• DOI:10.1136/bmj.b5538
Corpus ID: 41267911

Microbicide offers no protection against HIV infection

@article{Roehr2009MicrobicideON,
  title={Microbicide offers no protection against HIV infection},
  author={B. Roehr},
  journal={BMJ : British Medical Journal},
  year={2009},
  volume={339}
}

B. Roehr

Published 2009

Medicine

BMJ : British Medical Journal

There has been another setback in efforts to develop a microbicide to protect women against HIV infection during vaginal sex. Results of a large clinical trial of PRO 2000, released on 14 December, showed that although the product was safe, it was not effective against infection. The large (9385 women) double blind, placebo controlled trial (called MDP 301) was conducted by the Microbicides Development Programme—a broad international collaboration—in South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia… CONTINUE READING

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