Association of Low-Risk Human Papillomavirus Infection with Male Circumcision in Young Men: Results from a Longitudinal Study Conducted in Orange Farm (South Africa)

• Main Authors: Chloé Tarnaud (Author), Pascale Lissouba (Author), Ewalde Cutler (Author), Adrian Puren (Author), Dirk Taljaard (Author), Bertran Auvert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Low-Risk Human Papillomavirus (LR-HPV) genotypes 6 and 11 cause genital warts. This study investigated the association of LR-HPV infection with male circumcision (MC). Methods. We used data from the South African MC trial conducted among young men. Urethral swabs, collected among interve...