NIH Public Access Author Manuscript Antiviral Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2012 June 1. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptPublished NIH-PA Author Manuscript in final edited NIH-PA Author Manuscript form as: Antiviral Res. 2011 June ; 90(3): 195±199. doi:10.1016/j.antiviral.2011.03.186. Virucidal Activity of the Dendrimer Microbicide SPL7013 Against HIV-1 Sushama Telwattea, Katie Moorea, Adam Johnsona, David Tyssena, Jasminka Sterjovskia, Muriel Aldunatea, Paul R Gorrya,b,c, Paul A Ramslanda,d,e, Gareth R Lewisf, Jeremy R A Paullf, Secondo Sonzaa,g, and Gilda Tachedjiana,b,g,* Sushama Telwatte:
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[email protected] aCentres for Virology and Immunology, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia bDepartment of Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia cDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052 Australia dDepartment of Surgery Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidleberg, Victoria 3084, Australia eDepartment of Immunology, Monash University, Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct, Melbourne, Victoria 3004 fStarpharma Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia gDepartment of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia Abstract Topical microbicides for use by women to prevent the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections are urgently required.