The University of Queensland

A chimeric vaccine protects farmed saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus-induced skin lesions

Habarugira, Gervais, Harrison, Jessica J., Moran, Jasmin, Suen, Willy W., Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Isberg, Sally R., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle and Hall, Roy A. (2023). A chimeric vaccine protects farmed saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus-induced skin lesions. npj Vaccines, 8 (1) 93, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41541-023-00688-w

Serological characterization of lineage II insect-specific flaviviruses compared with pathogenic mosquito-borne flaviviruses

Tabata, Koshiro, Itakura, Yukari, Toba, Shinsuke, Uemura, Kentaro, Kishimoto, Mai, Sasaki, Michihito, Harrison, Jessica J., Sato, Akihiko, Hall, William W., Hall, Roy A., Sawa, Hirofumi and Orba, Yasuko (2022). Serological characterization of lineage II insect-specific flaviviruses compared with pathogenic mosquito-borne flaviviruses. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 616, 115-121. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.05.080

Nucleic acid preservation card surveillance is effective for monitoring arbovirus transmission on crocodile farms and provides a one health benefit to northern Australia

Kurucz, Nina, McMahon, Jamie Lee, Warchot, Allan, Hewitson, Glen, Barcelon, Jean, Moore, Frederick, Moran, Jasmin, Harrison, Jessica J., Colmant, Agathe M. G., Staunton, Kyran M., Ritchie, Scott A., Townsend, Michael, Steiger, Dagmar Meyer, Hall, Roy A., Isberg, Sally R. and Hall-Mendelin, Sonja (2022). Nucleic acid preservation card surveillance is effective for monitoring arbovirus transmission on crocodile farms and provides a one health benefit to northern Australia. Viruses, 14 (6) 1342, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/v14061342

Evidence of Infection with Zoonotic Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses in Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in Northern Australia

Habarugira, Gervais, Moran, Jasmin, Harrison, Jessica J., Isberg, Sally R., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle (2022). Evidence of Infection with Zoonotic Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses in Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in Northern Australia. Viruses, 14 (5) 1106. doi: 10.3390/v14051106

Structural analysis of 3’UTRs in insect flaviviruses reveals novel determinants of sfRNA biogenesis and provides new insights into flavivirus evolution

Slonchak, Andrii, Parry, Rhys, Pullinger, Brody, Sng, Julian D. J., Wang, Xiaohui, Buck, Teresa F., Torres, Francisco J., Harrison, Jessica J., Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A., Tuplin, Andrew and Khromykh, Alexander A. (2022). Structural analysis of 3’UTRs in insect flaviviruses reveals novel determinants of sfRNA biogenesis and provides new insights into flavivirus evolution. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 1279, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28977-3

Extended characterisation of five archival tick-borne viruses provides insights for virus discovery in Australian ticks

O’Brien, Caitlin A., Huang, Bixing, Warrilow, David, Hazlewood, Jessamine E., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Pegg, Cassandra L., Harrison, Jessica J., Paramitha, Devina, Newton, Natalee D., Schulz, Benjamin L., Suhrbier, Andreas, Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hall, Roy A. (2022). Extended characterisation of five archival tick-borne viruses provides insights for virus discovery in Australian ticks. Parasites and Vectors, 15 (1) 59, 59. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05176-z

The chimeric Binjari-Zika vaccine provides long-term protection against ZIKA virus challenge

Hazlewood, Jessamine E., Tang, Bing, Yan, Kexin, Rawle, Daniel J., Harrison, Jessica J., Hall, Roy A., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Suhrbier, Andreas (2022). The chimeric Binjari-Zika vaccine provides long-term protection against ZIKA virus challenge. Vaccines, 10 (1) 85. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10010085

Chimeric vaccines based on novel insect-specific flaviviruses

Harrison, Jessica J., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle and Hall, Roy A. (2021). Chimeric vaccines based on novel insect-specific flaviviruses. Vaccines, 9 (11) 1230, 1230. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9111230

Improved detection of flaviviruses in Australian mosquito populations via replicative intermediates

