Understanding the impact of male circumcision interventions on the spread of HIV in southern Africa.
Three randomised controlled trials have clearly shown that circumcision of adult men reduces the chance that they acquire HIV infection. However, the potential impact of circumcision programmes--either alone or in combination with other established approaches--is not known and no further field trial...
Main Authors: | Timothy B Hallett, Kanwarjit Singh, Jennifer A Smith, Richard G White, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Geoff P Garnett |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-05-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2387228?pdf=render |
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