Correction to: BMC Infectious Diseases (2022) 22:552 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07520-1

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

The incorrect author name is: Geetha Ahuja.

The correct author name is: Geeta Ahuja.

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