About the Authors

Michelle D. Tate

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Lisa J. Ioannidis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ben Croker

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Lorena E. Brown

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Andrew G. Brooks

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Patrick C. Reading

preading@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDT AGB PCR. Performed the experiments: MDT LJI PCR BC. Wrote the paper: PCR MDT LEB AGB.