Vaginal practices, microbicides and HIV: What do we need to know?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 505-508

  Martin Hilber, A ^a   Chersich, M F ^b   Van De Wijgert, J H H M ^c   Rees, H ^d   Temmerman, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya   (Kenya)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MICROBICIDE;

CLEANING; EDITORIAL; FEMINIZATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUBRICATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SAFE SEX; VAGINA;

EID: 37349106058     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.028597     Document Type: Editorial

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