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[[Robert Darby| Darby]] (2002) examined the claims that circumcision is preventive of infection with HIV. He tabulated the prevalence of circumcision and HIV infection in various nations. He found no connection between the prevalence of circumcision and HIV infection. Darby also compared the nineteenth century British attempts to control syphilis (then a dreaded and incurable disease) with male circumcision, which was equally unsuccessful.<ref name="darby2002">{{REFjournal
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|title=Been There, Done That: Thoughts on the proposition that yet more circumcision can save the world from AIDS
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Thomas ''et al''. (2004) studied the incidence of HIV in circumcision and intact men in a United States Navy population. A slightly higher incidence of HIV infection was found in circumcised men (84.9%) as compared with intact men (81.8%). The authors concluded: