About the Authors

Sonja Hall-Mendelin

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

Alyssa T. Pyke

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

Peter R. Moore

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

Ian M. Mackay

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

Jamie L. McMahon

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

Scott A. Ritchie

Affiliations College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia

Carmel T. Taylor

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

Frederick A.J. Moore

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

Andrew F. van den Hurk

andrew.vandenhurk@health.qld.gov.au

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHM ATP JLM FJM AFvdH. Performed the experiments: SHM ATP PRM AFvdH. Analyzed the data: SHM IMM AFvdH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAR JLM CTT. Wrote the paper: SHM ATP IMM AFvdH.