What if We Had a Vaccine that Prevents Neisseria gonorrhoeae? Inspiration, Assumptions, and Aspirations
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N. gonorrhoeae) infection causes lower genital tract inflammation as well as pelvic inflammatory disease, orchitis, and, less commonly, bacteremia with septic arthritis, tenosynovitis, and endocarditis. N. gonorrhoeae is a common sexually transmitted infection with more than eighty million cases worldwide in 2020.
Authors
- Myron S. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5917-9664)
- Jeanne Marrazzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9277-7364)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- UNC Libraries
- Published
- 2025-04-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17615/5qhz-cc48
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00