Rising HIV infection rates in Ho Chi Minh City herald emerging AIDS epidemic in Vietnam

AIDS, Supplement

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Lindan, Christina P ^a   Lieu, Truong Xuan ^b   Giang, Le Truong ^b   Lap, Vu Dinh ^c   Van Thuc, Nguyen ^c   Thinh, Tran ^b,c   Lurie, Peter ^a   Mandel, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ho Chi Minh City AIDS Committee ^*  (Viet Nam)

^c Dermato Venereal Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

AIDS; Asia; Epidemiology; HIV; Injecting drug users; Sex workers; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CITY; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DRUG USAGE; EPIDEMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE--CHANGES; IV DRUG USERS; MEASUREMENT; PROSTITUTES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; VIET NAM; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0030777886     PISSN: 13502840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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