Expert urges vigilance as HIV cases up 20% in Dublin hospital

ONE of the world’s senior experts in HIV vaccine research said it was vital that complacency over the virus does not take hold after new figures showed a 20% rise in HIV cases in one Dublin hospital.

Speaking in the city yesterday, Dr Seth Berkley, president of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), said ongoing research could lead to a medical breakthrough in the fight against the disease.

Dr Berkley was in Dublin to mark World Aids Day and joined Minister for Overseas Development Peter Power, at a lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons on combating the virus.