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Editorial
. 2016 Dec;92(8):561-562.
doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052378. Epub 2016 Apr 1.

Intractable problems require novel solutions: it's time to get serious about developing a gonorrhoea vaccine

Evgeny A Semchenko  1 , Kate L Seib  1
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Editorial

Intractable problems require novel solutions: it's time to get serious about developing a gonorrhoea vaccine

Evgeny A Semchenko et al. Sex Transm Infect. 2016 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GONOCOCCI; GONORRHOEA; VACCINATION.

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Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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