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Nature Medicine 12, 981 (2006)
Published online: 30 August 2006 | doi:10.1038/nm0906-981
AIDS meeting spotlights pills to prevent infection
Apoorva Mandavilli1
- Toronto
Abstract
Antiretroviral drugs could be the best option for prevention in high-risk groups.
Gels, creams and pills that can prevent HIV infection are the most promising new tools in the fight against HIV/AIDS: that was the recurring theme at the 16th international AIDS conference in Toronto in August.Faced with growing numbers of HIV infections and the dim prospects of a vaccine to prevent them, researchers are pinning their hopes on circumcision, microbicides and antiretroviral drugs taken to thwart HIV infection.
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