TY - JOUR AU - Voges, Maike AU - Schneider, Carola AU - Sinn, Malte AU - Hartig, Jörg S. AU - Reimer, Rudolph AU - Hauber, Joachim AU - Moelling, Karin PY - 2016 DA - 2016/07/22 TI - Abolishing HIV-1 infectivity using a polypurine tract-specific G-quadruplex-forming oligonucleotide JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 358 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - HIV is primarily transmitted by sexual intercourse and predominantly infects people in Third World countries. Here an important medical need is self-protection for women, particularly in societies where condoms are not widely accepted. Therefore, availability of antiviral microbicides may significantly reduce sexual HIV transmission in such environments. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1713-x DO - 10.1186/s12879-016-1713-x ID - Voges2016 ER -