Biocompatible electric current attenuates HIV infectivity.
The number of individuals infected by the human immunodeficiency virus type-l (HIV) continues to
increase on a worldwide basis.' A significant percentage, ifnot all, of these individuals will eventually
develop the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).2 While horizontal transmission in the
homosexual population may be contained or decreasing,' heterosexual transmission and infection through
contaminated blood supplies continues to increase: Additionally, vertical transmission from infected females
to their fetuses is also on the rise with a resultant increase in the number of children with AIDS.S New
strategies, therefore, must be devised in order to limit more effectively the spread of this virus.
Lyman
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Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Kaali
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