RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER RV3, A SOURCE OF MANNAN OLIGOSACCHARIDE WITH POTENTIAL USE AS AN HIV VACCINE DESIGN TOOL

摘要

HIV is a serious health threat for which a preventative vaccine is not yet available. At present, it is possible to delay the emergence of AIDS but infected individuals every day need to take a complicated cocktail of drugs to keep viraemia at a basal level. In this context, vaccination is a convenient remedy, and the wealth of information regarding HIV biology and immunology indicates that this target can be reached, although research efforts in this area have failed so far.