About the Authors

Peter J. Walker

Peter.Walker@csiro.au

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation CSIRO Biosecurity, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Cadhla Firth

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation CSIRO Biosecurity, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Steven G. Widen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Kim R. Blasdell

Affiliation CSIRO Biosecurity, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Hilda Guzman

Affiliation Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Thomas G. Wood

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Prasad N. Paradkar

Affiliation CSIRO Biosecurity, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Edward C. Holmes

Affiliation Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Biological Sciences and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Robert B. Tesh

Affiliation Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Nikos Vasilakis

Affiliation Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases and Department of Pathology, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJW NV RBT KRB. Performed the experiments: SGW HG TGW KRB. Analyzed the data: PJW CF ECH NV KRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RBT NV PJW. Wrote the paper: PJW CF NV ECH KRB PNP RBT.