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Bassett ''et al'' (1994) investigated the factors associated with HSV-2 infection in heterosexual men at a sexual disease clinic in Sydney, Australia. They reported, "we found no evidence of the presence of an intact foreskin being a risk factor for HSV-2 infection."<ref name="bassett1994">{{REFjournal
|last=Bassett
|first=Ingrid
|author-link=
|last2=Donovan
|first2=Basil
|author2-link=
|last3=Bodsworth
|first3=Neil J
|author3-link=
|last4=Field
|first4=Peter R
|author4-link=
|last5=Ho
|first5=David W T
|author5-link=
|last6=Jeanssome
|first6=Stig
|author6-link=
|last7=Cunningham
|first7=Anthony L
|author7-link=
|etal=no
|title=Herpes simplex virus type-2 infection of heterosexual men attending a sexual health centre
|trans-title=
|language=English
|journal=Med J Aust
|location=
|date=1994-06
|volume=160
|issue=11
|pages=697-700
|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Basil_Donovan/publication/14997271_Herpes_simplex_virus_type_2_infection_of_heterosexual_men_attending_a_sexual_health_centre/links/56bacdd708ae2567351edd3e/Herpes-simplex-virus-type-2-infection-of-heterosexual-men-attending-a-sexual-health-centre.pdf
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|pubmedID=8202004
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|DOI=
|accessdate=2020-05-25
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Laumann ''et al''. (1997) used data from the National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS) (1992) to report on the effects of the practice of male circumcision in the United States. With regard to STDs, Laumann ''et al''. reported: