Microbiology and Immunology 2500A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Cytotoxic T Cell, Envelope Glycoprotein Gp120, Prescription Drug
10 Sep 2020
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Once you stop the combinant antiretroviral therapy, it continues to happen. However cost is very high to give this prophylactically (very hard to give to people in. This is why the second trial didn"t work as the people that were vaccinated were. This is how they block the hiv now. Never be able to get rid of it fully because once the proviral dna joins the host dna, you. Can block viral replication by blocking the proteases and rt can"t get rid of it. Can think about developing vaccines (therapeutic vaccines) which target. 90% of people that live with hiv partners, if they take truvada daily they"ll get 90% protection developing countries) Made by trimer of gp120 that acts as a rolly pop. If you have a preexisting antibody against ad5 (most of us do), you enhance hiv infected more third trial. Has 31% of efficacy but its still insignificant and they"re still carrying it out in africa fourth trial.
