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Salmonella bug feeds on glucose [1]

Salmonella food poisoning causes infection in around 20 million people worldwide each year and is responsible for about 200,000 human deaths
Scientists have discovered that the food poisoning bug Salmonella feeds on glucose to survive as it causes infection, a finding which they claim could soon pave the way for a new vaccine against it.

Publication Date: 
26/05/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Food Poisoning [3], Health [4], Medical Research [5], Vaccination [6]

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