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Yale Medicine School Team Develops Vaccine for Deadly Leptospirosis Bacteria
July 07, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 7 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news:

Having recently discovered the toxin that causes the tropical disease leptospirosis to be so lethal, a Yale research team has developed a vaccine that prevents the disease while nearly eliminating the deadly bacteria from the body.

The team, led by Joseph Vinetz, MD, professor (infectious diseases) in the Department of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), and Ree . . .

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