Does Male Circumcision Prevent HIV Infection?

Nandi Siegfried

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020393

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Does Male Circumcision Prevent HIV Infection?

Nandi Siegfried

Does Male Circumcision Prevent HIV Infection?

Nandi Siegfried

Published: October 25, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020393

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Nandi Siegfried

Competing Interests

NS is the lead author of a Cochrane systematic review of observational studies of this topic and has advocated for the need for randomised trials to assess the effects of male circumcision. She has no financial or other competing interests in male circumcision.

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