Gonorrhea, caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is a common sexually transmitted infection
and an urgent public health problem. Humans are the exclusive host, and the genital tract …

The urogenital tract is a complex environment composed of many different types of epithelial
tissues and innate immune cells that sample the surrounding milieu. As a host-adapted …

Liu et al.(2011) summarize our current understanding of how the gonococcus subverts the
immune system, and takes advantage of the immune privilege of the genital tract to foster an …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae (also known as gonococcus) has been causing gonorrhoea in
humans since ancient Egyptian times. Today, global gonorrhoea infections are rising at an …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a bacterial pathogen responsible for gonorrhoea and various
sequelae that tend to occur when asymptomatic infection ascends within the genital tract or …

Infection and disease associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the gonococcus, continue to
be a global health problem. Asymptomatic and subclinical gonococcal infections occur at a …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection is a major public health problem worldwide. The increasing
incidence of gonorrhea coupled with global spread of multidrug-resistant isolates of …

Gonorrhea, with an estimated 78 million cases in 2012 [1], continues to be a worldwide
public health problem. With the emergence of strains resistant to frontline antibiotics …

Sexually transmitted infections are a critical public health issue. However, the mechanisms
underlying sexually transmitted infections in women and the link between the infection …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the gonococcus, is a gram-negative diplococcus which causes the
sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea (Figure 1). The contagious nature of gonococcal …