Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11606-1, published online 11 September 2017

The Acknowledgements section in this Article is incomplete.

“This work was supported by Malta Council of Science and Technology, grant R&I-2013-14 EPILEFREE to GDG. RC was supported by fellowship funded by EPILEFREE.”

should read:

“This work was supported by Malta Council of Science and Technology, grant R&I-2013-14 EPILEFREE to GDG. RC was supported by fellowship funded by EPILEFREE. MP was supported by a Research Officer Fellowship from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta. The authors acknowledge the practical contribution of doctoral student Ms Maria Vella.”