Correction to: Infectious Agents and Cancer (2023) 18:17.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13027-023-00496-w.

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in the author name of the third author.

The incorrect author name is: Zeinab Kader.

The correct author name is: Zainab Kader.

The author group has been updated above and the original article [1] has been corrected.