About the Authors

Jody Hobson-Peters

Affiliation Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Alice Wei Yee Yam

Affiliation Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Jennifer Wei Fei Lu

Affiliation Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Yin Xiang Setoh

Affiliation Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Fiona J. May

Affiliation Australian Centre for Ecogenomics, The University of Queensland, St, Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Nina Kurucz

Affiliation Centre for Disease Control, Health Protection Division, Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Susan Walsh

Affiliation Berrimah Veterinary Labs, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Natalie A. Prow

Affiliation Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Steven S. Davis

Affiliation Berrimah Veterinary Labs, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Richard Weir

Affiliation Berrimah Veterinary Labs, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Lorna Melville

Affiliation Berrimah Veterinary Labs, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Neville Hunt

Affiliation Berrimah Veterinary Labs, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Richard I. Webb

Affiliation Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Bradley J. Blitvich

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Peter Whelan

Affiliation Centre for Disease Control, Health Protection Division, Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Roy A. Hall

roy.hall@uq.edu.au

Affiliation Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHP YXS FJM NAP SW NH LM PW BJB RAH. Performed the experiments: JHP AWYY JWFL YXS FJM NAP RIW RAH SD SW. Analyzed the data: JHP AWYY FJM NAP BJB RAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK SW SD RW LM NH PW. Wrote the paper: JHP FJM BJB RAH.