Fig. 1

Schematic of tick viruses isolated in the Australia and New Zealand region. The tick species (family) of isolate and year of collection are indicated beneath the name of each virus. The viral family of each isolate is indicated by icons defined in the legend on the right-hand side of the figure. Bold text indicates viruses used in this study. Inset, summary of viruses isolated on Macquarie Island. Circled regions indicate sites where tick collections yielded virus isolates. Black circles, collection sites accessed between 1972 and 1979. Magenta circles, collection sites accessed in 2002. Green circle, Precarious Point where tick collections occurred both in the 1970s and 2002. Tick genus names: A., Argas; I., Ixodes; O., Ornithodoros