tauhid Islam are joint senior authors.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

    Alvin Kuo Jing Teo & Siyan Yi

  2. Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Alvin Kuo Jing Teo & Ben Marais

  3. World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines

    Kalpeshsinh Rahevar, Fukushi Morishita, Manami Yanagawa, Kyung Hyun Oh & Tauhid Islam

  4. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    Catherine W. M. Ong

  5. Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Tokyo, Japan

    Takashi Yoshiyama, Akihiro Ohkado, Lisa Kawatsu, Norio Yamada, Kazuhiro Uchimura & Seiya Kato

  6. Korean National Tuberculosis Association, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Youngeun Choi & Heejin Kim

  7. Office of International Cooperation, Innovation Alliance on Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment, Beijing, China

    Zi Chen

  8. KHANA Center for Population Health Research, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Siyan Yi

  9. Center for Global Health Research, Public Health Program, Touro University California, Vallejo, CA, USA

    Siyan Yi

  10. Global Tuberculosis Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    Kerri Viney

  11. The University of Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases (Sydney ID) and the Centre of Research Excellence in Tuberculosis (TB-CRE), Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Alvin Kuo Jing Teo & Ben Marais

  12. Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

    Yuhong Liu

  13. Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Catherine W. M. Ong

  14. Institute of Health Innovation and Technology (iHealthtech), National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Catherine W. M. Ong

  15. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Woodlands Health, Singapore, Singapore

    Alicia Ang

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Teo, A.K.J., Rahevar, K., Morishita, F. et al. Correction: Tuberculosis in older adults: case studies from four countries with rapidly ageing populations in the western pacific region. BMC Public Health 23, 1100 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15576-0

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