Vaginal microbicides currently in clinical trials may be the only weapon that will protect women against infection from HIV. Yet, under likely circumstances, these microbicides may be of more ...

Microbicides are under development to fill that need. Microbicides are anti-infective chemicals that are active against HIV and often against other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Given the high rates of HIV in adolescents in some regions, [48] they are likely to be an early target population for an effective microbicide and evaluation of microbicides in this group should ...

Microbicides for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted HIV Infection Quarraisha Abdool Karim; Cheryl Baxter Disclosures Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013;11 (1):13-23.

Most of the microbicides described currently in clinical efficacy studies have activity in laboratory or animal models against other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) besides HIV. Although this ...

AIDS researchers turn attention to microbicidesUntil now, all microbicides tested in human trials have failed -- two spectacularly in that they increased the risk of infection. In 2000, human ...

HIV microbicides design to protect women against infection, could provide greater benefit to men (Source: iStockphoto) ...

Vaginal microbicides currently in clinical trials may be the only weapon that will protect women against infection from HIV. Yet, under likely circumstances, these microbicides may be of more ...

What a wonderful, accurate, balanced article on “microbicides” and HIV prevention (“For Women: Safer Sex,” Nov. 27). This is good medical journalism. I am the author of the first paper ...

As reported here on aidsmap, the big news at the Microbicides 2004 Conference in London was the imminent start of five large efficacy trials of six different candidate microbicides. These could ...

Vaginal microbicides currently in clinical trials may be the only weapon that will protect women against infection from HIV. Yet, under likely circumstances, these microbicides may be of more ...

Microbicides are of particular importance to women, who represent a growing proportion of new AIDS cases, said Tina Hoff, vice president for public health information and partnerships of the ...