The plasmid-encoded Ipf and Klf fimbriae display different expression and varying roles in the virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis in mouse vs. avian hosts

• Gili Aviv,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7451-1044

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• Laura Elpers,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Abt. Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0491-6211

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• Svetlana Mikhlin,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Biovac Ltd., Or-Akiva, Israel

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• Helit Cohen,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

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• Shaul Vitman Zilber,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Biovac Ltd., Or-Akiva, Israel

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• Guntram A. Grassl,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Galia Rahav,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliations The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4039-0958

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• Michael Hensel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Abt. Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-6253

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• Ohad Gal-Mor

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

  * E-mail: Ohad.Gal-Mor@sheba.health.gov.il

  Affiliations The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2540-6790

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