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4.2 Immune‐based therapy for HIV infection
Author(s) -
Benson Elizabeth M,
French Martyn A H,
Schooley Robert T
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb94196.x
Subject(s) - antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , clinical trial , immune system , intensive care medicine , immunology , viral load
Immune‐based therapy is in its infancy and to date no therapies are licensed in Australia. A number of the reagents are reaching phase III clinical trials and may be available within two years. Patient and physician interest is high because antiretroviral agents have not as yet had a significant impact on survival.