HIV-1 infection among female commercial sex workers in rural Thailand

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-94

  Gray, Jennifer A ^a,b   Dore, Gregory J ^a   Li, Yueming ^a   Supawitkul, Somsak ^b,c   Effler, Paul ^a   Kaldor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Mae Chan Hospital   (Thailand)

^c Chiang Rai Chief Medical Office   (Thailand)

Author keywords

HIV 1; Incidence studies; Rural populations; Sex workers; Sexually transmitted diseases; Thailand

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THAILAND; ULCUS MOLLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROSTITUTES--WOMEN; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; SEROCONVERSION; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; THAILAND; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROSTITUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; THAILAND;

EID: 0031016554     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199701000-00013     Document Type: Article

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