Circumcision's place in the vicious cycle involving herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Critical evaluation of arguments opposing male circumcision: A systematic review.Journal of evidence-based medicine · 2019
   Pooled it
2. Infant Circumcision for Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk Reduction Globally.Global health, science and practice · 2022
   Article
3. Evidence-based circumcision policy for Australia.Journal of men's health · 2022
   Article
4. CDC's Male Circumcision Recommendations Represent a Key Public Health Measure.Global health, science and practice · 2017
   Article
5. Male circumcision for HIV prevention: current research and programmatic issues.AIDS (London, England) · 2010
   Article
6. Male circumcision, HIV and sexually transmitted infections: a review.British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)
   Review

Corrections and comments

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  Effect of HSV-2 serostatus on acquisition of HIV by young men: results of a longitudinal study in Orange Farm, South Africa.2009

Authors and funding

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