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. 2008;2(1):1-7.
doi: 10.2217/17469600.2.1.1.

Is male circumcision as good as the HIV vaccine we've been waiting for?

Jeffrey D Klausner  1 , Richard G Wamai, Kasonde Bowa, Kawango Agot, Jesse Kagimba, Daniel T Halperin
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Is male circumcision as good as the HIV vaccine we've been waiting for?

Jeffrey D Klausner et al. Futur HIV Ther. 2008.
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