Male circumcision for prevention of HIV transmission: What the new data mean for HIV prevention in the United States

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1162-1166

  Sullivan, Patrick S ^a   Kilmarx, Peter H ^a   Peterman, Thomas A ^b   Taylor, Allan W ^a   Nakashima, Allyn K ^a   Kamb, Mary L ^b   Warner, Lee ^c   Mastro, Timothy D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CIRCUMCISION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; REVIEW; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34547559190     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040223     Document Type: Review

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