Correction updates affiliation in CAPRV2023 qPCR surveillance paper
A correction published May 11, 2026, in Frontiers in Veterinary Science updates the institutional affiliation on a 2025 paper describing one-step and two-step TaqMan qPCR assays for detecting CAPRV2023, an emerging rhabdovirus linked to mortality in farmed golden pompano in China. The correction doesn’t change the study’s data, methods, or conclusions. Instead, it fixes affiliation 1 to read “Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Fisheries College of Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China,” replacing an incomplete version that omitted the Fisheries College of Guangdong Ocean University. The original research, published July 31, 2025, reported a two-step assay with a detection limit of 2 copies/μL and a one-step assay with a detection limit of 15 copies/μL, with both assays outperforming conventional PCR in field and environmental surveillance. (frontiersin.org)
Why it matters: For veterinary and aquatic animal health professionals, this is an administrative correction rather than a scientific one. That distinction matters: the paper’s core message remains intact, namely that CAPRV2023 surveillance in golden pompano can be strengthened with more sensitive qPCR tools, including options suited to both laboratory and field use. In the original study, the assays were applied across 87 cage sites in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan from June 2024 through January 2025, and qPCR detected substantially more positives than conventional PCR in both water and tissue samples. For clinicians, diagnosticians, and fish health programs, the correction is mainly a reminder to cite the updated record while continuing to interpret the assay performance data as originally published. (frontiersin.org)
What to watch: Watch for whether these CAPRV2023 assays move from research use into broader routine surveillance workflows, especially as aquaculture programs look for earlier water-based detection and outbreak warning tools. (frontiersin.org)