Chlamydia vaccine research 'shows early progress'

Conclusion It's easy to get carried away by headlines about vaccines for common and damaging diseases, but early-stage studies in mice don't always translate into usable vaccines for humans. People have been trying to find an effective vaccine against chlamydia since the bacteria was discovered in 1957, and research is still being carried out into several different vaccine candidates. This vaccine may turn out to be effective, but it could become one of the many failed vaccine candidates seen over the years. This is a small study in just 20 specially bred laboratory mice, and involved a type of chlamydia (Chlamydia muridarum) only mice get. Much more work will be needed to see whether this experiment can be successfully repeated, and whether the vaccine is safe for use in humans, before we can even look at whether it is effective in preventing Chlamydia trachomatis in humans. Read more about chlamydia prevention and sexual health. Links To The Headlines Could a NOSE SPRAY prevent chlamydia? World's first vaccine for the STD 'is showing promising results'. Mail Online, July 19 2016 Chlamydia vaccine 'shows promise'. BBC News, July 20 2016 Links To Science Bulira DC, Steven Lianga, S, Leec A, et al. Immunization with chlamydial type III secretion antigens reduces vaginal shedding and prevents fallopian tube pathology following live C. muridarum challenge. Published online June 17 2016
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