Open AccessForeskin surface area and HIV acquisition in Rakai, Uganda (size matters)
Author(s) -
Godfrey Kigozi,
Maria J. Wawer,
Absalom Ssettuba,
Joseph Kagaayi,
Fred Nalugoda,
Stephen Watya,
Fred Wabwire Mangen,
Noah Kiwanuka,
Melanie C. Bacon,
Tom Lutalo,
David Serwadda,
Ronald H. Gray
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0b013e328330eda8
Subject(s) - foreskin , medicine , quartile , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , cohort , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , surgery , virology , biology , genetics , physics , sociology , optics , cell culture
Male circumcision reduces HIV acquisition in men. We assessed whether foreskin surface area was associated with HIV acquisition prior to circumcision.