| Literature DB >> 26392489 |
Olivia D Council1, Michael D Swanson1, Rae Ann Spagnuolo1, Angela Wahl2, J Victor Garcia2.
Abstract
We used bone marrow/liver/thymus (BLT) humanized mice to establish the effect of semen on vaginal HIV infection and on the efficacy of topically applied maraviroc. Our results demonstrate that vaginal transmission of cell-free HIV occurs efficiently in the presence of semen and that topically applied maraviroc efficiently prevents HIV transmission in the presence of semen. We also show that semen has no significant effect on the transmission of transmitted/founder viruses or cell-associated viruses.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26392489 PMCID: PMC4649249 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01496-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191