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==Attempts to link lack of circumcision to HIV infection==

Despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], certain [[:Category:Promoter|promoters of male circumcision]] attempted to link HIV infection to lack of [[circumcision]]. Three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove their hypothesis. [[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] & [[George Hill|Hill]] (2011) ~~however~~ studied their reports and found disabling methodological and statistical errors that invalidated their purported findings.<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref>

Despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], certain [[:Category:Promoter|promoters of male circumcision]] attempted to link HIV infection to lack of [[circumcision]]. Three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove their hypothesis.

Green et al. (2008), in a preliminary report, published a long list of methodological issues with the RCTs.<ref name="green2008">{{REFjournal

|last=Green

|first=Lawrence W

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|author-link=

|last2=McAllister

|first2=Ryan S.

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|last3=Peterson

|first3=Kent W.

|init3=

|author3-link=

|last4=Travis

|first4=John W.

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|etal=no

|title=Male circumcision is not the HIV ‘vaccine’ we have been waiting for!

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|journal=Future HIV Therapy

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|date=2008

|volume=2

|issue=3

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[[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] & [[George Hill|Hill]] (2011) studied their reports and found disabling methodological and statistical errors that invalidated their purported findings.<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref>

[[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] & [[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] (2018) further elaborated on these findings and suggested possible coordination between the RCTs and hinted at the possibility of fraud.<ref name= "vanhowe2018">{{REFjournal

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 ==Attempts to link lack of circumcision to HIV infection==
-Despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], certain [[:Category:Promoter|promoters of male circumcision]] attempted to link HIV infection to lack of [[circumcision]]. Three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove their hypothesis. [[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] & [[George Hill|Hill]] (2011) however studied their reports and found disabling methodological and statistical errors that invalidated their purported findings.<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref>
+Despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], certain [[:Category:Promoter|promoters of male circumcision]] attempted to link HIV infection to lack of [[circumcision]]. Three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove their hypothesis.
+Green et al. (2008), in a preliminary report, published a long list of methodological issues with the RCTs.<ref name="green2008">{{REFjournal
+ |last=Green
+ |first=Lawrence W
+ |init=
+ |author-link=
+ |last2=McAllister
+ |first2=Ryan S.
+ |init2=
+ |author2-link=
+ |last3=Peterson
+ |first3=Kent W.
+ |init3=
+ |author3-link=
+ |last4=Travis
+ |first4=John W.
+ |init4=
+ |author4-link=
+ |etal=no
+ |title=Male circumcision is not the HIV ‘vaccine’ we have been waiting for!
+ |trans-title=
+ |language=
+ |journal=Future HIV Therapy
+ |location=
+ |date=2008
+ |volume=2
+ |issue=3
+ |article=
+ |page=
+ |pages=193-9
+ |url=http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/17469600.2.3.193
+ |archived=
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=10.2217/17469600.2.3.193
+ |accessdate=2021-11-29
+}}</ref>
+[[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] & [[George Hill|Hill]] (2011) studied their reports and found disabling methodological and statistical errors that invalidated their purported findings.<ref name="boyle-hill2011">{{BoyleGJ HillG 2011}}</ref>
 [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] & [[Gregory J. Boyle|Boyle]] (2018) further elaborated on these findings and suggested possible coordination between the RCTs and hinted at the possibility of fraud.<ref name= "vanhowe2018">{{REFjournal