Outer Membrane Vesicles Derived from <i>Salmonella enterica</i> Serotype Typhimurium Can Deliver <i>Shigella flexneri</i> 2a O-Polysaccharide Antigen To Prevent <i>Shigella flexneri</i> 2a Infection in Mice
Huizhen Tian, Biaoxian Li, Tian Xu, Haolin Yu, Jingxuan Chen, Haiyan Yu, Shan Li, Lingbing Zeng, Xiaotian Huang, Qiong Liu
Abstract
Shigella , the cause of shigellosis or bacillary dysentery, is a major public health concern, especially for children in developing countries. An effective vaccine would control the spread of the disease to some extent.
Topics & Concepts
Shigella flexneriBacillary dysenteryShigellosisMicrobiologyShigellaSerotypeDysenterySalmonellaSalmonella entericaEnterobacteriaceaeBiologyVirologyBacterial outer membraneShigella sonneiBacteriaEscherichia coliGeneBiochemistryGeneticsEscherichia coli research studiesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologySalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology