About the Authors

David T. Williams

d.williams@csiro.au (DW); sinead.diviney@googlemail.com (SMD)

Affiliation CSIRO, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Sinéad M. Diviney

d.williams@csiro.au (DW); sinead.diviney@googlemail.com (SMD)

Current address: CSIRO, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Aziz-ur-Rahman Niazi

Current address: Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Herat University, Herat, Afghanistan

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Peter A. Durr

Affiliation CSIRO, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Beng Hooi Chua

Affiliation Office of Research and Development, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Belinda Herring

Current address: School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Alyssa Pyke

Affiliation Public Health Virology, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia

Stephen L. Doggett

Affiliation Department of Medical Entomology, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney and Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales, Australia

Cheryl A. Johansen

Affiliation Arbovirus Surveillance and Research Laboratory, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

John S. Mackenzie

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DTW SMD AuRN PAD BHC BH SLD CAJ JSM. Performed the experiments: DTW SJD AuRN PAD BHC BH AP SLD CAJ. Analyzed the data: DTW SJD AuRN PAD BHC BH CAJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP SLD CAJ. Wrote the paper: DTW SMD AuRN PAD BHC BH AJ SLD CAJ JSM.