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Development of a hybrid Shiga holotoxoid vaccine to elicit heterologous protection against Shiga toxins types 1 and 2.
Vaccine - 8 May 2006
Smith Michael J, Teel Louise D, Carvalho Humberto M, Melton-Celsa Angela R, O'Brien Alison D
Abstract excerpt
The hemolytic uremic syndrome is a life-threatening sequela that occurs after infection with Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) or Shigella dysenteriae type 1, and Stx is responsible for initiating this syndrome. An STEC isolate can express Stx1, Stx2, or both, but antisera to Stx1 and Stx2 are not cross-neutralizing. To produce a single vaccine candidate against both toxins, we created a genetic...
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