Age of male circumcision and risk of prevalent HIV infection in rural Uganda

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 399-405

  Kelly, Robert ^a   Kiwanuka, Noah ^b   Wawer, Maria J ^c   Serwadda, David ^d   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^d   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ^d   Li, Chuanjun ^a   Konde Lule, Joseph K ^d   Lutalo, Tom ^b   Makumbi, Fred ^b   Gray, Ronald H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV 1; Male circumcision; Sexually transmitted disease; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYPHILIS; UGANDA; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UGANDA;

EID: 0032969724     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199902250-00013     Document Type: Article

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