Association between male circumcision and incidence of syphilis in men and women: a prospective study in HIV-1 serodiscordant heterosexual African couples

Background: Male circumcision is a primary HIV-1 prevention intervention for men, but whether the procedure reduces the risk of syphilis among men and their female partners is uncertain. We aimed to assess whether male circumcision was associated with incident syphilis in men and in their female par...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Jillian Pintye, MPH, Prof. Jared M Baeten, MD, Lisa E Manhart, PhD, Prof. Connie Celum, MD, Prof. Allan Ronald, MD, Nelly Mugo, MMed, Andrew Mujugira, MBChB, Prof. Craig Cohen, MD, Edwin Were, MMed, Elizabeth Bukusi, MMed, James Kiarie, MMed, Dr. Renee Heffron, PhD
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: Elsevier 2014-11-01
Serie:The Lancet Global Health
Länkar:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X14703158
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