Live HIV vaccines — How safe?

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German Primate Centre, Dept of Virology and Immunology, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
Ulf Dittmer, Christiane Stahl-Hennig & Gerhard Hunsmann

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Dittmer, U., Stahl-Hennig, C. & Hunsmann, G. Live HIV vaccines — How safe?. Nat Med 3, 816 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0897-816b