HIV/AIDS Co-Infection Vaccines
Study results from University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine update understanding of HIV/AIDS co-infection vaccines
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 18th, 2007
Research findings, "Vaccine platform for prevention of tuberculosis and mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 through breastfeeding," are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Oxford, the United Kingdom, "Most children in Africa receive their vaccine against tuberculosis at birth. Those infants born to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-positive mothers are at high risk of acquiring HIV-1 infection through breastfeeding in the first weeks of their lives."
"Thus, the development of a vaccine which would protect newborns against both of these major global killers is a logical yet highly scientifically, ethically, and...
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