Medical Hypotheses
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 450-451, November 2000

Resonant absorption of ultrasound energy as a method of HIV destruction

  • M. Babincová

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics and Chemical Physics, Comenius University, MFF UK, Bratislava, Slovakia
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  • P. Sourivong

      Affiliations

    • Physics Department, University of North Dakota, Grand Fork, North Dakota, USA
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  • P. Babinec

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics and Chemical Physics, Comenius University, MFF UK, Bratislava, Slovakia
    • Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Received 21 June 1999; accepted 22 November 1999.

Abstract 

A new method for eradicating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other enveloped viruses is proposed. The method is based on the highly symmetric structure (e.g. icosahedral) of many viruses, which leads to a well-defined resonant frequency of ultrasound in the GHz range and which may be specifically absorbed by these structures and may subsequently lead to their irreversible damage.

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PII: S0306-9877(00)91088-0

doi:10.1054/mehy.2000.1088

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 450-451, November 2000

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