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Article: Procedure Reduces Risk of Heterosexual Transmission of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.(Brief Article)
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- AIDS Weekly
- Article date:
- December 18, 2000
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2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The hypothesis that male circumcision may reduce the risk of acquiring HIV infection was first suggested early in the HIV epidemic, and many epidemiological studies have since included circumcision status as a potential risk factor in studies of HIV infection.
Now researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have conducted a meta-analysis specifically looking at the impact of male circumcision on reducing the risk of HIV transmission via heterosexual intercourse.
A systematic literature review was carried out on 27 studies that included circumcision as a risk factor for HIV-1 infection among ...