Auranofin exerts antibacterial activity against Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a female mouse model of genital tract infection

• Ahmed E. M. Elhassanny,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4807-4327

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• Nader S. Abutaleb,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Mohamed N. Seleem

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: seleem@vt.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Center for Emerging, Zoonotic and Arthropod-borne Pathogens, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-0458

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