Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial of Male Circumcision for Reduction of HIV Infection Risk: The ANRS 1265 Trial

Bertran Auvert; Dirk Taljaard; Emmanuel Lagarde; Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou; Rémi Sitta; Adrian Puren

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020298

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Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial of Male Circumcision for Reduction of HIV Infection Risk: The ANRS 1265 Trial

Bertran Auvert ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bertran.auvert@apr.aphp.fr

Affiliations Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, Assitance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Boulogne, France, INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France, University Versailles Saint-Quentin, Versailles, France, IFR 69, Villejuif, France
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Dirk Taljaard,

Affiliation Progressus, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Emmanuel Lagarde,

Affiliations INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France, IFR 69, Villejuif, France
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Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou,

Affiliation INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France
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Rémi Sitta,

Affiliations INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France, IFR 69, Villejuif, France
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Adrian Puren

Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Disease, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial of Male Circumcision for Reduction of HIV Infection Risk: The ANRS 1265 Trial

Bertran Auvert,
Dirk Taljaard,
Emmanuel Lagarde,
Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou,
Rémi Sitta,
Adrian Puren

Published: October 25, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020298

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