Adult male circumcision does not reduce the risk of incident Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, or Trichomonas vaginalis infection: Results from a randomized, controlled trial in Kenya

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 370-378

  Mehta, Supriya D ^a   Moses, Stephen ^c   Agot, Kawango ^d,e,f   Parker, Corette ^b   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah O ^d   Maclean, Ian ^c   Bailey, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f Manitoba Project   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349329275     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/600074     Document Type: Article

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