HIV:

Anthony S Fauci1, Margaret I Johnston, Carl W Dieffenbach

  • 1National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. afauci@niaid.nih.gov

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 26, 2008
PubMed
まとめ

研究室,非人間霊長類 (NHP),臨床研究を重視して,HIVワクチン研究を優先することは極めて重要です. 主要な行動は,NHPモデルの強化と,予算の制約の中でHIV/AIDSワクチンの発見を加速するコラボレーションの促進です.

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