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The following references indicate that circumcision may increase the risk of HIV transmission.

Van de Perre P, Carael M, NzVanaramba D, Zissis G, Kayihigi J, Butzler JP. Risk factors for HIV seropositivity in selected urban-based Rwandese adults. AIDS 1987; 1: 207-11.
Chao A, Bulterys M, Musanganire F, Habimana P, Nawrocki P, Taylor E, Dushimimana A, Saah A. Risk factors associated with prevalent HIV-1 infection among pregnant women in Rwanda. National University of Rwanda-Johns Hopkins University AIDS Research Team. Int J Epidemiol 1994; 23: 371-80.
Guimaraes M, Castilho E, Ramos-Filho C, et al. Heterosexual transmission of HIV-1: a multicenter study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. VII International Conference on AIDS. Florence, June 1991 [abstract MC3098].

It has been suggested that the tight skin over an erect circumcised phallus predisposes it to abrasions, tears, and bleeding, which may increase the possibility of transmission of HIV during vaginal or anal intercourse. (Beaugé M. Conservative Treatment of Primary Phimosis in Adolescents [Traitement Me/dical du Phimoseis Congenital de L'Adolescent]. Saint-Antoine University. Paris VI. 1990-1991.)

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