Researchers identify structure of bacteria responsible for traveller's diarrhoea

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), the Naval Medical Research Centre and the National Institutes of Health, have solved the structure of thin hair-like fibres called 'pili' or 'fimbriae' on the surface of bacteria that cause traveller's diarrhoea. The findings, appear in the June issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and have important implications for creating better therapeutics against diarrhoeal diseases...

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