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Post a new topicby contentuser on Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:25 pm

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development

Developing a vaccine involves using a disease-causing agent (e.g., virus, bacterium) to stimulate the immune system to launch a protective response. Once the immune system recognizes the virus or bacterium and develops antibodies to it, vaccination (injecting a person with a vaccine) establishes immunity to the infectious disease.
A vaccine that protects people from infection is called a preventative vaccine and a vaccine that prevents disease in infected people...Read the full article
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