The Institutional Review Board Statement and Informed Consent Statement sections in the original publication [1] have been updated. The corrected paragraphs appear below:
- Institutional Review Board Statement: No ethical approval was required, since the samples were collected during public health surveillance and the subsequent analyses were conducted within established public health practice. Nevertheless, the study was approved by the Ioannina University Hospital Ethics Committee (reference number 604 and acceptance date 2 July 2024). To ensure patient anonymity, all the samples were coded with a laboratory identification number.
- Informed Consent Statement: Regarding the informed consent status, patient consent was not required in the context of emerging infectious diseases according to the guidelines regarding data processing in scientific research in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak by the European Data Protection Board (page 16, paragraph 7, available at https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/default/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_202003_healthdatascientificresearchcovid19_el_0.pdf, accessed on 1 November 2024) and article 49 of the GDPR (point d, available at https://www.privacy-regulation.eu/en/49.htm, accessed on 1 November 2024).
The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.
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