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MeNZB – a gift we didn’t expect, and are still unwrapping
Tuesday 26 September 2017, 01:27 PM
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A gift: the MeNZB vaccine was more broadly effective than expected
The 2004–2008 MeNZB meningococcal vaccine programme reached over one million adolescents; an epidemic was curtailed and a legacy set up for reduced rates of gonorrhoea
By Helen Petousis-Harris
The second most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease, gonorrhoea, has officially become a superbug, with multidr
References
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