Vaginal formulations of carrageenan protect mice from herpes simplex virus infection

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 465-468

  Zacharopoulos, Vanaja R ^a   Phillips, David M ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; POLYSACCHARIDE SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030838836     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.4.465-468.1997     Document Type: Article

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