Lactic acid as a natural microbicide for HIV

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1028294

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Topical microbicides are urgently required to protect women from the sexual transmission of HIV. Lactic acid is produced by bacteria that are normally present in the healthy female vaginal tract and is more potent in the inactivation of HIV compared to low pH alone. This study seeks to determine how lactic acid inactivates HIV and to undertake laboratory studies to determine its suitability for development as a topical microbicide to prevent HIV transmission.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $597,598.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Virology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) | envelope glycoprotein | human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | sexually-transmitted infections (STI) | viral infection | viral transmission | virology

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