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Int J Public Health, 22 April 2025

Volume 70 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2025.1608555

Corrigendum: Phenotypic Variation in Disease Severity Among Hospitalized Pediatric Patients With COVID-19: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 in the EPICO Study

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María Camila Sossa-Alarcn &#x;María Camila Sossa-Alarcón1*†Mnica Paola Gutirrez&#x;Mónica Paola Gutiérrez1†Natalia Becerra&#x;Natalia Becerra1†Luz Yessenia Ortegon&#x;Luz Yessenia Ortegon1†María Camila David&#x;María Camila David1†Melisa Naranjo Vanegas,Melisa Naranjo Vanegas2,3Gabriela FriedrichGabriela Friedrich2Pablo Vsquez-Hoyos,Pablo Vásquez-Hoyos4,5María Lucía Mesa-RubioMaría Lucía Mesa-Rubio1Luis Miguel Navarro-Ramirez,Luis Miguel Navarro-Ramirez2,6Sergio Moreno-LopezSergio Moreno-Lopez2Olga Lucía BaqueroOlga Lucía Baquero7Luz Marina MejíaLuz Marina Mejía8Juan Gabriel PierosJuan Gabriel Piñeros1Sonia Restrepo-GualterosSonia Restrepo-Gualteros1Carlos lvarez-Moreno,Carlos Álvarez-Moreno5,9Alejandro Díaz-Díaz,Alejandro Díaz-Díaz10,11Ivn Gutierrez-Tobar,,Iván Gutierrez-Tobar7,12,13Andrs Camilo MesaAndrés Camilo Mesa14William Ricardo Bachiller Tuta,William Ricardo Bachiller Tuta15,16Clara Esperanza Galvis DiazClara Esperanza Galvis Diaz17Martha Africano,Martha Africano18,19Jos Manuel NietoJosé Manuel Nieto20Paola Marsela Prez Camacho,Paola Marsela Pérez Camacho21,22Claudia Beltrn-Arroyave,Claudia Beltrán-Arroyave23,24Rosalba Vivas TrochezRosalba Vivas Trochez25Irati GastesiIrati Gastesi26Cinta MoraledaCinta Moraleda26Alfredo Tagarro García,Alfredo Tagarro García26,27Blanca HerreroBlanca Herrero28Lourdes CallejaLourdes Calleja28Carlos GrasaCarlos Grasa29Paula RodriguezPaula Rodriguez29Susana MelendoSusana Melendo30Antoni Soriano-ArandesAntoni Soriano-Arandes30Irene Gmez PastranaIrene Gómez Pastrana26Sonsoles García GarcíaSonsoles García García26Victoria FumadoVictoria Fumado31Andrea Ramírez Varela,,on behalf of EPICO-Colombia and EPICO-AEP working groupsAndrea Ramírez Varela32,33,34on behalf of EPICO-Colombia and EPICO-AEP working groups
  • 1Pediatrics Department, Universidad de los Andes and Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 3Medical Imagine & AI group - Bioscience Center, Ayudas Diagnósticas Sura, Medellín, Colombia
  • 4Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica (LaRed Network), Montevideo, Uruguay
  • 5School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 6Cancer and Molecular Medicine Research Group (CAMMO), Bogotá, Colombia
  • 7Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Infantil Colsubsidio, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 8Department of Pediatrics, Instituto de Ortopedia Infantil Roosevelt, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 9Clínica Universitaria Colombia, Clínica Colsanitas Grupo Keralty, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 10Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia
  • 11Department of Pediatrics, Hospital General de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
  • 12Red Neumocolombia, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 13Clínica Infantil Santa María del Lago, Clínica Colsanitas Grupo Keralty, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 14Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Infantil San José, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 15Department of Pediatrics, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 16Department of Pediatrics, Sociedad de Cirugía de Bogotá – Hospital de San José, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 17Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 18Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Materno Infantil San Luis, Bucaramanga, Colombia
  • 19Department of Pediatrics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
  • 20Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Regional de la Orinoquía, Yopal, Colombia
  • 21Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia
  • 22Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia
  • 23Department of Pediatrics, Clínica del Rosario, Medellín, Colombia
  • 24School of Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
  • 25Department of Pediatrics, Clínica SOMA, Medellín, Colombia
  • 26Fundación Investigación Biomédica, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (FIBH120), Instituto de Investigación, Hospital 12 de Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain
  • 27Department of Pediatrics, Infanta Sofía University Hospital, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • 28Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
  • 29Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
  • 30Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Vall D´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
  • 31Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain
  • 32Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States
  • 33Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, United States
  • 34School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States

