New Zealand Family Planning
Some strains of the bacterium that cause gonorrhoea are now resistant to all available antibiotics. With no new drugs on the near horizon, the disease is in desperate need of a vaccine.
Our research, published in the Lancet medical journal this week, shows that protection against gonorrhoea could come from an unexpected source – a vaccine against meningococcal group B disease.
- Read more of Vaccine for Meningitis Shows Some Protection Against Gonorrhea
- Access abstract for journal paper Effectiveness of a group B outer membrane vesicle meningococcal vaccine against gonorrhoea in New Zealand