Development of safe, effective and immunogenic vaccine candidate for diarrheagenic Escherichia coli main pathotypes in mouse model

Background: Glanders is a highly contagious and fatal zoonotic disease primarily of horses, mules and may occur in felids in wild fields. At once time, B.mallei infection occurred worldwide, but over last 100 years occurrence decreased and many parts of world has been eradicated. However, sporadic cases of glanders are still registering in Far East, South America, North Africa, Middle East and Asia. In Mongolia, major glanders outbreaks were reported during the middle of last Century and due to specific measures, the prevalence was decreased to 0.05% by the end of 1980s.
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Type: Poster Presentation Source Type: research