Male circumcision to reduce the risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Templeton, David J ^a,b   Millett, Gregorio A ^c   Grulich, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Circumcision; HIV; Homosexuality; Male; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANUS INTERCOURSE; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 74249093195     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e328334e54d     Document Type: Review

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