Open AccessBrief Report: Modeling the Impact of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision on Cervical Cancer in Uganda
Author(s) -
Stephanie M. Davis,
Melissa A. Habel,
Carel Pretorius,
Yue Teng,
Carlos Toledo,
Timothy M.M. Farley,
Geoffrey Kabuye,
Julia Samuelson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002552
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , vaccination , cervical cancer , cumulative incidence , hpv infection , cancer prevention , young adult , demography , environmental health , gynecology , cohort , cancer , gerontology , immunology , sociology , optics , physics
In addition to providing millions of men with lifelong lower risk for HIV infection, voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) also provides female partners with health benefits including decreased risk for human papillomavirus (HPV) and resultant cervical cancer (CC).