Male Circumcision Significantly Reduces Prevalence and Load of Genital Anaerobic Bacteria

Male circumcision reduces female-to-male HIV transmission. Hypothesized mechanisms for this protective effect include decreased HIV target cell recruitment and activation due to changes in the penis microbiome. We compared the coronal sulcus microbiota of men from a group of uncircumcised controls (...

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Autores principales: Liu, Cindy M., Hungate, Bruce A., Tobian, Aaron A. R., Serwadda, David, Ravel, Jacques, Lester, Richard, Kigozi, Godfrey, Aziz, Maliha, Galiwango, Ronald M., Nalugoda, Fred, Contente-Cuomo, Tania L., Wawer, Maria J., Keim, Paul, Gray, Ronald H., Price, Lance B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3634604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23592260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00076-13

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3634604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23592260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00076-13

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