STUDY OF MICROBICIDE GEL SHOWS REDUCED RISK OF HIV & HERPES INFECTIONS IN WOMEN

Publisher:
Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa
Publication Date:
20 July 2010
Tags:
South Africa, HIV-Aids and STDs, Science and Biotechnology, United States, Canada and Africa

UKZN researchers have achieved an important scientific breakthrough in the fight against HIV and genital herpes with a vaginal gel that significantly reduces a woman’s risk of being infected with these viruses. 
The results of the ground-breaking safety and effectiveness study of an antiretroviral microbicide gel study were reported today by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria.

1. DOCUMENT 1 - FACT SHEET ON THE RESEARCH

2. DOCUMENT 2 - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE RESEARCH

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