Characterization of the virulence of three novel clade 2 Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile strains and a two-year screening in animals and humans in Brazil

• Amanda Nadia Diniz,

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

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5287-5779

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• Loren Nery Fontoura Moura,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Diogo Soares Gonçalves Cruz,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8577-6849

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• Carlos Augusto Oliveira Junior,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Henrique César Pereira Figueiredo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• João Luís Reis Cunha,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Eduardo Garcia Vilela,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic Hospital of Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Edward J. Kuijper,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Expertise Center for Clostridioides difficile infections, at Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Mark H. Wilcox,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-2868

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• Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato,

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

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva

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

  * E-mail: rodrigo.otaviosilva@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-2488

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