title: Criteria for selection of HIV vaccine candidates--general principles.
abstract: The generation of a vaccine against HIV/AIDS is extremely challenging, as evidenced by more than 20 years of attempts. Here are highlighted the strategies adopted within the AIDS Vaccine Integrated project (AVIP) to speed up the clinical evaluation of novel vaccine candidates and to increase the chances to get an effective preventive and/or therapeutic vaccine.
authors.affiliation: AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. ensoli@iss.it
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ensoli
mesh_terms: D016915:AIDS Vaccines / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D015686:Gene Products, env / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015693:Gene Products, nef / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015696:Gene Products, tat / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005814:Genes, Viral; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D023421:Models, Animal; D017778:Vaccines, Combined / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D054311:nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D016915:AIDS Vaccines; D015686:Gene Products, env; D015693:Gene Products, nef; D015696:Gene Products, tat; D015488:HIV Antigens; D017778:Vaccines, Combined; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; C097729:gp140 envelope protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1; D054311:nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus