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Published online 27 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030623-14

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HIV vaccine leaders call for global effort

Researchers call for worldwide push to beat killer virus.

HIV researchers have warned that a fresh approach is needed if a safe and effective vaccine against the virus is to be developed soon1.

If the AIDS pandemic continues to spread at its current rate, there will be 45 million new infections by 2010 and nearly 70 million deaths from the disease.

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