A cut above the rest: Traditional male circumcision and HIV risk among xhosa men in Cape Town, South Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 499-505

  Maughan Brown, Brendan ^a   Venkataramani, Atheendar S ^b   Nattrass, Nicoli ^c   Seekings, Jeremy ^a   Whiteside, Alan W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Economics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; circumcision; foreskin; HIV; prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGING; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81755184145     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31823584c1     Document Type: Article

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