Anti-virulence Factor In Salmonella Discovered

Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 20:28 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have discovered an anti-virulence factor in Salmonella, knowledge that could be used to design improved Salmonella vaccines. Virulence factors allow a pathogen to thrive in the host and cause disease. An anti-virulence factor controls the degree of infectiveness.

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