Sources
1. UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic 2021.
2. www.whatisprep.org
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There are many types of vaccines, but all generally work by teaching the immune system to recognize and fight back against a disease-causing microorganism.
Vaccines work by either triggering a response to a virus or slowing down an infection. Worldwide efforts are ongoing to find the best HIV vaccine options in the laboratory and population.
Scientists are constantly testing theories for how to make new or better HIV vaccines and prevention products. Ideas are from the best approaches tested and refined before an experimental vaccine is developed.
Antibodies are proteins that are part of the immune system. Researchers have found that some people have rare HIV antibodies which work against many different strains of HIV.
A number of internationally recognized codes of ethics have been developed since World War II to ensure the protection of human participants in biomedical research.