Effect of Male Circumcision on the Prevalence of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Young Men: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted in Orange Farm, South Africa | Zendy

Bertran Auvert | Zendy; Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou | Zendy; Ewaldé Cutler | Zendy; Marthi Nieuwoudt | Zendy; Pascale Lissouba | Zendy; Adrian Puren | Zendy; Dirk Taljaard | Zendy

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Effect of Male Circumcision on the Prevalence of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Young Men: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted in Orange Farm, South Africa

Author(s) -

Bertran Auvert,

Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou,

Ewaldé Cutler,

Marthi Nieuwoudt,

Pascale Lissouba,

Adrian Puren,

Dirk Taljaard

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/595566

Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , randomized controlled trial , gynecology , demography , poisson regression , marital status , hpv infection , odds ratio , multivariate analysis , condom , obstetrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , cancer , immunology , environmental health , syphilis , sociology

A causal association links high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) and cervical cancer, which is a major public health problem. The objective of the present study was to investigate the association between male circumcision (MC) and the prevalence of HR-HPV among young men.

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