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Clinical outcomes of circumcisions and prevalence of complications of male circumcisions: A five-year retrospective analysis at a teaching hospital in Ghana.

open access: yesPLOS Global Public Health
Male circumcision is increasing in popularity due to its medical benefits, including reducing HIV prevalence. It is commonly performed by both health and non-health professionals, with most circumcisions occurring during the neonatal period.
Sylvester Appiah Boakye, Frank Obeng
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Circumventing the Urologist: A Case of Poorly Executed Self-Circumcision

open access: yes, 2016
Circumcision is a relatively brief and safe procedure when performed by a medical professional. Recently, clamp-assisted circumcisions in the adult male have gained increased interest due to potential public health benefits.
Omar Mostafa   +3 more
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Causes of Acute Hospitalization in Adolescence: Burden and Spectrum of HIV-Related Morbidity in a Country with an Early-Onset and Severe HIV Epidemic: A Prospective Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background: Survival to older childhood with untreated, vertically acquired HIV infection, which was previously considered extremely unusual, is increasingly well described.
Nathoo, Kusum   +32 more
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Long-segment post-circumcision urethrocutaneous fistula with preserved meatus and urethral plate: A case report

open access: yesUrology Case Reports
Urethrocutaneous fistula is a rare complication of circumcision, especially after non-medical procedures. We report a 4-year-old boy with a long-segment post-circumcision urethrocutaneous fistula following traditional circumcision at age one.
Zubair Mohamed Dahir Sed   +1 more
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Male circumcision [PDF]

open access: yes
This fact sheet summarizes information in four areas of male circumcision: 1) male circumcision and risk for HIV transmission; 2) male circumcision and other health conditions; 3) risks associated with male circumcision; and 4) status of HIV infection ...

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Induction of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-specific T cells by a bluetongue virus tubule-vectored vaccine prime-recombinant modified virus Ankara boost regimen.

open access: yes, 2005
In the absence of strategies for reliable induction of antibodies broadly neutralizing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), vaccine efforts have shifted toward the induction of cell-mediated immunity.
Estcourt, MJ   +24 more
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Construction and immunogenicity in a prime-boost regimen of a Semliki Forest virus-vectored experimental HIV clade A vaccine.

open access: yes, 2003
A novel, experimental subunit human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine, SFV.HIVA, was constructed. This consists of Semliki Forest virus (SFV), which is a suitable vaccine vector for use in humans, and a passenger gene encoding HIVA, which is an ...
Barnfield, C   +22 more
core   +1 more source

Circumcision

open access: yes, 2017
This article gives an overview of circumcision in islamic legal ...
Tolino, Serena
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Impact of the MEMA kwa Vijana adolescent sexual and reproductive health interventions on use of health services by young people in rural Mwanza, Tanzania: results of a cluster randomized trial.

open access: yes, 2010
PURPOSE: To assess the impact of an adolescent sexual health intervention on the use of health services by young people in Tanzania. METHODS: Twenty communities, including 39 health facilities, were randomly allocated to the intervention or comparison ...
David A. Ross   +24 more
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Traditional male circumcision: ways to prevent deaths due to dehydration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Deaths of initiates occurring in the circumcision initiation schools are preventable. Current studies list dehydration as one of the underlying causes of deaths among traditional male circumcision initiates in the Eastern Cape, a province in South Africa,
Douglas, M., Maluleke, T.X.
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