Compu Gen <i>E. Coli</i> (IMAGE)

Washington University School of Medicine

Compu Gen <i>E. Coli</i>

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People with blood group A are more likely to develop severe diarrhea when infected with a kind of E. coli (shown in a computer-generated image above) than people with blood group O or B. The findings could potentially lead to a vaccine to help protect people living in or visiting developing countries.

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ALISSA ECKERT AND JENNIFER OOSTHUIZEN/CDC

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