New ways of preventing HIV infection: Thinking simply, simply thinking

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1469, 2006, Pages 811-820

  Short, R V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS prevention; Lemon and lime juice; Male circumcision; Natural microbicides; Post coital penile hygiene; Topical vaginal oestrogen

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

CITRUS LIMON; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33751013600     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1781     Document Type: Review

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