title: Probiotics -- a viable therapeutic alternative for enteric infections especially in the developing world.
abstract: This review focuses on the most recent advances in the application of probiotics as potential therapeutics for the developing world, from the treatment of chronic and acute enteric infections and their associated diarrheal complexes to the development of designer probiotics for controlling HIV and as novel mucosal vaccine delivery vehicles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland. roy.sleator@cit.ie
authors.forename: Roy D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sleator
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003906:Developing Countries; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000178:diet therapy; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines