Publications by authors named "Astrid Rykkje Heien"

Infection with enterotoxigenic (ETEC) producing the heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) is one of the most important causes of childhood diarrhoea in low- and middle-income countries. Here, we undertook a controlled human infection model (CHIM) study to investigate whether ST-producing ETEC strain TW11681 would be suitable for testing the protective efficacy of new ST-based vaccine candidates in vaccine challenge models. In groups of three, nine volunteers ingested 1 × 10, 1 × 10, or 1 × 10 colony-forming units (CFU) of TW11681.

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