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Live attenuated AIDS vaccines: Hazards and hopes

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Continuing studies in neonate and adult macaques vaccinated with a live attenuated (triple–deleted) SIV vaccine confirm that this virus can cause AIDS in some neonates and adults (pages 194–203).

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    R. Paul Johnson

  2. Partners AIDS Research Center and Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, 02129, Massachusetts , USA

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Johnson, R. Live attenuated AIDS vaccines: Hazards and hopes. Nat Med 5, 154–155 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/5515

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