Minimal impact of circumcision on HIV acquisition in men who have sex with men

Sexual Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-470

  Londish, Gregory J ^a   Templeton, David J ^b,c   Regan, David G ^b   Kaldor, John M ^b   Murray, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

mathematical model; MSM; seropositioning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 78649275406     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09080     Document Type: Article

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