Male Circumcision Helps Prevent HPV in Female Partners

Male Circumcision Helps Prevent HPV in Female Partners

Randomly assigned studies of adult males in Africa have shown that circumcision significantly lowers the risk of HIV and hi-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) in men. Two studies in Uganda have demonstrated significant reductions in the rate of HPV in female sexual partners compared to uncircumcised men (28% vs. 39%). These male subjects were circumcised as…

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