Effects of Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis and Heidelberg on host CD4⁺CD25⁺ regulatory T cell suppressive immune responses in chickens

• Revathi Shanmugasundaram ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: revathi.shan@usda.gov

  Affiliation USDA-ARS, Toxicology and Mycotoxins Research Unit, Athens, GA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0546-6902

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• Keila Acevedo,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

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• Mohamad Mortada,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

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• Gabriel Akerele,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0111-3926

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• Todd J. Applegate,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2406-5058

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• Michael H. Kogut,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS, Plains Area, College Station, TX, United States of America

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• Ramesh K. Selvaraj

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Poultry Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

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