Corrigendum to "Integrated multiplex PCR and metatranscriptomics reveal upper-lower airway microbial landscapes in

Peilan Wei1, Lu Zhang2, Qingtao Hu3

  • 1Pediatric Pulmonary Department, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China; State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Joint International Research Laboratory of Respiratory Health, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510182, China; China-Portugal Artificial Intelligence and Public Health Technologies Joint Laboratory, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory of Respiratory Infectious Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease Research, Guangzhou Medical University, China; Guangzhou National Laboratory, Bio-Island, Guangzhou, 510000, China.

Virologica Sinica
|June 11, 2026
PubMed
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