Correction to: BMC Infect Dis (2019) 19:213

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3700-5

Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported his family name has been marked as the first name. His given name is M. Kumi and his family name is Smith.

The original article has been corrected as well.

The publisher apologizes for any inconvenience caused by this error.