HIV virus

Stallings et al. (2009) reported that, in Tanzanian women,
the risk of HIV among women who had undergone female circumcision
was roughly half that of women who had not; the association
remained significant after adjusting for region, household
wealth, age, lifetime partners, union status, and recent ulcer.

Female circumcision and HIV infection in Tanzania:
for better or for worse?
(3rd IAS conference on HIV pathogenesis and treatment)".
International AIDS Society.