Assertion: circumcision | /r/CapableOf | reduce the risk of infection
Facets:
value: to sexual transmission diseases
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Circumcision reduced the risk of infection, whether from the steamy tropical climate or from sexual encounters.
text: Circumcisions decrease the risk of infection to sexual transmission diseases.
text: Study authors cautioned, however, that while circumcision reduced the risk of infection, it did not eliminate the need for other forms of protection from sexually transmitted diseases.
text: Studies in Africa suggest that circumcision does reduce the risk of infection with AIDS as a result of unprotected heterosexual intercourse.