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Disease control is increasingly compromised by the rapid emergence of resistance to multiple antimicrobial classes and by the failure of natural infection to induce durable protective immunity. The ability of\n                    <jats:italic>N. gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n                    to persist within the host is driven by genetic and phenotypic adaptation strategies, including extensive antigenic and phase variation of surface-exposed components and a diverse array of immune evasion strategies. These include resistance to complement-mediated killing, manipulation of phagocytic cell function, suppression of adaptive immune responses, and mechanisms that overlap with antimicrobial resistance pathways. Experimental infection models have provided important insights into gonococcal pathogenesis and host immunity. Advances in vaccine research, including evidence of partial protection conferred by\n                    <jats:italic>N. meningitidis<\/jats:italic>\n                    group B outer membrane vesicle-based vaccines, have renewed interest in conserved gonococcal antigens and their use in multicomponent vaccine platforms. Identification of target antigens and immune pathways that confer protective immunity remain central to the development of effective vaccines against gonorrhoea and associated antimicrobial resistance.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2026.1824540","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,16]],"date-time":"2026-06-16T05:38:30Z","timestamp":1781588310000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Neisseria gonorrhoeae: mechanisms of immune evasion, antimicrobial resistance, and vaccine development challenges"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Ilaria","family":"Onofrio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuffield Department of Medicine, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford","place":["Oxford, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Calman A.","family":"MacLennan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuffield Department of Medicine, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford","place":["Oxford, United Kingdom"]},{"name":"Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy, School of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham","place":["Birmingham, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1021","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(21)00812-4","article-title":"Effectiveness of a serogroup B outer membrane vesicle meningococcal vaccine against gonorrhoea: a retrospective observational study","volume":"22","author":"Abara","year":"2022","journal-title":"Lancet Infect. 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