Virulome and genome analyses identify associations between antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence factors in highly drug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from veal calves

• Bradd J. Haley ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: bradd.haley@ars.usda.gov

  Affiliation Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7996-1143

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• Seon Woo Kim,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

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• Serajus Salaheen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

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• Ernest Hovingh,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States of America

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• Jo Ann S. Van Kessel

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, United States of America

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