Microbicides

Microbicides as HIV prevention is a tenuous concept in HIV prevention literature. The papers in this section have differing conclusions about their potential effectiveness as a prevention tool.

Papers retrieved during the 2009 prevention literature survey are:

Braunstein, S., & Van de Vijger, J. (2005) Preferences and practices related to vaginal lubrication: Implications for microbicide acceptability and clinical testing. Journal of Women’s Health 14(5), 424-433.

Mantell, J. E., Myer, L., Carballo-Dieguez, S., Zena, R., Gita, M., Neetha, S. & Harrison, P. F. (2005). Microbicide acceptability research: Current approaches and future directions. Social Science & Medicine 60(1), 319-330.

Mauck, C. K. (2009). Biomarkers for evaluating vaginal microbicides and contraceptives: Discovery and Early Validation. Sexually Transmitted Disease 36(3), S73-S75.

Minnis, A. M., & Padian, N. S. (2005). Effectiveness of female contolled barrier methods in preventing sexually transmitted infections and HIV: Current evidence and future research directions. Sexually Transmitted Infections 81(1), 193-200.

Smith, R. J., Bodine, E. N., Wilson, D. P., & Blower, S. M. (2006). Evaluating the potential impact of vaginal microbicides to reduce the risk of acquiring HIV infection in female sex workers. AIDS 20(2), 413-21.

Wilkinson, D., Tholandi, M., Ramjee, G., & Rutherford, G. W. (2002). Nonoxynol-0 spermicide for prevention of vaginally acquired HIV and other sexually transmitted infections: Systematic review and meta analysis of randomized controlled trials including more than 5000 women. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2(10), 613-617.

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