TITLE

VOLUNTEERS FOR AIDS VACCINES

PUB. DATE

August 1998

SOURCE

AIDS Patient Care & STDs;Aug98, Vol. 12 Issue 8, p647

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that 40 gay men and female partners of intravenous drug users were selected to participate in an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) vaccine trial, which is being conducted at the Howard Brown Health Center in Chicago, Illinois. How the vaccine trial will be conducted; Length of the trial; Results of a survey by the New York Blood Center in Manhattan.

ACCESSION #

1067329

Tags: CLINICAL trials;  AIDS vaccines

 

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