'World-first' gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England

2 andsoitis 1 5/21/2025, 6:57:43 AM theguardian.com ↗

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reify · 3h ago
Not another vaccine! yet its not a vaccine

If i have the MenB-4C vaccine am I immune from gonorrhoea???

Simply no! It will clear up the gonorrhoea in a small number of cases and I can catch it again. its not a vaccine.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gonorrhoea/

Treatment for gonorrhoea

Gonorrhoea is treated with a single dose of antibiotics, which can be an injection or tablets.

A systematic review and meta-analysis:

https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-abstract/231/1/61/77247...

Two doses of MenB-4C vaccine were 33% to 40% effective against gonorrhea, and 1 dose of MenB-4C vaccine was 26% effective.

Conclusions:

MenB-4C vaccine is moderately effective against gonorrhea in various populations. Prospective clinical trials that assess the efficacy of MenB-4C against gonorrhea,