HIV voluntary counseling and testing and HIV incidence in male injecting drug users in northern Thailand: Evidence of an urgent need for HIV prevention

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-193

  Kawichai, Surinda ^a,d   Celentano, David D ^a   Vongchak, Tassanai ^b   Beyrer, Chris ^a   Suriyanon, Vinai ^b   Razak, Myat Htoo ^a   Srirak, Namtip ^b   Rungruengthanakit, Kittipong ^b   Jittiwutikarn, Jaroon ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c N Drug Dependence Treatment Center   (Thailand)

^d Research Institute for Health Sciences   (Thailand)

Author keywords

HIV incidence; Injecting drug user; Thailand; Voluntary HIV counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND; VIRUS DETECTION; VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; THAILAND;

EID: 33645293500     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000179431.42284.3e     Document Type: Article

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