Vaccines for gonorrhea: can we rise to the challenge?

Immune responses to the gonococcus after natural infection ordinarily result in little immunity to reinfection, due to antigenic variation of the gonococcus, and redirection or suppression of immune responses. Brinton and colleagues demonstrated that parenteral immunization of male human volunteers...

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Main Authors: Weiyan eZhu, Ching-ju eChen, Christopher E. Thomas, James E. Anderson, P. Frederick Sparling, Ann E. Jerse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00124/full