Identification of a novel nidovirus as a potential cause of large scale mortalities in the endangered Bellinger River snapping turtle (Myuchelys georgesi)

• Jing Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Zhang, Melinda J. Frost, Sarah Gestier, Andrew J. Read

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

  Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Deborah S. Finlaison,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Melinda J. Frost ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Zhang, Melinda J. Frost, Sarah Gestier, Andrew J. Read

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

  Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Sarah Gestier ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Zhang, Melinda J. Frost, Sarah Gestier, Andrew J. Read

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

  Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Xingnian Gu,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Jane Hall,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Australian Registry of Wildlife Health, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Bradleys Head Road, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

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• Cheryl Jenkins,

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

  Affiliation Microbiology and Parasitology, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Kate Parrish,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Andrew J. Read ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Zhang, Melinda J. Frost, Sarah Gestier, Andrew J. Read

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

  Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2421-4287

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• Mukesh Srivastava,

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

  Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

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• Karrie Rose,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Registry of Wildlife Health, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Bradleys Head Road, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

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• Peter D. Kirkland

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: peter.kirkland@dpi.nsw.gov.au

  Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute, Menangle, New South Wales, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8026-4185

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