Targeting E.coli Infections at Their Source.

Provides information on a study conducted by several U.S. Agricultural Research Service scientists, including microbiologist Evelyn Dean-Nystrom and veterinary medical officer William Stoffregen, in 2004 regarding the prevention of Escherichia coli (E. coli) 0157:H7. Effect of Shiga toxins on small blood vessels and kidney tissue; Number of people in the U.S. who are affected by E. coli-related diarrhea every year; Key ingredient of an oral vaccine developed in Bethesda, Maryland.