Can a Topical Microbicide Prevent Rectal HIV Transmission?
Open Access
- 5 August 2008
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 5 (8) , e167
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050167
Abstract
Florian Hladik and Charlene Dezzutti discuss a macaque study of whether rectal simian immunodeficiency virus transmission can be prevented by topical pre-exposure application of tenofovir gel.Keywords
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