Immunology
Reports summarize immunology research from Third Military Medical University, Department of Clinical Microbiology
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 3rd, 2009
New research, 'Engineering an anti-Stx2 antibody to control severe infections of EHEC O157:H7,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Chongqing, People's Republic of China, "Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7, a primary enteric pathogen, has been implicated in a wide spectrum of food/water-borne infectious diseases such as hemorrhagic colitis (HC) and hemolyticuremic syndrome (HUS). Effective treatments for EHEC O157:H7 induced disease are not available yet."
"Shiga-toxin 2 (Stx2) has been related to clinical manifestations of HUS, suggesting its critical role in pathology following infection with EHEC O157:H7. Here we...
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