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Article: Researchers test HIV/AIDS vaccine in Uganda.(Brief Article)
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- AIDS Weekly
- Article date:
- March 3, 2003
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2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ugandan researchers have begun testing an AIDS vaccine specifically designed for a strain of the disease common in East Africa, the lead researcher says.
Dr. Ponsiano Kaleebu said his team at the government-run Uganda Virus Research Institute gave two Ugandan volunteers the first injection February 10, 2003.
The vaccine is a two-step process that involves first delivering the genetic information on HIV, then using a weakened smallpox virus to carry the information to cells. It does not contain HIV and so cannot cause infection with the virus that causes AIDS.
The vaccine was developed by Britain's ...