Fight back against perma-clap: Breakthrough paves the way for vaccine to protect against gonorrhoea as rates surge and drug resistant strains take hold READ MORE: Massive surge in super gonorrhea infections UK health chiefs warn By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 06:27 EDT, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 06:32 EDT, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments British scientists may have paved the way for a jab that protects againt drug-resistant gonorrhoea. Experts are on the hunt for a vaccine for the sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which is becoming increasingly difficult to treat. Strains of the bug have adapted so that the antibiotics medics use to routinely treat them are less effective, effectively becoming untreatable, with potentially life-changing consequences.
While no gonorrhoea jabs have yet been developed, experts have had some success with vaccines for a related bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis, which previous trials showed help people fend off the infection. In the new study, carried out by Oxford and Manchester universities, experts worked with 50 sex workers in Kenya, due to their high gonorrhoea risk, to examine their immune response to the Nm vaccine. Experts are on the hunt for a vaccine for the sexually transmitted disease (STD), caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng) as drug resistant forms of the bacteria continue to spread, including in the UK.
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