Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 217.e1-217.e12 , March 2007

Male and Female Circumcision Associated With Prevalent HIV Infection in Virgins and Adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania

Received 6 July 2006 ,Accepted 17 October 2006.

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