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Nature Medicine 11, 1261 (2005)
Published online: 30 November 2005 | doi:10.1038/nm1205-1261a

Caution on circumcision cuts South Africa's AIDS researchers

Lauren Beukes1

  1. Cape Town


Is there is enough evidence to adopt circumcision as policy?


When scientists announced in July that circumcising adult males can drastically cut the rate of HIV infection, international agencies urged caution, saying it would be best to wait for results from further studies. But in South Africa, where HIV prevalence is the highest in the world, some experts say there's little time to waste.

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