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Session 30   Oral Abstracts
Preventive Microbicide Strategies
Wednesday, 11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Room 2008
Moderator Jeffrey Lifson
SAIC Frederick, NCI, NIH, DHHS, Frederick, MD, USA
11:45 am       157Blockade of Attachment and Fusion Receptors Inhibits HIV-1 Infection of Human Cervical Tissue
Q Hu*1, P Watts1, I Frank2, V Williams2, J Moore3, M Pope2, and R Shattock1
1St. George’s Hosp. Med. Sch., London, UK; 2Population Council, New York, NY, USA; and 3Weill Med. Coll. of Cornell Univ., New York, NY, USA
12:00 pm       158Intravaginal PSC-RANTES Protects against Vaginal Transmission of SHIV162P to Macaques; Implications for HIV Microbicide Strategies and Pathogenesis
R Veazey*1, R Offord2, O Hartley2, A Blauvelt3, J Dufour1, M Piatak Jr4, J Lifson4, D Mosier5, and M M Lederman6
1Tulane Natl. Primate Res. Ctr., Covington, LA, USA; 2Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland; 3Dermatology Branch, NCI, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA; 4AIDS Vaccine Prgm., SAIC Frederick Inc., NCI, MD, USA; 5Scripps Res. Inst., La Jolla, CA, USA; and 6Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA
12:15 pm       159Cellulose Acetate Phthalate Protects Macaques from Multiple, Low-dose Vaginal Exposures with an SHIV Virus: New Strategy to Study HIV Pre-clinical Interventions in Non-human Primates
R A Otten*1, D R Adams1, C N Kim1, E Jackson1, J K Pullium2, K Lee1, L Grohskopf1, M Monsour1, N Jivani3, E Serbinova3, S T Butera1, and T M Folks1
1CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA; and 3Dow Pharm. Sci., Petaluma, CA, USA