Correction: Perceived Stigma towards Leprosy among Community Members Living Close to Nonsomboon Leprosy Colony in Thailand.

The second author’s name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is Bipin Adhikari. The correct citation is: Kaehler N, Adhikari B, Raut S, Marahatta SB, Chapman RS (2015) Perceived Stigma towards Leprosy among Community Members Living Close to Nonsomboon Leprosy Colony in Thailand. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0129086. The publisher apologizes for the error.

There are spelling errors in Tables 1 and 2. Please see the correct Tables 1 and 2, provided by the authors, here.

Table 1

Socio-demographic characteristics of unaffected participants and EMIC score (n = 257)

Characteristics	Number (%)	(EMIC)Median	P-value
Age Groups (n = 257)
60 years or below	178(69.3)	14	0.021 *
61 years or older	79(30.7)	18
SD = 17.161, Median = 52, Range = 19–96
Sex (n = 257)
Female	183(71.2)	16	0.748
Male	74(28.8)	15
Marital status (n = 257)
Relationship	222(86.4)	16	0.288
No relationship	35(13.6)	14
Years living in community (n = 257)
≤ 20 years	33(12.8)	10	0.005 *
21–40 years	63(24.5)	14
41–60 years	100(38.9)	16.5
≥ 61 years	54(21)	18
Education (n = 257)
Literate	251(97.7)	16	0.841
Illiterate	6(2.3)	16.5
Years of education (n = 251)
Primary level (≤ 4years)	171(68.1)	17	0.024 **
Secondary level (5-9years)	53(21.1)	16.5
Tertiary level (≥10years)	27(10.8)	16
Occupation (n = 257)
Farmer	75(29.2)	17	0.008 **
Laborer	57(22.2)	13
Private Business	38(14.8)	13
Unemployed	44(17.1)	20
Other	43(16.7)	16
Enough income to support family (n = 257)
Yes	120(46.7)	15.5	0.874
No	136(52.9)	16
Affected person in family (n = 257)
Yes	58(22.7)	16	0.846
No	194(75.8)	15
Don't know	4(1.6)	18.5
Affected person among relative (n = 257)
Yes	30(11.7)	14.5	0.598
No	175(68.4)	16
Don't know	51(19.9)	16

*Man Whitney U test,

**Kruskal Wallis H test

Table 2

Knowledge on leprosy of the participants and EMIC score (n = 257).

Characteristics	Number (%)	(EMIC)Median	P-value
Received information on leprosy (n = 257)
Yes	123 (47.9)	15	0.98
No	134 (52.1)	16
Source of information (n = 123)
Medical institution	47 (38.2)	16	0.654
Friend or family	23 (18.7)	14
Other (TV/Radio/Paper)	53 (43.1)	16
Knowledge on cause of leprosy (n = 257)
Yes	79 (30.7)	15	0.896
No	178 (69.3)	16
Source of leprosy cause (n = 79)
Bacteria/Microorganism	20 (25.3)	14.5	0.148
Other	59 (74.7)	15
Leprosy very infectious (n = 253)
Yes	105 (41.5)	17	0.054
No	148 (58.5)	14
Leprosy transmission (n = 257)
Yes	83 (32.3)	16	0.439
No	174 (67.7)	15
Leprosy transmitted from (n = 83)
Air	12 (14.5)	15.5	0.766
Water/soil	1 (1.2)	19
Food	1 (1.2)	21
Close contact to persons	32 (38.6)	16.5
Other (Animal/Mosquito)	37 (44.6)	16
Leprosy difficult to treat (n = 257)
Yes	136 (52.9)	17	0.015 *
No	121 (47.1)	14
Knowledge on signs/symptoms of leprosy
Yes	106 (41.2)	16	0.929
No	151 (58.8)	15
Signs and symptoms (n = 106)
Patches	21 (19.8)	14	0.861
Patches with decreased sensitivity	10 (9.4)	14
Weakness hand, feet, eyelids	1 (0.9)	15
Nerve pain	1 (0.9)	21
Painless wounds	3 (2.8)	16
Multiple	70 (66.0)	17
Leprosy severe disease (n = 257)
Yes	138 (53.7)	17.5	0.004 *
No	119 (46.3)	14
Leprosy punishment by God (n = 257)
Yes	72 (28.0)	18.5	0.011 *
No	185 (72.0)	14

*Man Whitney U test,

**Kruskal Wallis H test