Tuesday, December 21, 2010

A vaccine that reduces the risk of HIV infection


In Thailand, scientists presented the vaccine, reducing the risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

As stated by Thai doctors and representatives of the U.S. Armed Forces during today's Bangkok news conference, the first experimental vaccine against the virus proved to be effective - RBC, citing the Associated Press.

According to doctors, the drug reduces the risk of HIV infection by more than 31%. The research results were announced after the vaccine tested on 16 thousand volunteers in Thailand.

Recall that some 75% of all HIV-positive people worldwide live in Africa and the Caribbean. To combat the virus spends a lot of money. For example, the U.S. is going up in 2014 to allocate up to 48 billion dollars to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria globally.

According to the Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports, registered in Ukraine more than 150 thousand HIV-infected, of whom 15% - children.

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