Update on microbicide research and development-seeking new HIV prevention tools for women

Women and girls are especially vulnerable to HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, and in some of those countries, prevalence among young women can be up to 3 times higher than among men of the same age. Effective HIV prevention options for women are clearly needed in this setting. Several ARV-based...

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Autores principales: Mertenskoetter, T, Kaptur, PE
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3351943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21345763
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-783X-16-1-1
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description Women and girls are especially vulnerable to HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, and in some of those countries, prevalence among young women can be up to 3 times higher than among men of the same age. Effective HIV prevention options for women are clearly needed in this setting. Several ARV-based vaginal microbicides are currently in development for prevention of HIV transmission to women and are discussed here. The concept of pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV transmission to women is introduced.
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spelling pubmed-33519432012-05-16 Update on microbicide research and development-seeking new HIV prevention tools for women Mertenskoetter, T Kaptur, PE Eur J Med Res Review Women and girls are especially vulnerable to HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, and in some of those countries, prevalence among young women can be up to 3 times higher than among men of the same age. Effective HIV prevention options for women are clearly needed in this setting. Several ARV-based vaginal microbicides are currently in development for prevention of HIV transmission to women and are discussed here. The concept of pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV transmission to women is introduced. BioMed Central 2011-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3351943/ /pubmed/21345763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-783X-16-1-1 Text en Copyright ©2011 I Holzapfel Publishers
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