Correction to: Nature Biotechnology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0471-x, published online 6 April 2020.

In the version of this article initially published, information was missing from the Competing Interests section. The following has been added: S.L.D. and The University of Kentucky Research Foundation hold a patent (US7868222B1) on the use of Wolbachia for mosquito control. The error has been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the article.