Correction to: BMC Infect Dis 21, 459 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06170-z

After publication of the original article [1], an error was identified in two authors’ names.

The incorrect names are:

Sima Pourteymour;

Hassan Mahmoudi

The correct names are:

Sima Pourteimour;

Hassan Mahmoodi

The original article has been corrected.