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==Attempts to link lack of circumcision to HIV infection==
Despite the known [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| immunological functions]] of the [[foreskin]], certain [[:Category:Promoter|promoters of male circumcision]] attempted to link HIV infection to lack of [[circumcision]]. [[HIV trials in Africa|Three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) ]] were carried out in Africa in an attempt to prove their hypothesis.
Green et al. (2008), in a preliminary report, published a long list of methodological issues with the RCTs.<ref name="green2008">{{REFjournal
|last=Green
|first=Lawrence W. |init=LW
|author-link=
|last2=McAllister
|first2=Ryan S.
|init2=RS |author2-link=Ryan McAllister
|last3=Peterson
|first3=Kent W.
|init3=KW
|author3-link=
|last4=Travis
|first4=John W.
|init4=JW |author4-link=John W. Travis
|etal=no
|title=Male circumcision is not the HIV ‘vaccine’ we have been waiting for!