Researchers Take Step Toward Creating Salmonella Vaccine (UF News)

Researchers Take Step Toward Creating Salmonella Vaccine

Salmonella might seem like a mild inconvenience to some, but for sensitive groups, it can prove dangerous or deadly. In fact, 26,500 people are hospitalized by the bacterial infection each year in the U.S., and 420 people die, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

In a step toward combatting Salmonella infections, UF/IFAS microbiology researchers have published a study that they hope will lead to a vaccine against the disease. 

In the U.S., about 1.35 million Salmonella infections are reported each year, according to the CDC. Salmonella infections are often caused by consuming contaminated food or water or touching infected animals or livestock or their feces, and result in severe diarrhea and even arthritis post-infection. 

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