About the Authors

Fiona Tea

Contributed equally to this work with: Fiona Tea, Alberto Ospina Stella, Anupriya Aggarwal, David Ross Darley

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Brain Autoimmunity Group, Kids Neuroscience Centre, Kids Research at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Alberto Ospina Stella

Contributed equally to this work with: Fiona Tea, Alberto Ospina Stella, Anupriya Aggarwal, David Ross Darley

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Anupriya Aggarwal

Contributed equally to this work with: Fiona Tea, Alberto Ospina Stella, Anupriya Aggarwal, David Ross Darley

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

David Ross Darley

Contributed equally to this work with: Fiona Tea, Alberto Ospina Stella, Anupriya Aggarwal, David Ross Darley

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, School of Medicine, St Vincent’s Clinical School, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Deepti Pilli

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Brain Autoimmunity Group, Kids Neuroscience Centre, Kids Research at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Daniele Vitale

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Vera Merheb

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Brain Autoimmunity Group, Kids Neuroscience Centre, Kids Research at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Fiona X. Z. Lee

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Brain Autoimmunity Group, Kids Neuroscience Centre, Kids Research at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Philip Cunningham

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation St Vincent’s Applied Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gregory J. Walker

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, Australia

Christina Fichter

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

David A. Brown

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, Australia

William D. Rawlinson

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, Australia, School of Medical Sciences, Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and School of Women’s and Children’s Health, The University of New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Serology and Virology Division (SAViD), NSW HP SEALS, Randwick, Australia

Sonia R. Isaacs

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, Australia

Vennila Mathivanan

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Markus Hoffmann

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infection Biology Unit, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany, Faculty of Biology and Psychology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Stefan Pöhlman

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infection Biology Unit, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany, Faculty of Biology and Psychology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Ohan Mazigi

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Medicine, St Vincent’s Clinical School, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Daniel Christ

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Medicine, St Vincent’s Clinical School, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Dominic E. Dwyer

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, Australia, Centre for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Public Health, New South Wales Health Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Marie Bashir Institute for Biosecurity, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Rebecca J. Rockett

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Public Health, New South Wales Health Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Marie Bashir Institute for Biosecurity, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Vitali Sintchenko

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations New South Wales Health Pathology, Sydney, Australia, Centre for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Public Health, New South Wales Health Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Marie Bashir Institute for Biosecurity, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Veronica C. Hoad

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

David O. Irving

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gregory J. Dore

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Iain B. Gosbell

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Anthony D. Kelleher

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

‡ SGT, FB, ADK, and GVM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gail V. Matthews

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

‡ SGT, FB, ADK, and GVM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Fabienne Brilot

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Fabienne.brilot@sydney.edu.au

‡ SGT, FB, ADK, and GVM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Brain Autoimmunity Group, Kids Neuroscience Centre, Kids Research at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Marie Bashir Institute for Biosecurity, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Stuart G. Turville

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ SGT, FB, ADK, and GVM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: FB has received honoraria from Biogen Idec and Merck Serono as invited speaker. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.