O'Brien, Caitlin A., Harrison, Jessica J., Colmant, Agathe M. G., Traves, Renee J., Paramitha, Devina, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Vet, Laura J., Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Newton, Natalee D., Yam, Alice W., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hall, Roy A. (2021). Improved detection of flaviviruses in Australian mosquito populations via replicative intermediates. Journal of General Virology, 102 (7) 001617. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001617

A versatile reverse genetics platform for SARS-CoV-2 and other positive-strand RNA viruses

Amarilla, Alberto A., Sng, Julian D. J., Parry, Rhys, Deerain, Joshua M., Potter, James R., Setoh, Yin Xiang, Rawle, Daniel J., Le, Thuy T., Modhiran, Naphak, Wang, Xiaohui, Peng, Nias Y. G., Torres, Francisco J., Pyke, Alyssa, Harrison, Jessica J., Freney, Morgan E., Liang, Benjamin, McMillan, Christopher L. D., Cheung, Stacey T. M., Guevara, Darwin J Da Costa, Hardy, Joshua M., Bettington, Mark, Muller, David A., Coulibaly, Fasséli, Moore, Frederick, Hall, Roy A., Young, Paul R., Mackenzie, Jason M., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Suhrbier, Andreas ... Khromykh, Alexander A. (2021). A versatile reverse genetics platform for SARS-CoV-2 and other positive-strand RNA viruses. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 3431, 3431. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23779-5

A chimeric dengue virus vaccine candidate delivered by high density microarray patches protects against infection in mice

Choo, Jovin J. Y., Vet, Laura J., McMillan, Christopher L. D., Harrison, Jessica J., Scott, Connor A. P., Depelsenaire, Alexandra C. I., Fernando, Germain J. P., Watterson, Daniel, Hall, Roy A., Young, Paul R., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Muller, David A. (2021). A chimeric dengue virus vaccine candidate delivered by high density microarray patches protects against infection in mice. npj Vaccines, 6 (1) 66, 66. doi: 10.1038/s41541-021-00328-1

The structure of an infectious immature flavivirus redefines viral architecture and maturation

Newton, Natalee D., Hardy, Joshua M., Modhiran, Naphak, Hugo, Leon E., Amarilla, Alberto A., Bibby, Summa, Venugopal, Hariprasad, Harrison, Jessica J., Traves, Renee J., Hall, Roy A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Coulibaly, Fasséli and Watterson, Daniel (2021). The structure of an infectious immature flavivirus redefines viral architecture and maturation. Science Advances, 7 (20) eabe4507, 1-12. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe4507

Insect-specific flavivirus replication in mammalian cells is inhibited by physiological temperature and the zinc-finger antiviral protein

Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Slijkerman, Teun A. P., Harrison, Jessica J., Pijlman, Gorben P., van Oers, Monique M., Simmonds, Peter, Hall, Roy A. and Fros, Jelke J. (2021). Insect-specific flavivirus replication in mammalian cells is inhibited by physiological temperature and the zinc-finger antiviral protein. Viruses, 13 (4) 573, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/v13040573

A unique relative of Rotifer birnavirus Isolated from Australian mosquitoes

O’Brien, Caitlin A., Pegg, Cassandra L., Nouwens, Amanda S., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Huang, Bixing, Warrilow, David, Harrison, Jessica J., Haniotis, John, Schulz, Benjamin L., Paramitha, Devina, Colmant, Agathe M. G., Newton, Natalee D., Doggett, Stephen L., Watterson, Daniel, Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hall, Roy A. (2020). A unique relative of Rotifer birnavirus Isolated from Australian mosquitoes. Viruses, 12 (9) 1056, 1056. doi: 10.3390/v12091056

Antigenic characterization of new lineage II insect-specific flaviviruses in Australian mosquitoes and identification of host restriction factors

