Constitutive expression and distinct properties of IFN-epsilon protect the female reproductive tract from Zika virus infection

• Rosa C. Coldbeck-Shackley,

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

  Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Ornella Romeo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Sarah Rosli,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia, Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

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• Linden J. Gearing,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliations Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia, Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

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• Jodee A. Gould,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia, Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

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• San S. Lim,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia, Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

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• Kylie H. Van der Hoek,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Nicholas S. Eyre,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Byron Shue,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Sarah A. Robertson,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Sonja M. Best,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Hamilton Montana, United States of America

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• Michelle D. Tate,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia, Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

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• Paul J. Hertzog ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Paul J. Hertzog, Michael R. Beard

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: paul.hertzog@hudson.org.au (PJH); michael.beard@adelaide.edu.au (MRB)

  Affiliations Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Victoria, Australia, Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1373-8472

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• Michael R. Beard

  Contributed equally to this work with: Paul J. Hertzog, Michael R. Beard

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: paul.hertzog@hudson.org.au (PJH); michael.beard@adelaide.edu.au (MRB)

  Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4106-1016

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