Pig mucus as an inhibitory agent of HIV-1
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic still poses a problem with approximately 2 million new infections reported worldwide in 2014. New strategies are required to alleviate this burden. Our laboratory has previously shown that crude saliva and purified mucins from cervical plug mucin, sali...
Main Author: | Pillay, Santhoshan Thiagaraj |
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Other Authors: | Mall, Anwarul Haq Suleman |
Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26949 |
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