"The case for boosting infant male circumcision in the face of rising heterosexual transmission of HIV"... and now the case against [6]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-

  Darby, Robert J L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; PREPUCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NOTE; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HEALTH POLICY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 79951871533     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

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2. Green LW, McAlister RG, Peterson KW, Travis JW. Male circumcision is not the surgical vaccine we have been waiting for. Futur HIV Ther 2008; 2: 193-199.
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