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A new vaccine could vanquish a major cause of deadly diarrheal disease
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Researchers have developed a new vaccine candidate, WRSs2, that showed 89% effectiveness in preventing shigellosis, a major cause of diarrheal death. The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, offers hope for addressing a disease that kills over 1 million people annually, particularly children.
Diarrhea has been a headline story in the United States this summer, with thousands of cases of explosive diarrhea traced to Cyclospora from tainted lettuce –- and the first two deaths from the outbreak now confirmed in Michigan.
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