Taylor P K, Rodin P
Br J Vener Dis. 1975 Aug;51(4):274-7. doi: 10.1136/sti.51.4.274.
214 patients with genital herpes infection proven by culture and a control group of 410 other patients were included in a retrospective study devised to investigate the relationship of circumcision to genital HSV infection in the male. The percentage of patients circumicised in the control group was significantly larger than in the herpes group (P less than 0-01). The was not found to be the case for other sexually-transmitted diseases apart from monilial balanitis. There was also a significant difference in contraceptive methods in the two groups, barrier methods being used less ofter than other methods in the herpes group and the reverse in the control group. It is concluded that there is a positive relationship between absence of circumicision and genital HSV infection, but that a prospective study should be undertaken to confirm these results.
214例经培养证实患有生殖器疱疹感染的患者和410例其他患者组成的对照组被纳入一项回顾性研究，该研究旨在调查男性包皮环切术与生殖器单纯疱疹病毒（HSV）感染之间的关系。对照组中接受包皮环切术的患者百分比显著高于疱疹组（P小于0.01）。除念珠菌性龟头炎外，其他性传播疾病未发现这种情况。两组在避孕方法上也存在显著差异，疱疹组使用屏障避孕法的频率低于其他方法，而对照组则相反。结论是，未进行包皮环切术与生殖器HSV感染之间存在正相关关系，但应进行前瞻性研究以证实这些结果。
