February 10, 2007
Largest AIDS vaccine trial to start in South Africa
The largest trial of an AIDS vaccine yet has been unveiled, and it will take place in South Africa where HIV infection rates are as high as 1 in 9. The details can be found here, but the main goals are to determine if the vaccine does a few different things:
- Does prevent infection?
- Does it lower the HIV levels in those already infected?
- Does this vaccine work on the C strain of HIV prevalent in South Africa?
The trial will use 3,000 volunteers of both sexes between the ages of 18 and 35. More inclusion and exclusion details can be found in the clinicaltrials.gov link.
[tags]Medicine, AIDS, HIV, vaccine, AIDS vaccine[/tags]
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