About the Authors

Jessica Kenney

Contributed equally to this work with: Jessica Kenney, Meropi Aravantinou

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Meropi Aravantinou

Contributed equally to this work with: Jessica Kenney, Meropi Aravantinou

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Rachel Singer

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Mayla Hsu

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Aixa Rodriguez

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Larisa Kizima

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Ciby J. Abraham

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Radhika Menon

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Samantha Seidor

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Anne Chudolij

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Agegnehu Gettie

Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

James Blanchard

Affiliation Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Lifson

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Michael Piatak Jr.

Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Jose A. Fernández-Romero

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Thomas M. Zydowsky

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Melissa Robbiani

mrobbiani@popcouncil.org

Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The Population Council has filed a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering zinc-carrageenan gels as topical microbicides. None of the authors are inventors of this patent. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR. Performed the experiments: JK MA RS MH AR LK CJA RM SS AC MP JAF-R TMZ. Analyzed the data: JK MA MH JAF-R TMZ MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDL MP. Wrote the paper: JK MA JDL TMZ MR. Other: Coordinated treatment and handling of animals as well as shipment of samples: AG JB.