The protective effect of male circumcision as a faith lift for the troubled paradigm of HIV epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa [2]

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 136-137

  Potterat, John J ^a   Brewer, Devon D ^b   Muth, Stephen Q ^c   Brody, Stuart ^a  

^a University of Washington ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Quintus ential Solutions   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CIRCUMCISION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 32044434019     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030064     Document Type: Letter

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