The Earthtimes online News
Home

Needle-free vaccine against diarrhea

Posted : Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:07:59 GMT
Author : Health News Editor
Category : Health
News Alerts by Email click here )
Create your own RSS
Health News | Home
BOSTON, June 21 Researchers in the United States and abroad have developed a needle-free vaccine that protects mice from the leading cause of diarrhea.

Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of nosocomial diarrhea worldwide, with more than 300,000 cases reported each year in the United States alone.

A recent emergence of a new highly-virulent strain has increased the need for effective preventative treatment.

The results suggest that immunization with C. difficile toxin A applied via a skin patch may be a feasible immunization strategy against C. difficile, an important cause of morbidity and mortality against which current preventative strategies are failing, according to first author Chandrabali Ghose, of the Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston.

The findings are published in the June issue of the journal Infection and Immunity.

Copyright 2007 by UPI


Article : Needle-free vaccine against diarrhea
Print this article
Email this article


Share on

Have your Say
Name
Email
Subject
Your Comment

Enter Verification code
 
  

 

 

More Health News click here

Choose Theme
Green Earth Blue Earth Orange Earth Purple Earth

Search
 
You can
Print this articleemail this articleComment on this article

Current News

News Category
Business
Entertainment
Environment
General
Health
Sports
Technology
World
Press Release

About us | News Archives | Browse old Archive | Feedback | Disclaimer | Mobile/PDA | News Alerts

The views expressed in the articles are not necessarily those of earthtimes.org and we accept no responsibility for the views or opinions
expressed in the articles either direct or indirect.

© 2008 www.earthtimes.org, The Earth Times, All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy