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Posted by plosntds_team on 30 Jan 2026 at 23:57 GMT
The authors would like to clarify the following: We have identified a one-word error in the first paragraph of the Results section that requires correction.
Original sentence: "...while there were fewer indoor cases during the pandemic (49.6%) years compared to endemic (44.6%) years."
Correction: The word "fewer" should be replaced with "more" as 49.6% is a higher value than 44.6%.
Corrected sentence: "...while there were more indoor cases during the pandemic (49.6%) years compared to endemic (44.6%) years."
We have also identified a missing sentence and citation for Fig. 3 after the last sentence of the second paragraph of the Results section, which requires correction.
The sentence to be added as the last sentence for the second results paragraph: "N. kaouthia cases were mostly consulted from hospitals in the northern and central regions of Peninsular Malaysia, while N. sumatrana from hospitals throughout the country (Fig 3)."
Corrected second results paragraph: "Most patients were male (n = 358, 69.9%). The mean age was 36.2 years (SD ± 20.7) with the youngest was nine months and the oldest was 87 years (Table 1). Malaysians (n = 424, 82.8%) were the majority. Most injuries were non-occupational related (n = 433, 84.6%). The incident mostly occurred in the afternoon (n = 220, 43.0%), and in outdoor setting (n = 265, 51.8%). N. kaouthia cases were mostly consulted from hospitals in the northern and central regions of Peninsular Malaysia, while N. sumatrana from hospitals throughout the country (Fig 3).