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Microbial Diversity of Genital Ulcer Disease in Men Enrolled in a Randomized Trial of Male Circumcision in Kisumu, Kenya

BACKGROUND: Medical male circumcision (MMC) reduces the risk of genital ulcer disease (GUD) in men by 50%. In Ugandan and Kenyan trials, a sexually transmissible agent was not identified in 50–60% of GUD specimens by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. We sought to better define the etiology of G...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Supriya D., Green, Stefan J., Maclean, Ian, Hu, Hong, Bailey, Robert C., Gillevet, Patrick M., Spear, Greg T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22848346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038991