Modeling of Virion Collisions in Cervicovaginal Mucus Reveals Limits on Agglutination as the Protective Mechanism of Secretory Immunoglobulin A

• Alex Chen,

  Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Applied Physical Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599–3250, United States of America

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• Scott A. McKinley,

  Affiliation Mathematics Department, University of Florida, 358 Little Hall, PO Box 118105, Gainesville, FL, 32611–8105, United States of America

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• Feng Shi,

  Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Applied Physical Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599–3250, United States of America

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• Simi Wang,

  Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Applied Physical Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599–3250, United States of America

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• Peter J. Mucha,

  Affiliation Departments of Mathematics and Applied Physical Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599–3250, United States of America

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• Dimple Harit,

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599–7362, United States of America

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• M. Gregory Forest,

  Affiliations Departments of Mathematics and Applied Physical Science, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599–3250, United States of America, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States of America

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• Samuel K. Lai

  * E-mail: lai@unc.edu

  Affiliations Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599–7362, United States of America, UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States of America

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