BOSTON, Feb 4, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A study conducted in Africa suggests
male circumcision does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission to female
partners.
The report, presented Sunday at the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and
Opportunistic Infections in Boston, said male circumcision actually increased
the risk of HIV transmission if the couple resumed sexual
intercourse before the circumcision wound was fully healed, The New York Times
said Monday.
The study was conducted by researchers from Johns Hopkins and Uganda who had
shown circumcision's benefits among men in earlier studies, the newspaper said.
The most recent analysis focused on the 161 couples in which the men were
infected but their spouses were not. The incidence of infection was highest in
the first six-month follow-up period and declined for the rest of the study
period.
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