Pornsukarom, Suchawan
van Vliet, Arnoud H M http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0203-1305
Thakur, Siddhartha http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3787-9939
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Pork Board (NPB-556678)
Center for Produce Safety (CPS-201400969-01)
College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University
Article History
Received: 22 May 2018
Accepted: 2 October 2018
First Online: 6 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The human patients from whom <i>Salmonella</i> was recovered were completely anonymous and even after all the analysis and tests, the human sample still remained anonymous. As such, the NC State IRB (FWA: 00003429) indicated the study research did not need IRB approval because it does not meet the definition for human subjects research. <i>Salmonella</i> isolated from food animals in this study were approved by NC. State University application for vertebrate animal use IACUC # 08–031-A.
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