Vaginal gel shows effectiveness in preventing HIV in women
Written by Scientific American Topic - Epidemics & Pandemics on July 19, 2010 – 9:35 pm - A vaginal microbicide can cut HIV infection rates by 39 percent in women, researchers announced Monday. And female study participants who inserted the gel as directed reduced their chances of contracting HIV by more than half (54 percent). The news is a stunning, positive development, especially for women at risk for sexual transmission, in a field that has been plagued by two decades of failed and aborted trials . [More]
HIV - Health - AIDS - Conditions and Diseases - Sexually transmitted disease
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