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January-March 2012 | Vol 4 | Issue 1 |
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| Editorial |
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| State of the Globe: The relationship between male circumcision and genitourinary infections |
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| Ahmed Nasr |
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| Male circumcision, i.e., partial or complete surgical removal of the foreskin (prepuce) of the penis, is a practice known since antiquity. Ancient Egyptian paintings testify to its long existence. The... |
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| Editorial Commentary |
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| Male circumcision and HIV: Do all roads lead to Rome? |
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| Maximo O Brito |
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| The evidence that male circumcision (MC) reduces the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in men is substantial, [1],[2],[3] but a biologically plausible explanation for this effect remains elus... |
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| Original Article |
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| Increased likelihood of bacterial pathogens in the coronal sulcus and urethra of uncircumcised men in a diverse group of HIV infected and uninfected patients in India |
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| John A Schneider, Sreenivasan Vadivelu, Chuanhong Liao, Shivani R Kandukuri, Bhavesh V Trikamji, Eugene Chang, Dionysis Antonopoulos, SV Prasad, Vemu Lakshmi |
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| Background: The biological mechanism of circumcision as potentiating HIV prevention is poorly understood. Foreskin microbiota has been postulated as having a potential role; however, little is ... |
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| Original Article |
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| Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal helminth infection among rural Malay children |
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| Lim Boon Huat, Amal K Mitra, Noor Izani Noor Jamil, Pim Chau Dam, Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed, Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda |
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| Background: Soil-transmitted intestinal helminth infection is prevalent in rural communities of Malaysia. Risk factors contributing to helminth infections are largely unknown in the country.
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