Open AccessRisk of HIV acquisition among circumcised and uncircumcised young men with penile human papillomavirus infection
Author(s) -
Anne F. Rositch,
Lu Mao,
Michael G. Hudgens,
Stephen Moses,
Kawango Agot,
Danielle M. Backes,
Edith Nyagaya,
Peter J.F. Snijders,
Chris J.L.M. Meijer,
Robert C. Bailey,
Jennifer S. Smith
Publication year - 2014
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.0000000000000092
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , hpv infection , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , incidence (geometry) , cohort , cohort study , gynecology , human papillomavirus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , prospective cohort study , immunology , cervical cancer , cancer , physics , optics
There are very few data from men on the risk of HIV acquisition associated with penile human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and no data on the potential modifying effect of male circumcision. Therefore, this study evaluated whether HPV is independently associated with risk of HIV.