Criteria for selection of HIV vaccine candidates--general principles.
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The generation of a vaccine against HIV/AIDS is extremely challenging, as evidenced by more than 20 years of attempts. Here are highlighted the strategies adopted within the AIDS Vaccine Integrated project (AVIP) to speed up the clinical evaluation of novel vaccine candidates and to increase the chances to get an effective preventive and/or therapeutic vaccine.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Microbes and infection
دوره 7 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005