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Review
. 1998 Jun 19;280(5371):1875-80.
doi: 10.1126/science.280.5371.1875.

Progress in the development of an HIV-1 vaccine

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Progress in the development of an HIV-1 vaccine

N L Letvin. Science. .

Abstract

Containment of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic will require an effective human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vaccine. Accumulating evidence suggests that such a vaccine must efficiently elicit an HIV-1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response. Nonhuman primate models will continue to provide an important tool for assessing the extent of protective immunity induced by various immunization strategies. Although replication-competent AIDS viruses attenuated for pathogenicity by selective gene deletions have provided protective immunity in nonhuman primate models, the long-term safety of such vaccines in human populations is suspect. Inactivated virus and subunit vaccines have elicited neither CTLs nor antibodies capable of neutralizing a wide array of patient HIV-1 isolates. Considerable effort is now being focused on evaluating live vector-based vaccine and plasmid DNA vaccine approaches for preventing HIV-1 infection both in animal model and human studies. Our growing understanding of the biology of HIV-1 and immune responses to this virus will continue to suggest improved vaccination approaches for exploration.

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  • AIDS vaccine trials in chimpanzees.
    Prince AM, Andrus L. Prince AM, et al. Science. 1998 Dec 18;282(5397):2195-6. doi: 10.1126/science.282.5397.2194d. Science. 1998. PMID: 9890826 No abstract available.

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