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Male circumcision for the prevention of heterosexually acquired HIV infection: a meta‐analysis of randomized trials involving 11 050 men*

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Observational studies and a small collection of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) suggest that male circumcision may significantly reduce HIV transmission between sero-discordant contacts. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and World Health Organization have recently announced recommendations to scale up male circumcision in countries with generalized epidemics and low levels of male circumcision. However, no …

Authors

Mills E; Cooper C; Anema A; Guyatt G

Journal

HIV Medicine, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 332–335

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

July 2008

DOI

10.1111/j.1468-1293.2008.00596.x

ISSN

1464-2662