Adult male circumcision as an intervention against HIV: An operational study of uptake in a South African community (ANRS 12126)
Open Access
- 26 September 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 11 (1) , 253
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-253
Abstract
To evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about adult male circumcision (AMC), assess the association of AMC with HIV incidence and prevalence, and estimate AMC uptake in a Southern African community.Keywords
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