American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 42.e1-42.e7, January 2009

The effects of male circumcision on female partners' genital tract symptoms and vaginal infections in a randomized trial in Rakai, Uganda

Presented at the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, Feb. 3-6, 2008.

  • Ronald H. Gray, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Ronald H. Gray, Robertson Professor of Reproductive Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, E4132, 615 North Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205
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  • Godfrey Kigozi, MB ChB, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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  • David Serwadda, MB ChB, MMed, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
    • School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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  • Frederick Makumbi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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  • Fred Nalugoda, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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  • Stephen Watya, MB ChB, MMed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Mulago Hospital, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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  • Laurence Moulton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Michael Z. Chen, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Nelson K. Sewankambo, MB ChB, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
    • Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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  • Noah Kiwanuka, MB ChB, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
    • School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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  • Victor Sempijja, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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  • Tom Lutalo, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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  • Joseph Kagayii, MB ChB, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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  • Fred Wabwire-Mangen, MB ChB, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
    • School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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  • Renée Ridzon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA
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  • Melanie Bacon, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of AIDS, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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  • Maria J. Wawer, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Received 12 December 2007; received in revised form 5 June 2008; accepted 31 July 2008. published online 03 November 2008.

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 Cite this article as: Gray RH, Kigozi G, Serwadda D, et al. The effects of male circumcision on female partners' genital tract symptoms and vaginal infections in a randomized trial in Rakai, Uganda. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200:42.e1-42.e7.

 This study was supported in part by Grants (U01 AI11171-01-02) from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Division of AIDS, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Grants 2228 and 220062228 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The laboratory component was supported in part by the Division of Intramural Research, NIAID, NIH. This publication was supported, in part, by fellowships/grants from the Fogarty International Center/NIH Grant 2 D 43 TW000010-19-AITRP and 5D43TW001508.

PII: S0002-9378(08)00901-0

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.069

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 42.e1-42.e7, January 2009

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