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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2017
Kansas State University Research Foundation, Manhattan, KS (US);
Weiping Zhang, Manhattan, KS (US);
Kansas State University Research Foundation, Manhattan, KS (US);
Abstract
The application provides for MEFA constructs and vaccines against Enterotoxigenic(ETEC). Methods for reducing the incidence of diarrhea associated with ETEC are also provided. The representative adhesin tip MEFAs and the representative major subunit CFA MEFA-II provided in the disclosure has an adhesin tip backbone or major subunit CFA with one or more adhesin tips, adhesin subunit or major structural subunit epitopes incorporated onto the backbone. The adhesin tip MEFAs and the CFA MEFA-II provided advantageously prevents the ETEC molecule from attaching to the intestine.