date:Sep 17, 2013
ccinating cow could reduce human cases by nearly 85 percent, far higher than the 50 percent predicted by studies simply looking at the vaccines' efficacy in cattle.
The findings, published in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, strongly support adoption of the vaccines by the livestock industry, said the researchers.
We conclude that vaccination of cattle, the major reservoir for E. coli O157, could be an especially effective public health control against a seriou