A step forward for HIV vaccines

One step forward

HIV vaccines: lessons learned and the way forward.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW An effective HIV vaccine is a global health priority. We describe lessons learned from four HIV vaccine trials that failed to demonstrate efficacy and one that showed modest protection as a pathway forward. RECENT FINDINGS The Merck Ad5 phase IIb T-cell vaccine failed to show efficacy and might have increased the risk of HIV acquisition in men who have sex with men. Although...

[A step forward].

Nos gustaría comenzar esta nueva etapa agradeciendo a Elsevier y al anterior equipo editorial su esfuerzo, su constancia y su contribución al desarrollo de la Enfermería desde que comenzaron su andadura en el año 2004. Sin duda, Enfermería Clínica ha brindando a los enfermeros y enfermeras la posibilidad de colaborar en un objetivo común: el avance de la profesión para poder ofrecer nuestra mej...

A step forward for Brazilian pediatric research.

doi:10.2223/JPED.1451 Brazilian pediatric research appears to be healthy, or at least its ability to get published is improving. Two optimistic reports by Blank et al. contrast with the pessimism expressed in my home country of the United Kingdom. Last year Jornal de Pediatria reported that SciELO indexing had led to an increase in local submissions to the journal while MEDLINE indexing had res...

Indicator condition-guided HIV testing in Europe: a step forward to HIV control.

A new guidance document was published in November 2012 by ‘‘HIV in Europe’’, a pan-European initiative constituted by an independent group of experts with representation from civil society, policymakers, health professionals and European public health institutions. This initiative was started in Brussels in 2007 to promote early diagnosis and earlier care of the HIV infection across Europe. The...