Male circumcision and the risk of HIV infection

AIDS Reader

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Inungu, Joseph ^a   MaloneBeach, Eilen ^a   Betts, Jeffrey ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision, male; HIV AIDS; Prevention; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CIRCUMCISION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 15744362712     PISSN: 10530894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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