The invisibility of the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in Bangkok, Thailand [5]

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1932-1933

  Thanprasertsuk, Sombat ^a   Sirivongrangson, Pachara ^a   Ungchusak, Kumnuan ^a   Jommaroeng, Rapeepun ^b   Siriprapasiri, Taweesap ^a   Phanuphak, Praphan ^c   Tappero, Jordan W ^a,d   Van Griensven, Frits ^a,e  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand   (Thailand)

^c THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^d Global AIDS Program   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; THAILAND;

EID: 27544433544     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000189845.96783.17     Document Type: Letter

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