Circumcision as a strategy to minimize HIV transmission

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 285-290

  Rosario, Imani Jackson ^a   Kasabwala, Khushabu ^a   Sadeghi Nejad, Hossein ^a,b,c  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Epidemic; HIV AIDS; Sexually transmitted infection; Sub Suharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CIRCUMCISION; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84880916238     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-013-0343-8     Document Type: Article

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