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The '''Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation''' actively promote male circumcision as "''HIV prevention''",<ref name='circ-search'>{{REFweb | The '''Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation''' actively promote male circumcision as "''[[HIV]] prevention''",<ref name='circ-search'>{{REFweb | ||
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=== The case of the disappearing articles === | === The case of the disappearing articles === | ||
An article "Circumcision does not affect HIV in U.S. men" disappeared from MSN<ref>{{REFnews | An article "Circumcision does not affect [[HIV]] in U.S. men" disappeared from MSN<ref>{{REFnews | ||
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Another article titled "Scientists discover natural barrier to HIV" referring to the Langerhans cells of the foreskin, also disappeared from MSN:<ref>{{REFweb | Another article titled "Scientists discover natural barrier to [[HIV]]" referring to the Langerhans cells of the foreskin, also disappeared from MSN:<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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These articles and the core study are specially intriguing because traditionally it was thought that the [http://intactipedia.org/index.php?title=Langerhans_cells Langerhans cells] of the [http://intactipedia.org/index.php?title=Foreskin Prepuce (foreskin)] constituted an entry point for HIV<ref name="Kawamura-2005">{{REFjournal | These articles and the core study are specially intriguing because traditionally it was thought that the [http://intactipedia.org/index.php?title=Langerhans_cells Langerhans cells] of the [http://intactipedia.org/index.php?title=Foreskin Prepuce (foreskin)] constituted an entry point for [[HIV]]<ref name="Kawamura-2005">{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=The role of Langerhans cells in the sexual transmission of HIV | |title=The role of Langerhans cells in the sexual transmission of HIV | ||
|journal=J Dermatol Sci | |journal=J Dermatol Sci | ||
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}}</ref>, and this concept is one of the reasons behind the hypothesis that [http://intactipedia.org/index.php?title=Circumcision_and_HIV circumcision may reduce the risk of a male becoming infected with HIV from a female partner]. This Dutch study contradicts this idea, by stating that the Langerhans cells block HIV<ref name="de Witte-2007">{{REFjournal | }}</ref>, and this concept is one of the reasons behind the hypothesis that [http://intactipedia.org/index.php?title=Circumcision_and_HIV circumcision may reduce the risk of a male becoming infected with HIV from a female partner]. This Dutch study contradicts this idea, by stating that the Langerhans cells block [[HIV]]<ref name="de Witte-2007">{{REFjournal | ||
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|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/alleged-medical-benefits/hivaids/ | |url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/alleged-medical-benefits/hivaids/ | ||
|title=HIV/AIDS | |title=HIV/AIDS | ||
|publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision | |publisher=Doctors Opposing Circumcision | ||
|date=2020 | |date=2020 | ||
|accessdate=2020-07-16 | |accessdate=2020-07-16 | ||
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