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}}</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 |last=Fleiss |init=PM |last2=Hodges |init2=FM |last3=Van Howe |init3=RS |author3-link=Robert S. Van Howe |title=Immunological functions of the human prepuce |journal=Sex Transm Inf |date=FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 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
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