Increased risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 among uncircumcised men presenting with genital ulcer disease in Kenya

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 449-453

  Tyndall, Mark W ^a   Ronald, Allan R ^b   Agoki, Elizabeth ^b   Malisa, William ^b   Bwayo, Job J ^b   Ndinya Achola, J O ^b   Moses, Stephen ^b   Plummer, Francis A ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA DISEASE;

EID: 0029810941     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.3.449     Document Type: Article

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