Evaluation of Escherichia coli isolates from healthy chickens to determine their potential risk to poultry and human health

• Zachary R. Stromberg,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1137-1128

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• James R. Johnson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• John M. Fairbrother,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation OIE Reference Laboratory for Escherichia coli, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

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• Jacquelyn Kilbourne,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• Angelica Van Goor,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Roy Curtiss 3rd,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  Affiliations The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• Melha Mellata

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mmellata@iastate.edu

  Affiliations Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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