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doi:10.1038/nindia.2008.260; Published online 18 August 2008

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Preventive AIDS vaccine shows positive results

The Indian Council of Medical Research, the National AIDS Control Organization and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative have successfully completed a second Phase-I AIDS vaccine clinical trial in India. The trial of an MVA-based AIDS vaccine candidate (TBC-M4)conducted in Chennai has indicated that the vaccine candidate had acceptable levels of safety and was well tolerated.