The spread of pESI-mediated extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in Salmonella serovars—Infantis, Senftenberg, and Alachua isolated from food animal sources in the United States

• Cong Li ,

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

  * E-mail: cong.li@fda.hhs.gov

  Affiliation Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7102-6107

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• Heather Tate,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

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• Xinyang Huang,

  Roles Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Center for Food Safety Security Systems, University of Maryland,College Park, Maryland, United States of America

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• Chih-Hao Hsu,

  Roles Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

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• Lucas B. Harrison,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

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• Shaohua Zhao,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

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• Gamola Z. Fortenberry,

  Roles Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Uday Dessai,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Patrick F. McDermott,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center for Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, United States of America

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• Errol A. Strain

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

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