This study by eminent researchers found that post-sex washing and bathing -- independent of circumcision -- is what prevents HIV infections.


JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes:Volume 43(1)September 2006pp 117-118
Independent Association of Hygiene, Socioeconomic Status, and Circumcision With Reduced Risk of HIV Infection Among Kenyan Men
[Epidemiology and Social Science]
Meier, Amalia S. PhD*∥; Bukusi, Elizabeth A. MBChB, M Med(ObGyn), MPH†§¶; Cohen, Craig R. MD, MPH#; Holmes, King K. MD, PhD‡§

From the Departments of *Laboratory Medicine, †Gynecology, and ‡Medicine, and the §Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle; the ∥Program in Biostatistics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle; the ¶Center for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya; and the #Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, University of California, San Francisco.

Received for publication November 23, 2005; accepted April 18, 2006.

Supported by the University of Washington Center for AIDS Research (AI 27757), STI-Topical Microbicide Cooperative Research Center (AI 31448), and AIDS International Research & Training Program (NIH FIC D43 TW00007).

Reprints: King K. Holmes, MD, PhD, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359931, 325 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104