About the Authors
- Jessica Kenney
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jessica Kenney, Meropi Aravantinou
Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Meropi Aravantinou
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jessica Kenney, Meropi Aravantinou
Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Rachel Singer
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Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Mayla Hsu
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Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Aixa Rodriguez
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Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Larisa Kizima
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Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Ciby J. Abraham
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Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Radhika Menon
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Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Samantha Seidor
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Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Anne Chudolij
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Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Agegnehu Gettie
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Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- James Blanchard
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Affiliation Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America
- Jeffrey D. Lifson
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Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Michael Piatak Jr.
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Affiliation AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Jose A. Fernández-Romero
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Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Thomas M. Zydowsky
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Affiliation Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America
- Melissa Robbiani
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* E-mail: 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.