Circumcision status and risk of HIV acquisition during heterosexual intercourse for both males and females: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Lei, Jun Hao ^a   Liu, Liang Ren ^a   Wei, Qiang ^a   Yan, Shi Bing ^b   Yang, Lu ^a   Song, Tu Run ^a   Yuan, Hai Chao ^a   Lv, Xiao ^a   Han, Ping ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COITUS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; META ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COITUS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84929096032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125436     Document Type: Article

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