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Recent studies have shown this hypothesis to be false. One study found that there is "no difference between the keratinization of the inner and outer aspects of the adult male foreskin," and that "keratin layers alone were unlikely to explain why uncircumcised intact men are at higher risk for HIV infection, however keratinization of the glans penis was not measured."<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Dinh
|init=MH
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Higher incidence of [[Circumcision and HIV|HIV infection]] is found in circumcised men who lack the [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological protection ]] of the [[foreskin]] and its [[Langerhans cells]].<ref name="rosenberg2018">{{REFjournal
|last=Rosenberg
|first=Molly S.