About the Authors

Ryan J. Farr

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

Affiliation CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Christina L. Rootes

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

John Stenos

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, University Hospital Geelong, Geelong Victoria, Australia

Chwan Hong Foo

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Exios Bio LLC, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christopher Cowled

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

Affiliation CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Cameron R. Stewart

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

cameron.stewart@csiro.au

Affiliation CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

CSIRO and Exios Bio have filed a provisional patent (docket no.380.35.0001U1) around the use of microRNAs for the early detection of COVID-19. R.J.F., C.C., C.H.F. and C.R.S. are inventors on the patent. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.