Harrison, Jessica J., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Colmant, Agathe M. G., Koh, Joanna, Newton, Natalee D., Warrilow, David, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Piyasena, Thisun B. H., O’Brien, Caitlin A., Vet, Laura J., Paramitha, Devina, Potter, James R., Davis, Steven S., Johansen, Cheryl A., Setoh, Yin Xiang, Khromykh, Alexander A. and Hall, Roy A. (2020). Antigenic characterization of new lineage II insect-specific flaviviruses in Australian mosquitoes and identification of host restriction factors. mSphere, 5 (3) e00095, 1-19. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00095-20

Protective efficacy of a chimeric insect-specific flavivirus vaccine against West Nile virus

Vet, Laura J., Setoh, Yin Xiang, Amarilla, Alberto A., Habarugira, Gervais, Suen, Willy W., Newton, Natalee D., Harrison, Jessica J., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle (2020). Protective efficacy of a chimeric insect-specific flavivirus vaccine against West Nile virus. Vaccines, 8 (2) 258, 258. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020258

NS4/5 mutations enhance flavivirus Bamaga virus infectivity and pathogenicity in vitro and in vivo

Colmant, Agathe M. G., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Vet, Laura J., O’Brien, Caitlin A., Bowen, Richard A., Hartwig, Airn E., Davis, Steven, Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Habarugira, Gervais, Harrison, Jessica J., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hall, Roy A. (2020). NS4/5 mutations enhance flavivirus Bamaga virus infectivity and pathogenicity in vitro and in vivo. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases , 14 (3) e0008166, 1-28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008166

Novel monoclonal antibodies against Australian strains of negeviruses and insights into virus structure, replication and host -restriction

Colmant, Agathe M. G., O'Brien, Caitlin A., Newton, Natalee D., Watterson, Daniel, Hardy, Joshua, Coulibaly, Fasséli, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Warrilow, David, Huang, Bixing, Paramitha, Devina, Harrison, Jessica J., Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2020). Novel monoclonal antibodies against Australian strains of negeviruses and insights into virus structure, replication and host -restriction. Journal of General Virology, 101 (4), 440-452. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001388

A recombinant platform for flavivirus vaccines and diagnostics using chimeras of a new insect-specific virus

Hobson-Peters, Jody, Harrison, Jessica J., Watterson, Daniel, Hazlewood, Jessamine E., Vet, Laura J., Newton, Natalee D., Warrilow, David, Colmant, Agathe M. G., Taylor, Carmel, Huang, Bixing, Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Chow, Weng Kong, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Tang, Bing, Nakayama, Eri, Yan, Kexin, Amarilla, Alberto A., Wheatley, Sarah, Moore, Peter R., Finger, Mitchell, Kurucz, Nina, Modhiran, Naphak, Young, Paul R., Khromykh, Alexander A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Suhrbier, Andreas and Hall, Roy A. (2019). A recombinant platform for flavivirus vaccines and diagnostics using chimeras of a new insect-specific virus. Science Translational Medicine, 11 (522) eaax7888, 1-15. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aax7888

Determinants of Zika virus host tropism uncovered by deep mutational scanning

Setoh, Yin Xiang, Amarilla, Alberto A., Peng, Nias Y. G., Griffiths, Rebecca E., Carrera, Julio, Freney, Morgan E., Nakayama, Eri, Ogawa, Shinya, Watterson, Daniel, Modhiran, Naphak, Nanyonga, Faith Elizabeth, Torres, Francisco J., Slonchak, Andrii, Periasamy, Parthiban, Prow, Natalie A., Tang, Bing, Harrison, Jessica, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Cuddihy, Thom, Cooper-White, Justin, Hall, Roy A., Young, Paul R., Mackenzie, Jason M., Wolvetang, Ernst, Bloom, Jesse D., Suhrbier, Andreas and Khromykh, Alexander A. (2019). Determinants of Zika virus host tropism uncovered by deep mutational scanning. Nature Microbiology, 4 (5), 876-887. doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0399-4

The taxonomy of an Australian nodavirus isolated from mosquitoes

Warrilow, David, Huang, Bixing, Newton, Natalee D., Harrison, Jessica J., Johnson, Karyn N., Chow, Weng Kong, Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2018). The taxonomy of an Australian nodavirus isolated from mosquitoes. PLoS One, 13 (12) e0210029, 1-9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210029

