Correction to: Virol J (2017) 14:217

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-017-0882-6

In the original publication of this article [1], two grants from National Science Foundation of China and Yunnan Provincial Government (U1602226) and National Science Foundation of China(2016YFC1200404) were omitted in the ‘Funding’ section. The correct ‘Funding’ section is below.