The molecular mechanisms used by the gonococcus to initiate infection exhibit gender
specificity. The clinical presentations of disease are also strikingly different upon comparison …

Etiology, transmission and protection: Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the gonococcus) is the
etiological agent for the strictly human sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea. Infections …

Life-threatening bacterial infections in women after childbirth, known as puerperal sepsis,
resulted in classical epidemics and remain a global health problem. While outbreaks of …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an obligate human pathogen that causes mucosal surface
infections of male and female reproductive tracts, pharynx, rectum, and conjunctiva …

Historically, animal modeling of gonorrhea has been hampered by the exclusive adaptation
of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to humans. Genital tract infection can be established in female …

Little is known about the pathogenesis of gonococcal infection within the lower female
genital tract. We recently described the distribution of complement receptor 3 (CR3) on …

Opa proteins are variable outer membrane proteins of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria
meningitidis that mediate tight interaction of these pathogens with human cells. They have …

Galectins are a family of β‐galactoside binding proteins that have been proposed as host
receptors for bacteria because β‐galactoside carbohydrates are common in bacterial …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an obligate human pathogen that is the cause of the sexually
transmitted disease gonorrhoea. Recently, there has been a surge in gonorrhoea cases that …

Members of the genus Neisseria include pathogens causing important human diseases
such as meningitis, septicaemia, gonorrhoea and pelvic inflammatory disease syndrome …