Note: this is a summary of PubMed results for "circumcision hiv", using "limits" facility to select reviews and meta-analyses. "Summary" column shows position of source with respect to circumcision reducing the risk of female-to-male transmission of HIV. The search was performed on Saturday 5 May 2012, and the first 3 pages (60 results) are shown.
| Source | Summary | Quotation / notes |
|---|---|---|
| PMID 22140366 | Positive | "Several randomized controlled trials have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in HIV transmission prevention among heterosexual men [1]–[3]." |
| PMID 22140365 | Positive | "In the past two decades, observational studies have provided increasing evidence that male circumcision (MC) has an HIV prevention effect [1]. Moreover, three randomized controlled trials have reported that medical circumcision of men reduces HIV acquisition from infected female partners by approximately 60% [2]–[4]." |
| PMID 22140364 | Positive | "Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces female-to-male HIV transmission by approximately 60%" |
| PMID 22140362 | Positive | "In the HIV prevention toolbox of behavioural, biomedical, and structural approaches to combine for maximum effect [2], VMMC is an essential tool in all high HIV prevalence, predominantly heterosexual epidemic settings." |
| PMID 22014096 | Positive | "The scientific evidence accumulated over more than 20 years shows that among the strategies advocated during this period for HIV prevention, male circumcision is one of, if not, the most efficacious epidemiologically, as well as cost-wise." |
| PMID 21968079 | Positive | "Despite these challenges, by mid-2011, we had evidence that ... medical circumcision reduced infection rates in men by 60%" |
| PMID 21973253 | Negative | "Our conclusion is that such proposals ignore doubts about the robustness of the evidence from the African random-controlled trials as to the protective effect of circumcision and the practical value of circumcision as a means of HIV control..." |
| PMID 21965090 | Positive | "Three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown that circumcision reduces the risk of HIV acquisition in heterosexual men by about 60%, and WHO/UNAIDS recommend that circumcision be added to current HIV prevention strategies [1]." |
| PMID 21797689 | Positive | "Male circumcision reduces HIV acquisition in men." |
| PMID 21797688 | Positive | "Recently, significant but partial successes have occurred in the field of HIV prevention, including male circumcision..." |
| PMID 21763938 | Positive | "In the past 3 years, further studies have confirmed that VMMC reduces risk of HIV acquisition in men.87—89" |
| PMID 21695385 | Unclear | (article does not focus on HIV) |
| PMID 21678366 | Unclear | (article is about male-to-male transmission of HIV, not female-to-male) |
| PMID 21668592 | Positive | "recent developments have provided reason for hope. These include the successful male circumcision outcomes in trials in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda ..." |
| PMID 21628848 | Unclear | (Japanese article; abstract doesn't mention circumcision) |
| PMID 21537113 | Unclear | |
| PMID 21505385 | Unclear | |
| PMID 21505384 | Unclear | |
| PMID 21485538 | Positive | "Male circumcision can reduce men's risk of HIV infection from heterosexual intercourse by 60% and is therefore recommended as an important strategy for HIV prevention in Africa by WHO and UNAIDS." |
| PMID 21452153 | Positive | "several studies have recently demonstrated the protecting role of male circumcision against HIV infection." |
| PMID 21406080 | Positive | "The strength of the evidence linking concurrency to HIV epidemic severity in southern and eastern Africa led the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the Southern African Development Community in 2006 to conclude that high rates of concurrent sexual partnerships, combined with low rates of male circumcision and infrequent condom use, are major drivers of the AIDS epidemic in southern Africa." |
| PMID 21214659 | Positive | "Recent evidence that circumcision decreases HIV infection in heterosexual men by 50-60% has focused research on the foreskin as a target of HIV infection" |
| PMID 21211488 | Positive | "AMC is found to be cost saving. AMC may be seen as a promising new form of strategy for prevention of heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men, but should never replace other known methods of HIV prevention and should always be considered as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention package." |
| PMID 21197783 | Positive | "Male circumcision reduces HIV transmission. The risk of transmission from woman to man is halved" |
| PMID 21114567 | Positive | "Male circumcision was shown to reduce female-to-male transmission in Africa, providing a clue that the foreskin plays a role in the route of transmission" |
| PMID 21114566 | Positive | "Although male circumcision was reported to reduce male acquisition of HIV-1 by 60%, the initial mechanisms of HIV-1 transmission in the male genitals remain elusive." |
