"The case for boosting infant male circumcision in the face of rising heterosexual transmission of HIV"... and now the case against [4]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-

  Conroy, Niall ^a  

^a Public Health Registrar   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CIRCUMCISION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LETTER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NOTE; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 79951872793     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Cooper DA, Wodak AD, Morris BJ. The case for boosting infant male circumcision in the face of rising heterosexual transmission of HIV [editorial]. Med J Aust 2010; 193: 318-319.
2. Smith DK, Taylor A, Kilmarx PH, et al. Male circumcision in the United States for the prevention of HIV infection and other adverse health outcomes: a report from a CDC consultation. Public Health Rep 2010; 125 Suppl 1: 72-82.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Male circumcision and risk for HIV transmission and other health conditions: implications for the United States [CDC HIV/AIDS science facts]. Atlanta: CDC, 2008. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ resources/factsheets/circumcision.htm (accessed Oct 2010).
4. Morris BJ. Why circumcision is a biomedical imperative for the 21st century. Bioessays 2007; 29: 1147-1158. (Pubitemid 350057386)