AIDS vaccine development; challenges and opportunities.9781904455110 AIDS vaccine development; challenges and opportunities. Ed. by Wayne C. Koff et al. Caister Academic Press 2007 151 pages $99.00 Paperback QR189 HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome continues to be the most devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. since the plagues of the Middle Ages. Koff and his co-editors with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative A public-private partnership dedicated to producing a preventive vaccine against HIV infection, suitable for use in the most affected developing countries. To date, no such vaccine exists but scientific consensus suggests that its development is feasible. , New York, and the U. of Melbourne, introduce global expectations and efforts toward an AIDS vaccine. Contributors to 18 other chapters review scientific and access factors required for a successful vaccine, and the lengthy development process from preclinical design to deployment. Country-specific experience is provided from developed and developing countries. A table summarizes the main candidate vaccines tested in clinical trials in the past 20 years. Distributed in the US by ISBS ISBS International Society of Biomechanics in Sports ISBS International Society for Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin ISBS Illinois State Button Society ISBS Iowa State Button Society ISBS Idaho State Button Society . ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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