Bioengineering lactic acid bacteria to secrete the HIV-1 virucide cyanovirin

O Pusch, D Boden, S Hannify, F Lee… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
An urgent need exists to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV-1. With prevalence rates
exceeding 35% in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, increasing attention has been placed on …

Virucide properties of cold atmospheric plasma for future clinical applications

M Weiss, G Daeschlein, A Kramer… - Journal of medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has been repeatedly identified to bear powerful
microbicidal efficacy on bacteria including multidrug resistant organisms and fungi on non‐living …

A broad-spectrum microbicide with virucidal activity against sexually transmitted viruses

MK Howett, EB Neely, ND Christensen… - Antimicrobial agents …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
… However, an inability to inactivate PVs makes N-9 an inadequate virucide for the prevention
… We found that SDS is a potent virucide with activity against the PVs as well as against HSV-…

New method for virucide testing

G Van Der Groen, AA El Mekki, SR Pattyn - Journal of Virological Methods, 1980 - Elsevier
The virus virucide floating technique is a simple and rapid method of testing virucides in vitro.
The method allows testing of the effect of high concentrations of disinfectants and the use …

Virucide!

S Miastkowski - PC World, 1999 - elibrary.ru
Reviews six computer virus detection software packages. Command AntiVirus 4.52; McAfee
VirusScan 4; Norton AntiVirus 5; Panda Antivirus 6.005 Platinum; Sophos Anti-Virus 3.13; …

Polymeric Materials Containing Natural Compounds with Antibacterial and Virucide Properties

A Martínez-Abad, G Sánchez, MJ Ocio, JM Lagarón - 2013 - books.rsc.org
Polymers are very interesting and widely spread materials in many applications. The reason
for this is related to their balanced set of physical and chemical properties as well as their …

Non-specific microbicide product development: then and now

JW Romano, M Robbiani, GF Doncel… - Current HIV …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Despite the identification of HIV-1 as the etiological agent responsible for AIDS nearly 30 years
ago, a sterilizing vaccine capable of preventing transmission of the virus remains elusive. …

Silver-Based Antibacterial and Virucide Biopolymers: Usage and potential in antimicrobial packaging

JL Castro-Mayorga, A Martínez-Abad, MF Fabra… - Antimicrobial food …, 2016 - Elsevier
The purpose of this chapter is to conduct a structured and systematic review of published
literature on the current state of knowledge regarding silver-based antimicrobial packaging; in …

Evaluation of the Virucidal Activity of Chemical Disinfectants and Antiseptics: The European Point of View

G Morace, K Bellamy, P Maris… - Infection Control & …, 2009 - cambridge.org
… As a consequence, to be valuable and relevant for health protection when the contaminating
virus is not clearly identified, any chemical intended for use as a virucide on surfaces or …

Preclinical overview of WHI-07, a novel nucleoside analog-based dual-function microbicide

OJ D'Cruz, FM Uckun - Current Medicinal Chemistry-Anti …, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
The current pandemic of sexually transmitted HIV / AIDS has created an urgent need for a
new type of microbicide, one that is both a spermicide and a virucide. WHI-07 is a novel 5-…