Introduction
Wayne C. Koff and Ian D. Gust
from: AIDS Vaccine Development: Challenges and Opportunities (Edited by: Wayne Koff, Patricia Kahn and Ian D. Gust). Caister Academic Press, U.K. (2007)
Abstract
No abstract is available for this chapter, so we present the first paragraph of the introduction. The need for a safe and effective vaccine to prevent AIDS is obvious. Twenty years since HIV was identified as the etiologic cause of AIDS, the WHO-UNAIDS joint program estimates that nearly 40 million people were living with HIV/AIDS and over 3 million died in 2005 alone, and ten new infections occur every minute-the vast majority in the developing world. AIDS is having a dramatic effect on economic activity and life expectancy in many countries, while the pandemic continues its insidious spread: it is estimated that over 100 million more people will become infected in the next two decades if a safe and effective vaccine does not become available read more ...