| PMID 21113067 | Unclear | |
| PMID 21095417 | Unclear | |
| PMID 21075056 | Unclear | |
| PMID 20966458 | Positive | "Since three randomised controlled trials demonstrated that adult male circumcision reduces men's chance of HIV acquisition by about 60%,1–3 " |
| PMID 20965388 | Negative | "insufficient evidence and neglected external validity" |
| PMID 20954882 | Positive | "current prevention strategies including abstinence, male/female condom use and male circumcision are only partially effective" |
| PMID 20941553 | Positive | "However, a growing number of interventions have shown promise in partially protecting against HIV transmission and acquisition, including ... male circumcision" |
| PMID 20844437 | Positive | "Following the three randomized trials in Africa demonstrating the protective effects of male circumcision on HIV infection..." |
| PMID 20719229 | Unclear | |
| PMID 20653206 | Unclear | |
| PMID 20639909 | Positive | "There is now grade 1 evidence that male circumcision (MC) reduces the risk of a man acquiring HIV" |
| PMID 20636280 | Positive | "biomedical interventions include ... medical male circumcision" |
| PMID 20610949 | Positive | "near universal male circumcision and possibly the prevailing sexually conservative cultural norms seemed to have played so far a protective role in slowing and limiting HIV transmission in MENA relative to other regions" |
| PMID 20622758 | Positive | "Three randomized controlled trials in sub-Saharan Africa have shown that circumcision reduces the risk of acquiring HIV infection in men by approximately 60%." |
| PMID 20608349 | Positive | "Adult male circumcision (MC) has been shown to reduce the transmission of HPV, HSV, and HIV significantly during vaginal intercourse." |
| PMID 20545914 | Positive | "These data have shown that male circumcision is probably the most effective biomedical HIV intervention to date" |
| PMID 20543611 | Positive | "The evidence that circumcision reduces HIV in African heterosexual men is clear. " |
| PMID 20531091 | Positive | "Recent randomized control trials have demonstrated the efficacy of male circumcision in reducing the incidence of HIV infection in geographic areas epidemic with AIDS." |
| PMID 20519025 | Positive | "Although three randomized trials have conclusively demonstrated that circumcision reduces HIV transmission among heterosexual men...." |
| PMID 20429346 | Positive | "Male circumcision is an effective method of HIV transmission prevention." |
| PMID 20419976 | Positive | "Universal male circumcision and limited contact between sex workers and IDUs may have slowed the initial progress of the epidemic" |
| PMID 20409346 | Unclear | |
| PMID 20408390 | Positive | "Consultants suggested that (1) sufficient evidence exists to propose that heterosexually active males be informed about the significant but partial efficacy of MC in reducing risk for HIV acquisition" |
| PMID 20397938 | Unclear | (paper focuses on male-to-male transmission) |
| PMID 20224784 | Positive | "There is conclusive evidence from observational data and three randomized controlled trials that circumcised men have a significantly lower risk of becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)." |
| PMID 20179575 | Unclear | |
| PMID 20158883 | Positive | "Male circumcision is of public health interest as recent randomized controlled trials (RCT) have shown that adult circumcision reduces the risk of acquiring HIV infection by about 60% [12-14]. " |
| PMID 20133272 | Unclear | |
| PMID 20092446 | Positive | "Observational studies performed in the 1980s had suggested the protective effects of circumcision in preventing HIV infection in men [59,60]. Following these studies, the recommendations for MC in sub-Saharan Africa were based on three landmark, randomized controlled studies in Africa demonstrating unequivocally that nonritual, properly performed circumcision can reduce HIV acquisition by 50% or more [61–63]." |
| PMID 20065281 | Positive | "Strong evidence suggests circumcision can prevent human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome acquisition in sub-Saharan African men." |
| PMID 19935420 | Positive | "The success of male circumcision in reducing HIV acquisition among African heterosexuals has led..." |
| PMID 19913816 | Positive | "Three randomized, controlled trials demonstrate that circumcising adult males reduces the incidence of HIV by 50% to 60%." |
| PMID 19901974 | Positive | "Three recent randomised controlled trials [1]–[3] in Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda have confirmed previous observational studies [4] and ecological experience [5] and demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that male circumcision performed by well-trained medical professionals reduces the risk of men acquiring HIV through female-to-male transmission by approximately 60% [5],[6]." |
| PMID 19850225 | Unclear | (paper is about male-to-female transmission) |