Eight common misconceptions about HIV vaccines that may impede progress in controlling the AIDS epidemic

摘要

The discovery of a safe and efficacious HIV vaccine would be among the most significant contributions to global health in the early 21st century. Despite current prevention methods and groundbreaking advances in antiretro-viral treatment, an estimated2.5 million people worldwide are infected with HIV every year [101]. In the USA, annual HIV incident infections (estimated 55,000) have not abated for two decades [l]. In low- and middle-income countries, new infections continue to outpace access to treatment [101], and many persons at risk lack access to existing prevention technologies [2].