An attenuated vaccine for AIDS?

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(95)92532-5

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An attenuated vaccine for AIDS?

Lancet (London, England) - 27 May 1995

Beale J

Abstract excerpt

One of the few bright prospects in AIDS research is the findings from a study of an attenuated SIV vaccine in monkeys. The vaccine consists of SIV with the nef region deleted (SIVmac239). All 6 monkeys vaccinated with the nef-deleted virus were still healthy and alive 5 years after vaccination, w...

Topics

AIDS Vaccines
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Animals
Disease Models, Animal
Feasibility Studies
Genes, nef
HIV
Humans
Macaca mulatta
Mutation
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
Vaccines, Attenuated

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