What if We Had a Vaccine that Prevents Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NGC) infection causes lower genital tract inflammation as well as pelvic inflammatory disease, orchitis, and less commonly, bacteremia with septic arthritis, tenosynovitis and endocarditis.NGC is a common sexually transmitted infection with more than eighty million cases world-wide in 2020 (https://www.who.int/news-room/factsheets/detail/gonorrhoea-(neisseria-gonorrhoeae-infection).Importantly, the incidence of infections has increased steadily in recent years, while the bacteria has become increasingly resistant to many antibiotics, including ceftriaxone [1].