Vaccines against diarrheal diseases
Nataro, J.P.
Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases 15(4): 272-279
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 1045-1870 PMID: 15494952 DOI: 10.1053/j.spid.2004.07.009Document Number: 261635
At least 2 million persons succumb annually to enteric infection, and in countless other patients, diarrheal disease aggravates malnutrition and susceptibility to other infections. Prevention of enteric illness by virtue of improved hygiene and provision of sanitation and water treatment is impractical in most developing countries, where morbidity and mortality rates are highest. For this reason, development of vaccines against the most important gastrointestinal infections remains a high priority.