Translational Medicine
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Abstract

A Note on the Vaccines for the Treatment of HIV

Mayank Chauhan*

Despite the success of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in transforming HIV into manageable disease, it has become evident that long-term ART will not eliminate the HIV reservoir and cure the infection. Alternative strategies to eradicate HIV infection, or at least induce a state of viral control and drug-free remission are therefore needed. Therapeutic vaccination aims to induce or enhance immunity to alter the course of a disease. In this review we provide an overview of the current state of therapeutic HIV vaccine research and summarize the obstacles that the field faces while highlighting potential ways forward for a strategy to cure HIV infection.

Published Date: 2021-03-23; Received Date: 2021-03-02