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SUBMITTER: Davis MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3732529 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Davis Mitzie-Ann MA Gray Ronald H RH Grabowski Mary K MK Serwadda David D Kigozi Godfrey G Gravitt Patti E PE Nalugoda Fred F Watya Stephen S Wawer Maria J MJ Quinn Thomas C TC Tobian Aaron A R AA
International journal of cancer 20130307 5
Male circumcision (MC) reduces high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection in female partners. We evaluated the intensity of HR-HPV viral DNA load in HIV-negative, HR-HPV-positive female partners of circumcised and uncircumcised men. HIV-negative men and their female partners were enrolled in randomized trials of MC in Rakai, Uganda. Vaginal swabs were tested for HR-HPV genotypes by Roche HPV Linear Array which provides a semi-quantitative measure of HPV DNA by the intensity of genotype-sp ...[more]