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Filter by:The study consists of two arms: 1) intervention group using eggs as supplementary food given from 2nd trimester of pregnancy to birth, and 2) observational group of pregnant mothers. it aims to assess the effectiveness of improving dietary quality during pregnancy on the epigenetic and stunting related outcomes (growth and development) in infants, who will be followed up until 24 months old
This is a trial to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, immunogenicity and efficacy of a 10^6 cfu dose of an oral live-attenuated S. sonnei vaccine candidate, WRSs2, in up to 120 healthy males and non-pregnant females aged 18-49, inclusive. This is a two-phase study, an outpatient WRSs2 vaccination phase and an inpatient S. sonnei 53G challenge phase. After the initiation of the study, two participants had Grade 3 diarrhea and/or vomiting in the days following vaccination. The vaccination dose was reduced to 5X10^5, enrollment was changed to 2 arms and randomized 2:1 (vaccine: placebo). Participants with morbid obesity were excluded and weight loss medications prohibited. The Primary Objective of this study is to estimate combined vaccine efficacy of 2 doses of WRSs2 (10^6 cfu or 5X10^5 cfu) in preventing shigellosis, following challenge with S. sonnei strain 53G.