About the Authors
- Don Bandaranayake
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Affiliation Institute of Environmental Science and Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
- Q. Sue Huang
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* E-mail: sue.huang@esr.cri.nz
Affiliation Institute of Environmental Science and Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
- Ange Bissielo
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Affiliation Institute of Environmental Science and Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
- Tim Wood
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Affiliation Institute of Environmental Science and Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
- Graham Mackereth
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Affiliation Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand
- Michael G. Baker
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Affiliation Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
- Richard Beasley
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Affiliation Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
- Stewart Reid
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Affiliation Ropata Medical Centre, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
- Sally Roberts
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
- Virginia Hope
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Affiliation Institute of Environmental Science and Research, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
- on behalf of the 2009 H1N1 serosurvey investigation team
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¶The members of the 2009 H1N1 serosurvey investigation team are listed in the Acknowledgments section.
Competing Interests
All authors have declared that they had (1) No financial support for the submitted work other than the fund from the New Zealand Ministry of Health; (2) No financial relationships with commercial entities that might have an interest in the submitted work; (3) No authors have spouses, partners, or children with relationships with commercial entities that might have an interest in the submitted work. (4) No authors have financial interests that may be relevant to the submitted work.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DB QSH AB MGB RB SR SR VH. Performed the experiments: QSH SR SR. Analyzed the data: DB QSH AB TW GM MGB RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB QSH AB TW. Wrote the paper: DB QSH AB TW GM MGB RB VH. Designed questionnaires for the community and healthcare workers: MB. Managed the laboratory testing: QSH. Proved the concept of the community study in Ropata Medical Centre: S. Reid. Managed the data and sample collection for secondary healthcare workers: S. Roberts. Read, contributed to, and approved the final version of the manuscript: QSH DB AB TW GM MGB RB S. Reid S. Roberts VH.