Molecular detection and characterisation of the first Japanese encephalitis virus belonging to genotype IV acquired in Australia

• Chisha Sikazwe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chisha Sikazwe, Matthew J. Neave

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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• Matthew J. Neave ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chisha Sikazwe, Matthew J. Neave

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Alice Michie,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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• Patrick Mileto,

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

  Affiliation CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Jianning Wang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Natalie Cooper,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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• Avram Levy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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• Allison Imrie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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• Robert W. Baird,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathology and Infectious Diseases Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

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• Bart J. Currie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathology and Infectious Diseases Departments, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

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• David Speers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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• John S. Mackenzie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

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• David W. Smith ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: david.smith@health.wa.gov.au (DWS); d.williams@csiro.au (DTW)

  Affiliation PathWest Laboratory Medicine Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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• David T. Williams

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: david.smith@health.wa.gov.au (DWS); d.williams@csiro.au (DTW)

  Affiliation CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7169-149X

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