Safety and efficacy of the prepex device for rapid scale-up of male circumcision for HIV prevention in resource-limited settings

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Bitega, Jean Paul ^a   Ngeruka, Muyenzi Leon ^a   Hategekimana, Theobald ^b   Asiimwe, Anita ^c   Binagwaho, Agnes ^d,e  

^a Kanombe Military Hospital   (Rwanda)

^b RWANDA MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Rwanda)

^c National AIDS Control Commission (CNLS)   (Rwanda)

^d Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; bloodless; device; HIV prevention; male circumcision; nonsurgical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENILE NECROSIS; PENILE SWELLING; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; RWANDA; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RWANDA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81755173573     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182354e65     Document Type: Article

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