Accession Number:

AD0747740

Title:

A Prototype Live Oral Cholera Vaccine.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT NO 2 MANILA (PHILIPPINES)

Personal Author(s):

• Howard, Bruce D.

Report Date:

1970-11-28

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

Using the methods of molecular genetics it should be possible to develop a cholera vaccine that produces long lasting immunity. To this end Vibrio cholerae mutants deficient in choleragenic activity have been isolated.

Descriptors:

• *CHOLERA
• BACTERIA
• MUTATIONS
• INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• VACCINES
• IMMUNITY
• GENETICS

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE