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A cure for Montezuma’s Revenge?
One of the best parts about coming to Mexico is savoring its delicious street food. But for many visitors, the looming threat of traveler’s diarrhea (otherwise known has Montezuma’s Revenge) is enough to scare them away from eating anything that’s not on a restaurant menu.
Thanks to some researchers with the Iomai Corp, such worries may soon be a thing of the past. Reuters is reporting that the company has come up with an experimental vaccine (it has yet to be approved by the FDA) patch that that travelers could wear when they take a trip. According to a study of the patch, 11 percent of travelers who took a placebo while traveling in Mexico and Guatemala got severe diarrhea; only 2 percent who took the patch got majorly sick.
The patch is apparently the first vaccine against a strain of E. coli that is the top cause of traveler’s sickness. A UT-Houston professor told Reuters the vaccine is “one of the most exciting new developments in travel medicine.”
Hallelujah. That should mean the wonderful world of tacos campechanos, tortas cubanas and gorditas and sopes should soon be available to everyone.
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By Omar
June 17, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
You should really do some research on how to spell Moctezuma if you are going to make it the title of the article.
By Jeremy Schwartz
June 17, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this
Omar, you are indeed correct that Moctezuma is the correct spelling of the Aztec ruler who gives his name to traveler’s diarrhea in Mexico. But I would argue that the term Moctezuma’s Revenge has been transformed, no doubt be generations of American tourists who can’t pronounce the original, correct version. I decided to go with the Americanized version since that is what most readers would recognize. But your point is well-taken.
By Greg
June 21, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this
OMAR, Instead of being a stuff shirt critic, why don’t you shut the hell up and let the man do his job!!!