A Corrigendum on
Phenotypic Variation in Disease Severity Among Hospitalized Pediatric Patients With COVID-19: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 in the EPICO Study

by Sossa-Alarcón MC, Gutiérrez MP, Becerra N, Ortegon LY, David MC, Vanegas MN, Friedrich G, Vásquez-Hoyos P, Mesa-Rubio ML, Navarro-Ramirez LM, Moreno-Lopez S, Baquero OL, Mejía LM, Piñeros JG, Restrepo-Gualteros S, Álvarez-Moreno C, Díaz-Díaz A, Gutierrez-Tobar I, Mesa AC, Bachiller Tuta WR, Galvis Diaz CE, Africano M, Nieto JM, Pérez Camacho PM, Beltrán-Arroyave C, Vivas Trochez R, Gastesi I, Moraleda C, Tagarro García A, Herrero B, Calleja L, Grasa C, Rodriguez P, Melendo S, Soriano-Arandes A, Gómez Pastrana I, García García S, Fumado V and Ramírez Varela A (2025). Int. J. Public Health. 70:1607246. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2025.1607246

In the published article, there was an error in Affiliation 4. Instead of “Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica (LaRed Network), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia” it should be “Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica (LaRed Network), Montevideo, Uruguay.”

In the published article, there was an error in Affiliation 8. Instead of “Department of Pediatrics, Instituto Roosevelt, Bogotá, Colombia” it should be “Department of Pediatrics, Instituto de Ortopedia Infantil Roosevelt. Bogotá, Colombia.”

In the published article, there was an error in Affiliation 15. Instead of “Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Sociedad de Cirugía de Bogotá – Hospital de San José, Bogotá, Colombia” it should be “Department of Pediatrics, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá, Colombia.”

In the published article, there was an error in Affiliation 18. Instead of “Clínica Materno Infantil San Luis, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia” it should be “Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Materno Infantil San Luis, Bucaramanga, Colombia.”

In the published article, there was an error in Affiliation 21. Instead of “Department of Pediatrics, Fundación Valle de Lili, Cali, Colombia” it should be “Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia.”

In the published article, there was an error in Affiliation 23. Instead of “Clínica del Rosario, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia” it should be “Department of Pediatrics, Clínica del Rosario. Medellín, Colombia.”

In the published article, there was an error in Affiliation 25. Instead of “Clínica SOMA, Medellín, Colombia” it should be “Department of Pediatrics, Clínica SOMA, Medellín, Colombia.”

In the published article, there was an error in Affiliation 32. Instead of “Department of Epidemiology and Department of Pediatrics, School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States” it should be “Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.”

In the published article, there was an error regarding the affiliations for:

Melisa Naranjo Vanegas: As well as having the affiliation “School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia”, she should also have the affiliation “Medical Imagine & AI group - Bioscience Center, Ayudas Diagnósticas Sura. Medellín, Colombia”, instead of the affiliations “Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica (LaRed Network), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Clinica Infantil Colsubsidio, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Instituto Roosevelt, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe–Hospital General de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia”, “School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional and Clínica Universitaria Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Clinica Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Infantil San José, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Sociedad de Cirugía de Bogotá – Hospital de San José, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Clínica Materno Infantil San Luis, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Regional de la Orinoquia, Yopal, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Fundación Valle de Lili, Cali, Colombia”, “Clínica del Rosario, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia”, “Clínica SOMA, Medellín, Colombia”, “Fundación Investigación Biomédica, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (FIBH120), Instituto de Investigación, Hospital 12 de Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain”, “Department of Pediatrics, Infanta Sofía University Hospital, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Vall D´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain”, “Department of Epidemiology and Department of Pediatrics, School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States” and “Bioscience Center, Ayudas Diagnósticas Sura, Medellín, Colombia.”

Pablo Vásquez-Hoyos: As well as having the affiliation “School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia”, he should also have the affiliation “Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica (LaRed Network), Montevideo, Uruguay.”

