Chlamydia vaccine shows promise in early tests

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The first chlamydia vaccine encouragingly triggered an immune response in women during preliminary clinical trials and was found to be safe, researchers said on Tuesday.

Further trials, starting later this year, will show whether the vaccine actually protects against the sexually transmitted disease , they reported in The Lancet, a medical journal.

Spread during vaginal, anal or oral sex, chlamydia is the most common bacterial STD in the world, infecting some 130 million people each year, according to the World Health Organisation. Globally, 4.2% of women 15 to 49, and 2.7% of men in the same age bracket, are thought to be infected, making them more susceptible to other STDs such as gonorrhoea and HIV.

Two groups of 15 each received slightly different versions of the new vaccine, and the third group was given placebos in the form of an inactive saline solution.

 

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