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CORRECTION article

Front. Microbiol., 09 September 2025

Sec. Virology

Volume 16 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1694129

Correction: Isolation of a SARS-CoV-2 strain from pediatric patients in South Korea: biologic and genetic characterization


Hee Chun Chung&#x;&#x;Hee Chun Chung1Sung Jae Kim&#x;&#x;Sung Jae Kim2Su Jin Hwang,&#x;Su Jin Hwang1,3Sung Hoon Park,&#x;Sung Hoon Park1,3Kyoung Min Park&#x;Kyoung Min Park4Hyeon Woo Chung,&#x;Hyeon Woo Chung1,3Si Hwan Ko&#x;Si Hwan Ko1Dong il Park&#x;Dong il Park4Jun-Yeop Shim&#x;Jun-Yeop Shim4Van Giap Nguyen,
,&#x;Van Giap Nguyen5,*,‡Jae Myun Lee,,
,&#x;Jae Myun Lee1,3,*,‡
  • 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Companion Animal Health, Kyungbok University, Namyangju, Republic of Korea
  • 3Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 4R&F Chemical Co., Ltd, Hanam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
  • 5Department of Veterinary Microbiology-Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam

A Correction on
Isolation of a SARS-CoV-2 strain from pediatric patients in South Korea: biologic and genetic characterization

by Chung, H. C., Kim, S. J., Hwang, S. J., Park, S. H., Park, K. M., Chung, H. W., Ko, S. H., Park, D. i., Shim, J.-Y., Nguyen, V. G., and Lee, J. M. (2025). Front. Microbiol. 16:1654224. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1654224

In the published article, there was a mistake in the Funding statement. The Funding statement was originally displayed as:

“This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant (No. 2020R1I1A1A01054539) and by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (NFR-2019R1A6A1A03032869).”

The correct statement is:

“The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean Government (RS-2022-NR067483 and RS-2019-NR040072).”

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, pediatric patient, biology, genetic characterization, N15 strain

Citation: Chung HC, Kim SJ, Hwang SJ, Park SH, Park KM, Chung HW, Ko SH, Park Di, Shim J-Y, Nguyen VG and Lee JM (2025) Correction: Isolation of a SARS-CoV-2 strain from pediatric patients in South Korea: biologic and genetic characterization. Front. Microbiol. 16:1694129. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1694129

Received: 28 August 2025; Accepted: 29 August 2025;
Published: 09 September 2025.

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Copyright © 2025 Chung, Kim, Hwang, Park, Park, Chung, Ko, Park, Shim, Nguyen and Lee. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

*Correspondence: Van Giap Nguyen, bnZnaWFwQHZudWEuZWR1LnZu; Jae Myun Lee, amFlbXl1bkB5dWhzLmFj

ORCID: Hee Chun Chung orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-5393
Sung Jae Kim orcid.org/0000-0002-8813-012X
Su Jin Hwang orcid.org/0000-0001-9182-8281
Sung Hoon Park orcid.org/0000-0001-6952-2307
Kyoung Min Park orcid.org/0009-0002-7218-0453
Hyeon Woo Chung orcid.org/0000-0001-7679-794X
Si Hwan Ko orcid.org/0009-0005-3739-4597
Dong il Park orcid.org/0009-0004-5215-8368
Jun-Yeop Shim orcid.org/0009-0007-9196-4962
Van Giap Nguyen orcid.org/0000-0001-5250-1825
Jae Myun Lee orcid.org/0000-0002-5273-3113

These authors have contributed equally to this work

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