| Circumcision is a procedure accepted by some | | | | |
| cultures and rejected by others. But history | | | | 2. A recent study conducted in Uganda, revealed |
| reveals that it is the oldest and most common | | | | no female-to-male transmissions in circumcised |
| surgical procedure performed. Statistics say that | | | | men with a female partner with a viral load < |
| one out four men on earth are circumcised. In the | | | | 50,000 copies/mL. |
| United States the rate is about 50% and in | | | | |
| Europe it is very rare. | | | | 3. Two ongoing studies performed in Rakai and |
| | | | Kenya report that circumcision reduces |
| Many scientists support the idea that circumcision | | | | female-to-male transmission of HIV. |
| is a strategy to prevent HIV transmission. From | | | | |
| biological point of view the fact the mucosal | | | | At the same time there are some irrelevant |
| surface of the foreskin has high density of HIV | | | | facts, as a study in South Africa was prematurely |
| receptors maker this supposition plausible. But the | | | | stopped by the Monitoring Board due to |
| hypothesis needs more trials to get a scientific | | | | excessive rates of HIV transmission in the control |
| confirmation. | | | | group. |
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| Until then there are some evidences that vote | | | | If many confirmations will come, the circumcision |
| for circumcision as a method of HIV transmission | | | | could be used alongside condoms to prevent the |
| prevention. | | | | transmission of HIV. But implementing this |
| | | | measure on a large male population will be |
| 1. Those cultures with high rates of circumcision | | | | complicated. |
| have low HIV rates and vice versa. | | | | |