title: Managing HIV. Part 8: Controlling an epidemic. 8.3 Prospects for a preventive HIV vaccine.
abstract: A safe vaccine to halt or slow the global HIV pandemic is urgently needed, yet the immediate prospects for an effective vaccine are poor. Experimental work to date suggests that live attenuated vaccines are most effective, but they raise serious safety concerns. The search for alternatives continues.
authors.affiliation: Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Clancy
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Ada
mesh_terms: D016915:AIDS Vaccines; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006678:HIV / Q000502:physiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D014611:Vaccination; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D016915:AIDS Vaccines