New Trend in AIDS Vaccine Research

Novel Trend in Vaccine Research

and the alarm based on the number and rate of vector species. To monitor vectors that could be coming from overseas, various vectors (mosquitoes, cockroaches, rodents etc) are collected at the National Quarantine Station (19 sites) located at harbors and airports. And in 2009, to effectively cope with climate change, 3 vector surveillance centers were established in Honam, Yeongnam and Jeju are...

Science's AIDS Prevention and Vaccine Research Site

The additional risk of an infant acquiring human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) from its HIV+ mother during breast-feeding is about 15% after 24 months and depends on the duration of breast-feeding. This statistic has been exploited to inflate the disadvantages of breast-feeding. It may be more pertinent for health workers to quote a risk of about 5% if breast-feeding is practiced for 6 mo...

A Boosted Hope — AIDS Vaccine Research

Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee Bisher Akil, M.D. Peter Anton, M.D. H. Aaron Aronow, M.D. Victor Beer, M.D. Aron Bick, M.D. Joseph Church, M.D. Gary Cohan, M.D. Richard Cooper, M.D. Jim Corti, R.N. George Fareed, M.D. Erik Fleishman, D.O. Jonathan Goldsmith, M.D. Michael Gottlieb, M.D. Edward Grant, M.D. David Hardy, M.D. David Hart, M.D. Scott Hitt, M.D. John James Wilbert Jordan, M....

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New directions in vaccine research.

During the past 100 years, the widespread use of vaccines has begun to ameliorate the devastating effects of infectious disease, increasing the average life expectancy and enhancing the quality of life of those who have been vaccinated. During the 20th century, more than twenty vaccines were introduced, and in the US and Europe these vaccines dramatically curtailed (or nearly eliminated) diphth...