HIV trials in Africa: Difference between revisions
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In 2007, three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove a hypothesis of certain [[circumcision advocate|circumcision promoters]] despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], to link HIV infection to lack of [[circumcision]]. | In 2007, three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove a hypothesis of certain [[circumcision advocate|circumcision promoters]] despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], to link HIV infection to lack of [[circumcision]]. | ||
These trials | These trials were carried out in | ||
* South Africa: | |||
* {{RCT Bailey et al 2007}} | : {{RCT Auvert et al 2005}} | ||
* {{RCT Gray et al 2007}} | * Kenya: | ||
: {{RCT Bailey et al 2007}} | |||
* Uganda: | |||
: {{RCT Gray et al 2007}} | |||
== Refutation == | == Refutation == | ||
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[[Category:Flawed study]] | [[Category:Flawed study]] | ||
[[Category:Africa]] | [[Category:Africa]] | ||
[[Category:Kenya]] | |||
[[Category:South Africa]] | |||
[[Category:Uganda]] | |||