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}}</ref>, which found a higher rate of infection with bacterial venereal diseases in circumcised than in intact men.
}}</ref>, which found a higher rate of infection with bacterial venereal diseases in circumcised than in intact men.
* The studies by Fleiss et al. (1998) support this.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{REFjournal
* The studies by Fleiss et al. (1998) support this.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> According to the [[AAP]], the general sexual behaviour of the male - such as frequent change in partners and the use of condoms - has a much higher impact on sexually transmitted diseases then the circumcision status.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce
|journal=Sex Transm Inf
|date=1998
|volume=74
|issue=
|pages=364-367
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1758142/pdf/v074p00364.pdf
|accessdate=2019-11-06
}}</ref> According to the [[AAP]], the general sexual behaviour of the male - such as frequent change in partners and the use of condoms - has a much higher impact on sexually transmitted diseases then the circumcision status.<ref>{{REFjournal
  |last=Task Force on Circumcision
  |last=Task Force on Circumcision
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