Luis Miguel Navarro-Ramirez: As well as having the affiliation “School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia”, he should also have the affiliation “Cancer and Molecular Medicine Research Group (CAMMO), Bogotá, Colombia” instead of the affiliations “Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica (LaRed Network), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Clinica Infantil Colsubsidio, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Instituto Roosevelt, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe–Hospital General de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia”, “School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional and Clínica Universitaria Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Clinica Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Infantil San José, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Sociedad de Cirugía de Bogotá–Hospital de San José, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Militar Central, Bogotá, Colombia”, “Clínica Materno Infantil San Luis, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Regional de la Orinoquia, Yopal, Colombia”, “Department of Pediatrics, Fundación Valle de Lili, Cali, Colombia”, “Clínica del Rosario, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia”, “Clínica SOMA, Medellín, Colombia”, “Fundación Investigación Biomédica, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre (FIBH120), Instituto de Investigación, Hospital 12 de Octubre (imas12), Madrid, Spain”, “Department of Pediatrics, Infanta Sofía University Hospital, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Vall D´Hebron, Barcelona, Spain”, “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain”, “Department of Epidemiology and Department of Pediatrics, School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States”, “Bioscience Center, Ayudas Diagnósticas Sura, Medellín, Colombia” and “Cancer and Molecular Medicine Research Group (CAMMO), Bogotá, Colombia.”

Carlos Álvarez-Moreno: As well as having the affiliation “School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia”, he should also have the affiliation “Clínica Universitaria Colombia, Clínica Colsanitas Grupo Keralty, Bogotá, Colombia” instead of the affiliation “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe – Hospital General de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.”

Alejandro Díaz-Díaz: Instead of having the affiliation “School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional and Clínica Universitaria Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia” he should the affiliations “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe. Medellín, Colombia” and “Department of Pediatrics, Hospital General de Medellín. Medellín, Colombia.”

Iván Gutierrez-Tobar: Instead of having the affiliation “Department of Pediatrics, Clinica Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia”, he should have the affiliations “Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Infantil Colsubsidio. Bogotá, Colombia”, “Red Neumocolombia, Bogota, Colombia” and “Clínica Infantil Santa María del Lago, Clínica Colsanitas Grupo Keralty, Bogotá, Colombia.”

William Ricardo Bachiller Tuta: As well as having the affiliation “Department of Pediatrics, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá, Colombia”, he should also have the affiliation “Department of Pediatrics, Sociedad de Cirugía de Bogotá – Hospital de San José, Bogotá, Colombia.”

Martha Africano: As well as having the affiliation “Department of Pediatrics, Clínica Materno Infantil San Luis. Bucaramanga, Colombia” she should also have the affiliation “Department of Pediatrics, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.”

Paola Marsela Pérez Camacho: As well as having the affiliation “Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Fundación Valle de Lili. Cali, Colombia”, she should also have the affiliation “Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Icesi. Cali, Colombia.”

Claudia Beltrán-Arroyave: As well as having the affiliation “Department of Pediatrics, Clínica del Rosario. Medellín, Colombia” she should also have the affiliation “School of Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia.”

Andrea Ramírez Varela: As well as having the affiliation “Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA” she should also have the affiliations “Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA” and “School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.”

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

Keywords: COVID-19, pediatrics, inpatients, cluster analysis, SARS-CoV-2 variants

Citation: Sossa-Alarcón MC, Gutiérrez MP, Becerra N, Ortegon LY, David MC, Vanegas MN, Friedrich G, Vásquez-Hoyos P, Mesa-Rubio ML, Navarro-Ramirez LM, Moreno-Lopez S, Baquero OL, Mejía LM, Piñeros JG, Restrepo-Gualteros S, Álvarez-Moreno C, Díaz-Díaz A, Gutierrez-Tobar I, Mesa AC, Bachiller Tuta WR, Galvis Diaz CE, Africano M, Nieto JM, Pérez Camacho PM, Beltrán-Arroyave C, Vivas Trochez R, Gastesi I, Moraleda C, Tagarro García A, Herrero B, Calleja L, Grasa C, Rodriguez P, Melendo S, Soriano-Arandes A, Gómez Pastrana I, García García S, Fumado V and Ramírez Varela A (2025) Corrigendum: Phenotypic Variation in Disease Severity Among Hospitalized Pediatric Patients With COVID-19: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 in the EPICO Study. Int. J. Public Health 70:1608555. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2025.1608555

Received: 26 March 2025; Accepted: 01 April 2025;
Published: 22 April 2025.

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