Vertical transmission of attaching and invasive E. coli from the dam to neonatal mice predisposes to more severe colitis following exposure to a colitic insult later in life

• Meghan Wymore Brand,

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

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Alexandra L. Proctor,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Jesse M. Hostetter,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization

  Current address: Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Naihui Zhou,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Iddo Friedberg,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1789-8000

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• Albert E. Jergens,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Gregory J. Phillips,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Michael J. Wannemuehler

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mjwannem@iastate.edu

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4534-9452

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