How can we design better vaccines to prevent HIV-1 infection in women?

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden in women continues to increase, and heterosexual contact is now the most common route of infection worldwide. Effective protection of women against HIV-1 infection may require a vaccine specifically targeting mucosal immune responses in the female genita...

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Main Authors: Sarah eRowland-Jones, Sengisiwe eSibeko, Hannah eRafferty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00572/full