Correction to: Arch Virol (2017) 162:2737–2745 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-017-3431-0

The author would like to correct the error in the online published article. The correct details are given below for your reading:

Eleventh sentence of the section “Study design and sample collection” should read as:

“HIV-1 infection of the participants was diagnosed through the application of a commercial HIV-1 rapid test strip followed by both ELISA and Western blot confirmatory tests, in accordance with the HIV national algorithms in Iran.”