The association between lack of circumcision and HIV, HSV-2, and other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-152

  Jameson, Damon R ^a   Celum, Connie L ^a   Manhart, Lisa ^a   Menza, Timothy W ^a   Golden, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SEXUAL CONTACT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RACE; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649150279     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181bd0ff0     Document Type: Article

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