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It is hard for parents to decide about the circumcision of their baby boy, but this procedure reduces the risk of many infections later in life, a new study suggested.
In the study, including 5,000 uncircumcised males, researchers found that after circumcision the events of infections of herpes and transmission of HPV, which is a major cause of cervical cancer in female, was reduced by 28 and thirty-five percent respectively.
Many previous researches have almost similar findings and also concluded that circumcision reduce the risk of HIV by 60 percent.
“These findings may one day change the policy and recommend the circumcision as vital tool for the better protection against herpes, HIV and VPV,” lead researcher Dr. Thomas Quinn said.
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Three newly conducted studies strengthen the evidence that a minor procedure of circumcision protects men against deadly AIDS virus and the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer in women.
Dr. Bertran Auvert and his colleagues examined more than 1,200 men visiting a clinic in South Africa.
They found that, less than 15 percent of circumcised males and 22 percent of uncircumcised men were infected and the carrier of HPV, which is the main cause of cervical cancer and genital warts in females.
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