Explosive spread and effective control of human immunodeficiency virus in northernmost Thailand: The epidemic in Chiang Rai province, 1988-99

AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2731-2740

  Kilmarx, Peter H ^a,b,e   Supawitkul, Somsak ^c   Wankrairoj, Mayuree ^c   Uthaivoravit, Wat ^d   Limpakarnjanarat, Khanchit ^b   Saisorn, Supachai ^c   Mastro, Timothy D ^a,b  

^a HIV/AIDS Collaboration   (Thailand)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Chiang Rai Provincial Health Office   (Thailand)

^d Chiang Rai Prachanukhro Hospital   (Thailand)

^e MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

AIDS; Condoms; Epidemiology; Female sex workers; HIV 1; Prevention; Sexually transmitted diseases; Socio economic effect; Thailand; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034495561     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200012010-00013     Document Type: Article

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