Comments on Brewer et al., "Male and Female Circumcision Associated With Prevalent HIV Infection in Virgins and Adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania"

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 926-927

  Westreich, Daniel ^a   Rennie, Stuart ^b   Muula, Adamson ^c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; CIRCUMCISION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; JUVENILE; KENYA; LESOTHO; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35348861843     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.03.014     Document Type: Letter

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