Title | Infectious disease: male circumcision for preventing HPV infection |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Gray, RH |
Journal | Nature reviews.Urology |
Volume | 6 |
Pagination | 298-299 |
Date Published | Jun |
ISBN Number | 1759-4820; 1759-4812 |
Accession Number | 19498404 |
Keywords | Adolescent, Circumcision, Male, Female, Humans, Male, Papillomavirus Infections/prevention & control/virology, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/methods, Risk Factors, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral/prevention & control/virology, Young Adult |
Abstract | The role of male circumcision in reducing sexually transmitted infections is controversial. A series of recently published papers add to the growing body of evidence that male circumcision might reduce carriage of penile human papillomavirus (HPV). |