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The role of crude human saliva and purified salivary MUC5B and MUC7 mucins in the inhibition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 in an inhibition assay

BACKGROUND: Despite the continuous shedding of HIV infected blood into the oral cavity and the detectable presence of the AIDS virus at a high frequency, human saliva is reported to inhibit oral transmission of HIV through kissing, dental treatment, biting, and aerosolization. The purpose of this st...

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Autores principales: Habte, Habtom H, Mall, Anwar S, de Beer, Corena, Lotz, Zoë E, Kahn, Delawir
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1676003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17125499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-3-99