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Uncircumcised men are at three times greater risk than [[circumcise]]d men for contracting chancroid from an infected partner. Chancroid is a risk factor for contracting [[HIV]], due to their ecological association or shared risk of exposure, and biologically facilitated transmission of one infection by the other. | Uncircumcised men are at three times greater risk than [[circumcise]]d men for contracting chancroid from an infected partner. Chancroid is a risk factor for contracting [[HIV]], due to their ecological association or shared risk of exposure, and biologically facilitated transmission of one infection by the other. | ||
==Risk Factors== | |||
*Promiscuity | |||
*Unprotected sexual intercourse | |||
*Travel to endemic areas in Africa, southeast Asia and parts of Latin America.<ref name="ChancroidUpToDate">Chancroid. UpToDate (September 25, 2015). http://www.uptodate.com/contents/chancroid#H3 Accessed January 19, 2016.</ref> | |||
*Living in areas with high crack cocaine use and prositution.<ref name="ChancroidUpToDate"></ref> | |||
*Lack of circumcision in males.<ref name="Van Howe2007">{{cite journal|last1=Van Howe|first1=R. S.|title=Genital ulcerative disease and sexually transmitted urethritis and circumcision: a meta-analysis|journal=International Journal of STD & AIDS|volume=18|issue=12|year=2007|pages=799–809|issn=0956-4624|doi=10.1258/095646207782717045}}</ref> | |||
*[[Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)]] infection.<ref name="pmid9419194">{{cite journal| author=Dyer JR, Eron JJ, Hoffman IF, Kazembe P, Vernazza PL, Nkata E et al.| title=Association of CD4 cell depletion and elevated blood and seminal plasma human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA concentrations with genital ulcer disease in HIV-1-infected men in Malawi. | journal=J Infect Dis | year= 1998 | volume= 177 | issue= 1 | pages= 224-7 | pmid=9419194 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9419194 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Uncircumcised men are at three times greater risk than circumcised men for contracting chancroid from an infected partner. Chancroid is a risk factor for contracting HIV, due to their ecological association or shared risk of exposure, and biologically facilitated transmission of one infection by the other.
Risk Factors
- Promiscuity
- Unprotected sexual intercourse
- Travel to endemic areas in Africa, southeast Asia and parts of Latin America.[1]
- Living in areas with high crack cocaine use and prositution.[1]
- Lack of circumcision in males.[2]
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chancroid. UpToDate (September 25, 2015). http://www.uptodate.com/contents/chancroid#H3 Accessed January 19, 2016.
- ↑ Van Howe, R. S. (2007). "Genital ulcerative disease and sexually transmitted urethritis and circumcision: a meta-analysis". International Journal of STD & AIDS. 18 (12): 799–809. doi:10.1258/095646207782717045. ISSN 0956-4624.
- ↑ Dyer JR, Eron JJ, Hoffman IF, Kazembe P, Vernazza PL, Nkata E; et al. (1998). "Association of CD4 cell depletion and elevated blood and seminal plasma human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA concentrations with genital ulcer disease in HIV-1-infected men in Malawi". J Infect Dis. 177 (1): 224–7. PMID 9419194.