Male Circumcision and STI Acquisition in Britain: Evidence from a National Probability Sample Survey.

It is well-established that male circumcision reduces acquisition of HIV, herpes simplex virus 2, chancroid, and syphilis. However, the effect on the acquisition of non-ulcerative sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains unclear. We examined the relationship between circumcision and biological...

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Main Authors: Virginia Homfray, Clare Tanton, Robert F Miller, Simon Beddows, Nigel Field, Pam Sonnenberg, Kaye Wellings, Kavita Panwar, Anne M Johnson, Catherine H Mercer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4471189?pdf=render