Effectiveness of cellulose sulfate vaginal gel for the prevention of HIV infection: Results of a phase III trial in Nigeria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Halpern, Vera ^a   Ogunsola, Folasade ^b   Obunge, Orikomaba ^c   Wang, Chin Hua ^a   Onyejepu, Nneka ^c   Oduyebo, Oyinola ^b   Taylor, Doug ^a   McNeil, Linda ^a   Mehta, Neha ^a   Umo Otong, John ^c   Otusanya, Sakiru ^b   Crucitti, Tania ^d   Abdellati, Said ^d  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE SULFATE; PLACEBO; AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; CELLULOSE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GEL; GENITAL PRURITUS; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGERIA; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORAX DISEASE; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; COITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLULOSE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COITUS; CONDOMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049159412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003784     Document Type: Article

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