Herpes simplex virus type-1 infection and spread in a novel porcine corneal explant model is restricted to the epithelium

• Sana Arshad ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors are equal first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Centre for Virus Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Centre for Vision Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Hafsa Rana ,

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

  ¶‡ These authors are equal first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Centre for Virus Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Naomi R. Truong,

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

  Affiliations Centre for Virus Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Ushasree Pattamatta,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Vision Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Kirstie M. Bertram,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Virus Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Andrew White,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Vision Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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• Holly R. Chinnery,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¤ Current address: Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

  Affiliation Department of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

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• Nicole A. Carnt ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: n.carnt@unsw.edu.au (NAC); tony.cunningham@sydney.edu.au (ALC)

  Affiliations Centre for Vision Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-0885

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• Anthony L. Cunningham

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: n.carnt@unsw.edu.au (NAC); tony.cunningham@sydney.edu.au (ALC)

  Affiliations Centre for Virus Research, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6744-5667

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