Transmissible treatment proposed for HIV could target superspreaders to curb epidemic
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 09:50
in Health & Medicine
Researchers propose a fundamentally new intervention for the HIV/AIDS epidemic based on engineered, virus-like particles that could subdue HIV infection within individual patients and spread to high-risk populations that are difficult for public health workers to reach. A model shows that their approach could work in concert with current treatments for HIV infection and lower the prevalence of infection more effectively than current drugs or proposed vaccines alone.
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