The recently identified flavivirus Bamaga virus is transmitted horizontally by Culex mosquitoes and interferes with West Nile virus replication in vitro and transmission in vivo

Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Ritchie, Scott A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Harrison, Jessica J., Newton, Natalee D., O’Brien, Caitlin A., Cazier, Chris, Johansen, Cheryl A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and van den Hurk, Andrew F. (2018). The recently identified flavivirus Bamaga virus is transmitted horizontally by Culex mosquitoes and interferes with West Nile virus replication in vitro and transmission in vivo. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12 (10) e0006886, e0006886. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006886

New genotypes of Liao ning virus (LNV) in Australia exhibit an insect-specific phenotype

Prow, Natalie A., Mah, Marcus G., Deerain, Joshua M., Warrilow, David, Colmant, Agathe M. G., O'Brien, Caitlin A., Harrison, Jessica J., McLean, Breeanna J., Hewlett, Elise K., Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Watterson, Daniel, Huang, Bixing, Schulz, Benjamin L., Webb, Cameron E., Johansen, Cheryl A., Chow, Weng K., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Cazier, Chris, Coffey, Lark L., Faddy, Helen M., Suhrbier, Andreas, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle and Hall, Roy A. (2018). New genotypes of Liao ning virus (LNV) in Australia exhibit an insect-specific phenotype. The Journal of General Virology, 99 (4), 596-609. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001038

Discovery and characterisation of castlerea virus, a new species of Negevirus isolated in Australia

O'Brien, Caitlin A., McLean, Breeanna J., Colmant, Agathe M. G., Harrison, Jessica J., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Johansen, Cheryl A., Watterson, Daniel, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Newton, Natalee D., Schulz, Benjamin L., Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2017). Discovery and characterisation of castlerea virus, a new species of Negevirus isolated in Australia. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 13, 1176934317691269. doi: 10.1177/1176934317691269

Commensal viruses of mosquitoes: Host restriction, transmission, and interaction with arboviral pathogens

Hall, Roy A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, McLean, Breeanna J., O'Brien, Caitlin A., Colmant, Agathe M.G., Piyasena, Thisun B.H., Harrison, Jessica J., Newton, Natalee D., Barnard, Ross T., Prow, Natalie A., Deerain, Joshua M., Mah, Marcus G.K.Y. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2017). Commensal viruses of mosquitoes: Host restriction, transmission, and interaction with arboviral pathogens. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 12 (Suppl 2), 35-44. doi: 10.4137/EBO.S40740

A new Orbivirus isolated from mosquitoes in north-western Australia shows antigenic and genetic similarity to Corriparta virus but does not replicate in vertebrate cells

Harrison, Jessica J., Warrilow, David, McLean, Breeanna J., Watterson, Daniel, O'Brien, Caitlin A., Colmant, Agathe M.G., Johansen, Cheryl A., Barnard, Ross T., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Davis, Steven S., Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2016). A new Orbivirus isolated from mosquitoes in north-western Australia shows antigenic and genetic similarity to Corriparta virus but does not replicate in vertebrate cells. Viruses, 8 (5) 141, e141.1-e141.15. doi: 10.3390/v8050141

Discovery and characterisation of a new insect-specific bunyavirus from Culex mosquitoes captured in northern Australia

Hobson-Peters, Jody, Warrilow, David, McLean, Breeanna J., Watterson, Daniel, Colmant, Agathe M.G., van den Hurk, Andrew F., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Hastie, Marcus L., Gorman, Jeffrey J., Harrison, Jessica J., Prow, Natalie A., Barnard, Ross T., Allcock, Richard, Johansen, Cheryl A. and Hall, Roy A. (2016). Discovery and characterisation of a new insect-specific bunyavirus from Culex mosquitoes captured in northern Australia. Virology, 489, 269-281. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.11.003

Discovery and characterisation of novel insect-specific viruses and investigation of their host-restriction

Harrison, Jessica Jane (2019). Discovery and characterisation of novel insect-specific viruses and investigation of their host-restriction. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.114