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==Attempts to link lack of circumcision to HIV infection== | ==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. | 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]]. [[HIV trials in Africa|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 | Green et al. (2008), in a preliminary report, published a long list of methodological issues with the RCTs.<ref name="green2008">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Green | |last=Green | ||
|first=Lawrence W | |first=Lawrence W. | ||
|init= | |init=LW | ||
|author-link= | |author-link= | ||
|last2=McAllister | |last2=McAllister | ||
|first2=Ryan S. | |first2=Ryan S. | ||
|init2= | |init2=RS | ||
|author2-link= | |author2-link=Ryan McAllister | ||
|last3=Peterson | |last3=Peterson | ||
|first3=Kent W. | |first3=Kent W. | ||
|init3= | |init3=KW | ||
|author3-link= | |author3-link= | ||
|last4=Travis | |last4=Travis | ||
|first4=John W. | |first4=John W. | ||
|init4= | |init4=JW | ||
|author4-link= | |author4-link=John W. Travis | ||
|etal=no | |etal=no | ||
|title=Male circumcision is not the HIV ‘vaccine’ we have been waiting for! | |title=Male circumcision is not the HIV ‘vaccine’ we have been waiting for! | ||