Male circumcision and prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Gray, Ronald H ^a   Wawer, Maria J ^b   Polis, Chelsea B ^b   Kigozi, Godfrey ^b   Serwadda, David ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BALANITIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HERPES; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 56349118051     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-008-0022-y     Document Type: Review

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