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Discussion | Experimental HIV vaccine trial halted

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JOHANNESBURG - A trial of an experimental HIV vaccine in Uganda, Tanzania, and South Africa has been halted.

This is after preliminary data suggested it would not be effective in preventing infection.

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The news is the latest setback to efforts to develop an effective vaccine against a virus that has claimed approximately 40 million lives worldwide.

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