New candidate vaccines show promise in protecting against the diverse pathogens that cause diarrheal diseases.
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Sansonetti, P. Slaying the Hydra all at once or head by head?. Nat Med 4 (Suppl 5), 499–500 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0598supp-499
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