Alejandro G Schijman

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The first author’s name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Alexa Prescilla-Ledezma. The correct citation is: Prescilla-Ledezma A, Blandon R, Schijman AG, Benatar A, Saldaña A, Osuna A (2020) Mixed infections by different Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units among Chagas disease patients in an endemic community in Panama. PLoS ONE 15(11): e0241921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241921 The fifth author, Azael Saldaña, should also be noted as a corresponding author.

In 1998, Russomando et al concluded that ‘the PCR has a clear advantage over conventional techniques for the early detection of congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection’.1 Twenty years later, in endemic countries, the use of molecular tools to diagnose infants infected with T. cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease by congenital transmission from infected mothers, is still limited.