Changes in HIV prevalence among young Thai men as defined by hepatitis C co-infection as a marker for mode of transmission

AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2339-2341

  Chanbancherd, Penprapa ^a   Paris, Robert M ^b   Torugsa, Kalyanee ^b   Myint, Khin S ^b   Sangkharomya, Suebpong ^b   Brown, Arthur E ^b  

^a Army Institute of Pathology   (Thailand)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; THAILAND; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND;

EID: 10244234046     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200411190-00020     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Torugsa K, Anderson S, Thongsen N, Sirisopana N, Jugsudee A, Junlananto P, et al. HIV epidemic among young Thai Men, 1991-2000. Emerg Infect Dis 2003; 9:881-883.
2. Nelson KE, Eiumtrakul S, Celentano DD, Beyrer C, Galai N, Kawichai S, Khamboonruang C. HIV infection in young men in northern Thailand, 1991-1998: increasing role of injection drug use. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2002; 29:62-68.
3. Paris R, Sirisopana N, Benenson M, Amphaiphis R, Tuntichaivanich C, Myint KS, Brown AE. The association between hepatitis C virus and HIV-1 in preparatory cohorts for HIV vaccine trials in Thailand. AIDS 2003; 17:1363-1367.
4. Vanichseni S, Kitayaporn D, Mastro TD, Mock PA, Raktham S, Des I, et al. Continued high HIV-1 incidence in a vaccine trial preparatory cohort of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand. AIDS 2001; 15:397-405.
5. Chanbancherd P, Paris R, Torugsa K, de Souza M, Chitpong A, Brown AE. High frequency of HIV-1 and hepatitis C co-infection among young Thai men: evidence for a changing pattern of HIV transmission in Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2003; 34:580-582.
6. Chanbancherd P, Jugsudee A, Thanomklom S, Limpairojn N, Julananto P, Thienamporn P, et al. Frequency of HIV false positivity from two sequential enzyme immunoassays in 111 639 sera. AIDS 1999; 13:2182-2183.
7. Ismail R. HIV/AIDS in Malaysia. AIDS 1998; 12 (Suppl. B):S33-S41.
8. Singh S, Crofts N. HIV infection among injecting drug users in north-east Malaysia, 1992. AIDS Care 1993; 5:273-281.
9. Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS. AIDS epidemic update: December 2003. http://www.unaids.org/wad/2003/Epiupdate2003. Accessed 24 March 2004.