HIV Protection Lasts After Circumcision, Johns Hopkins University Finds

MedPageToday -- BOSTON -- The benefit of male circumcision for HIV prevention persists, even long after the procedure, a researcher reported here. The finding comes from surveillance after the end of one of the major trials -- in the Ugandan district of Rakai -- that first established the benefit of the procedure, according to Xiangrong Kong, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University.

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