A cocktail of three virulent bacteriophages prevents Vibrio cholerae infection in animal models

There has been a renewed interest in the potential use of bacterial viruses (phages) for treatment or prevention of bacterial infections. Here the authors show that a cocktail of three phages can prevent cholera-like diarrhoea in animals infected withVibrio cholerae.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Minmin Yen, Lynne S. Cairns, Andrew Camilli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14187