Highlights from the AIDS Vaccine 2001 Meeting
Highlights from the AIDS Vaccine 2001 Meeting
Dimitrios Paraskevis
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*Correspondence: Dimitrios Paraskevis, Email not available
Abstract
According to the Joint United Nations Programmeon HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), 22 million peoplehave already died from HIV-related diseasessince the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. Eventhough highly active antiretroviral therapy hasbecome available, 16,000 new HIV infectionsoccur daily mostly in the countries of sub-SaharanAfrica. The rapid spread of the HIV epidemicunderlines the urgent need for an effective HIVvaccine.
