Dr Jessica Harrison
ARC DECRA Fellow
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
+61 7 336 54648
Journal Articles
Johnston, Ryan A., Habarugira, Gervais, Harrison, Jessica J., Isberg, Sally R., Moran, Jasmin, Morgan, Mahali S., Davis, Steven S., Melville, Lorna, Howard, Christopher B., Henry, Charles S., Macdonald, Joanne, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2025). Application of chimeric antigens to paper-based diagnostics for detection of West Nile virus infections of Crocodylus porosus – A novel animal test case. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 422 136611, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2024.136611
Yuen, Nicholas K.Y., Harrison, Jessica J., Wang, Althea S.W., McMahon, Isabella E., Habarugira, Gervais, Coyle, Mitchell P. and Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle (2024). Orthoflavivirus circulation in South-East Queensland, Australia, before and during the 2021–2022 incursion of Japanese encephalitis virus assessed through sero-epidemiological survey of a sentinel equine population. One Health, 19 100930, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100930
Bell, Mikaela G., Parry, Rhys H., Lee, Tricia S. E., Habarugira, Gervais, McMahon, Isabella E., Thompson, Madeline A., Modhiran, Naphak, Watterson, Daniel, Batovska, Jana, Lynch, Stacey E., Hall, Roy A., Harrison, Jessica J. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2024). Synthetic recovery of Yada Yada virus expands insect-specific alphavirus knowledge and facilitates production of chimeric viruses. npj Viruses, 2 (1) 45, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s44298-024-00052-2
Peterson, Alyssa J., Hall, Roy A., Harrison, Jessica J., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hugo, Leon E. (2024). Unleashing nature’s allies: comparing the vertical transmission dynamics of insect-specific and vertebrate-infecting flaviviruses in mosquitoes. Viruses, 16 (9) 1499, 1499. doi: 10.3390/v16091499
Harrison, Jessica J., Nguyen, Wilson, Morgan, Mahali S., Tang, Bing, Habarugira, Gervais, de Malmanche, Henry, Freney, Morgan E., Modhiran, Naphak, Watterson, Daniel, Cox, Abigail L., Yan, Kexin, Yuen, Nicholas K. Y., Bowman, Dylan H., Kirkland, Peter D., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Suhrbier, Andreas, Hall, Roy A., Rawle, Daniel J. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2024). A chimeric vaccine derived from Australian genotype IV Japanese encephalitis virus protects mice from lethal challenge. npj Vaccines, 9 (1) 134, 134. doi: 10.1038/s41541-024-00903-2
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
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
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
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, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/v14051106
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
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
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, 85. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10010085
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thesis
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