The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first large test of a vaccine designed to prevent AIDS.

 

References:

Kind, C. . . . J. Schüpbach, et al. 1998. Prevention of vertical HIV transmission: Additive protective effect of elective Cesarean section and zidovudine prophylaxis. AIDS 12:205.

Information about the Phase III Clinical Trial of AIDSVAX can be found at http://www.vaxgen.com/vaccine.htm 1.

Further Readings:

Kind, C. et al. 1992. Epidemiology of vertically transmitted HIV-1 infection in Switzerland: Results of a nationwide prospective study. European Journal of Pediatrics 151:442.

Kuhl, L., et al. 1996. Cesarean deliveries and maternal-infant HIV transmission: Results from a prospective study in South Africa. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Hum Retroviral 11:478.

Minkoff, H., and M.J. O’Sullivan. 1998. The case for rapid HIV testing during labor. Journal of the American Medical Association 279(June 3):1743.

Sources:

Donna K. Walters
VaxGen, Inc.
501 Forbes Boulevard
South San Francisco, CA 94080