QUT researchers are part of a $10.7 million global project to develop a new chlamydia vaccine.
Professor Ken Beagley from QUT’s Faculty of Health said three chlamydia vaccine candidates had already been identified by University of North Carolina researchers and QUT will begin testing within a month.
Chlamydia affects nearly four hundred Australians per year and if left untreated can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility.