text: SLS has been proposed as a potentially effective topical microbicide, for intravaginal use, to inhibit and possibly prevent infection by various enveloped and non-enveloped viruses such as the herpes simplex viruses, HIV, and the Semliki Forest virus.
  Liquid membranes formed from SDS in water have been demonstrated to work as unusual particle separators.  The device acts as a reverse filter, allowing large particles to pass while capturing smaller particles.