WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - An experimental AIDS vaccine made using two older vaccines protected volunteers, lowering the risk of infection by about a third, U.S. and Thai researchers reported on Thursday.
The vaccine is a combination of Sanofi-Aventis'
It lowered the risk of HIV infection by 32 percent among 16,000 heterosexual Thai volunteers who had no special risk of AIDS infection, the U.S. and Thai government researchers said.
(Editing by Julie Steenhuysen and Sandra Maler)