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AIDScience Perspective: Retrovirus 2002: Merck debuts phase I data by Richard Jefferys and Emily Bass, from the IAVI Report.  [Full text article]  [About AIDScience articles]  [See recent AIDScience articles]

Hot News: U.S. CDC study looks at rise of intentional unsafe sex. Research has confirmed what many gay men and HIV prevention workers have known for a while: the practice of gay anal sex without a condom—"barebacking"—is becoming more common. AIDS 16, 653 (2002).  [PubMed abstract]

Zidovudine may save breast-fed baby from mom's HIV. A short-course zidovudine regimen around the time of childbirth can prevent maternal HIV transmission, even when the infant is breast-fed over a long period, new research in West Africa shows. AIDS 16, 631 (2002).  [PubMed abstract]

Induction of mucosal protection against primary, heterologous SIV by a DNA vaccine. This is reportedly the first description of mucosal protection against a primary pathogenic, heterologous isolate of SIV. Four of seven vaccinees were protected from infection. Journal of Virology 76, 3309 (2002).  [PubMed abstract]

IAVI-sponsored AIDS vaccines enter second-stage testing. A new phase of the world's first clinical trial to test a vaccine candidate for one of the most prevalent HIV strains affecting east Africa (subtype A) has been launched. IAVI release. [Read article]

U.S. approves vaccine against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV): Good news for HIV vaccine research? The researcher who developed the cat vaccine believes the lessons learned during more than a decade of feline research can provide pivotal lessons for researchers engaged in the lengthy pursuit of a human AIDS vaccine. Univ. of Florida release. [Read article]

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