Clade, Country and Region-specific HIV-1 Vaccines: Are they necessary?
Today, scientists are often encouraged to custom-design vaccines based on a particular country or clade. Here, we review the scientific literature and then suggest that the overwhelming endeavor to produce a unique vaccine for every world region or virus subtype may not be necessary.
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Karen S
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Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N, Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105 USA. julia.hurwitz@stjude.org.
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Chris
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Brown
Scott A
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Stambas
John
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Xiaoyan
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Surman
Sherri
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Bart G
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Zirkel
Amy
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Pamela J
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Robert
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Mattia
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Julia L
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