Gonorrhea is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection. In 2020, more than 80 million new cases of gonorrhea were reported worldwide. Vaccines, protecting once morest this infection, has not yet been developed. Antibiotics are usually prescribed for gonorrhea.
However, in the last decade, the world has experienced an active spread of the antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea causative agent, the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which has become a real problem. Such an infection that does not respond to standard antibiotic therapy is called “supergonorrhea”.
It is possible that scientists have managed to find at least a partial solution to this problem – three new publications in The Lancet Infectious Diseases indicate that one of the existing meningococcal vaccines, 4CMenB (trade name Bexsero), can also protect once morest gonorrhea, including “supergonorrhea”.
For example, two doses of the vaccine provided 40 percent protection once morest STDs for New York youth ages 16 to 23, found first of these studies, conducted by American specialists. Even this moderate level of protection can make a huge difference in controlling and preventing the spread of gonorrhea, the researchers emphasize.
Second a study by researchers in South Australia found that two doses of 4CMenB provided adolescents and young adults with a 33 percent protection once morest gonorrhea.
Authors third research, scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Warwick (UK), found that vaccination with 4CMenB people at highest risk of contracting gonorrhea will prevent more than 110 thousand cases of infection in England per decade.
Gonorrhea, if left untreated, can cause serious consequences, including an increased risk of contracting HIV and infertility.
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In addition, the infection can be transmitted from mother to newborn baby. According to scientists, vaccination of risk groups with the 4CMenB vaccine can prevent the spread of not only the deadly meningococcal infection, but also antibiotic-resistant strains of gonorrhea.
