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SUBMITTER: Ramjee G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3284101 | biostudies-other | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
The Indian journal of medical research 20111201 6
Although the HIV incidence rate has slowed in some countries, HIV remains a serious health challenge, particularly in the developing world. The epidemic is increasingly feminised, with young women at high risk of acquiring the virus. There is thus a clear requirement for acceptable woman-initiated methods of HIV prevention. Foremost among these are vaginally-applied substances known as microbicides; early research into potential microbicides focussed on non-HIV-specific compounds such as surfact ...[more]