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Comment
. 2013 Jan 2;27(1):147-9.
doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835aa181.

Herpes simplex virus type-2 assay specificity and male circumcision to reduce herpes simplex virus type-2 acquisition

Aaron A R Tobian, Godfrey Kigozi, Maria J Wawer, David Serwadda, Thomas C Quinn, Ronald H Gray
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Herpes simplex virus type-2 assay specificity and male circumcision to reduce herpes simplex virus type-2 acquisition

Aaron A R Tobian et al. AIDS. .

Abstract

Three male circumcision (MC) trials which enrolled over 10,000 men of different ages, settings (urban vs. rural), countries (Uganda, Kenya and South Africa), and which utilized different surgical techniques were consistent in showing a 51–60% in reduction in HIV incidence [–5], and all three trials reported that MC decreased high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) prevalence by 32–35% [–8].

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