About the Authors

Heath Kelly

Heath.kelly@mh.org.au

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit and Virus Identification Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia

Kylie Carville

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit and Virus Identification Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia

Kristina Grant

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit and Virus Identification Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia

Peter Jacoby

Affiliation Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Thomas Tran

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit and Virus Identification Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia

Ian Barr

Affiliation World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK. Performed the experiments: HK TT IB. Analyzed the data: HK KC KG PJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KG PJ TT IB. Wrote the paper: HK KC IB. Reviewed and approved the final draft: KC KG PJ TT IB.