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Arizona State University

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Biodesign Institute associate research scientist Melha Mellata, and Roy Curtiss, director of the institute's Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, have fully characterized a vector to use in Salmonella vaccine to provide protection against poultry disease called avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). The vaccine could also help prevent harmful bacterial infections in humans.

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The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University

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