Effect of circumcision on incidence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and other sexually transmitted diseases: A prospective cohort study of trucking company employees in Kenya

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 330-336

  Lavreys, Ludo ^a   Rakwar, Joel P ^d   Thompson, Mary Lou ^a   Jackson, Denis J ^b   Mandaliya, Kishorchandra ^c   Chohan, Bhavna H ^c   Bwayo, Job J ^d   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah O ^d   Kreiss, Joan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

^d Box 359909 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COHORT STUDIES; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; ULCER; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0033495296     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314884     Document Type: Article

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