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Understanding the Thailand HIV/AIDS vaccine

Written by Damjan. Posted on September 25, 2009. Filed under Asia, NOT-China, News Items, Public Health. 4 Comments.
News and Background The big Asia public health news of the moment is the reporting of the world’s first successful HIV/AIDS vaccine trial. In the trial, started in 2006, of the 16, 395 Thai volunteers that participated half were put on a placebo, and the other half were given the vaccine, RV 144, a mix of [...]