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Originally Posted by TokenKingsFan
There are vaccines for whooping cough (the bacteria Bordetella pertussis), diphtheria (bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae) and several others.
We will probably never have a vaccine for E coli because most E. coli are good for you and live in your gut. What causes a coliform infection is foreign E. coli, but your immune system would have a hard time picking out foreign vs. native E. coli, thus a vaccine will not be readily available.
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We already do have a vaccine developed for E. coli O158. It is targeted for cattle and is very successful, but will never be produced because it's too expensive (~$10 per dose) for cattle producers to justify the cost, since E. coli O158 doesn't cause disease in cattle, so it doesn't affect their production. I could find articles on this if you want, this info is from my professor at VIDO in Saskatoon, who actually helped develop the vaccine.