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Retraction: Influenza or not influenza: Analysis of a case of high fever that happened 2000 years ago in Biblical time

Kam LE Hon*, Pak C Ng and Ting F Leung

Author Affiliations

Department of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China

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Virology Journal 2010, 7:190 doi:10.1186/1743-422X-7-190


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Received:13 August 2010
Accepted:13 August 2010
Published:13 August 2010

© 2010 Hon et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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Retraction

The Editor-in-Chief of Virology Journal and the authors of this article [1] acknowledge that the article does not provide the type of robust supporting data required for a case report and that the observations made are mostly speculative. As such, the article does not fulfill the criteria for a case report and does not meet the high standards expected of the journal. The authors and the Editor-in-Chief have therefore agreed to retract the article.

References

  1. Hon KL, Ng PC, Leung TF: Influenza or not influenza: Analysis of a case of high fever that happened 2000 years ago in Biblical time.

    Virol J 2010, 7:169. PubMed Abstract | BioMed Central Full Text | PubMed Central Full Text OpenURL