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More reason to use Meningococcal B vaccine – it could also cut the Clap

  • Written by Helen Petousis-Harris, Senior Lecturer, Vaccinology, University of Auckland
imageAn epidemic of Group B meningococcal disease in New Zealand prompted the development of a vaccine, which also provides moderate protection against gonorrhoea.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection also known as the Clap, has become a superbug.

Some strains of the bacterium that cause gonorrhoea are now...

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