Assertion: circumcision | /r/CapableOf | lower the risk of hiv
Facets:
value: indirectly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It could be that circumcision reduces the risk of genital ulcerative diseases, such as genital herpes and syphilis, thus indirectly lowering the risk of HIV, since the open sores allow infection with HIV that would not have occurred with intact skin