Prevalence of HIV/STIs and associated factors among men who have sex with men in An Giang, Vietnam

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 799-806

  Pham, Quang Duy ^a,b   Nguyen, Thuong Vu ^a   Hoang, Cuong Quoc ^a,c   Cao, Van ^a   Khuu, Nghia Van ^a   Phan, Huong Thu Thi ^d   Mai, Anh Hoang ^e   Tran, Huu Ngoc ^a   Wilson, David Peter ^b   Zhang, Lei ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^d Vietnam Authority of HIV/AIDS Control   (Viet Nam)

^e Provincial Centre for HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Control   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANILINGUS; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM; VIET NAM;

EID: 84866708998     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318265b180     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control, Ministry of Health. Vietnam HIV/AIDS estimation and projection, 2007-2012. Ha Noi, Vietnam: Ministry of Health, 2009. Available at: http://www.unaids.org.vn/sitee/images/stories/ EPP%20report%20EN.pdf.
2. Hien NT, Long NT, Huan TQ. HIV/AIDS Epidemics in Vietnam: Evolution and Responses. AIDS Educ Prev 2004; 16(suppl-A): 137-154. (Pubitemid 38821784)
3. Colby DJ. HIV knowledge and risk factors among men who have sexwithmen inHo ChiMinh City,Vietnam. JAIDS 2003; 32:80-85. (Pubitemid 36091489)
4. National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Family Health International, Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control, United States Agency for International Development. Results from the HIV/STI integrated biologic and behavioral surveillance (IBBS) in Vietnam, 2005-2006. Ha Noi, Vietnam: Ministry of Health, 2006. Available at: http://www.unaids.org.vn/resource/topic/ evaluation/conference/documents/d3-e.pdf.
5. Vietnam National Committee for AIDS, Drugs, and Prostitution Prevention and Control. The fourth country report on following up the implementation to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS: Reporting period January 2008-December 2009. Ha Noi, Vietnam: The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 2010. Available at: http://www.unaids.org/en/dataanalysis/ monitoringcountryprogress/2010progressreportssubmittedbycountries/ vietnam-2010-country-progress-report-en.pdf.
6. Tuan NA, Hoang TV. HIV/STI Integrated Behavioral and Biological Surveillance in Vietnam (IBBS) 2009 (Round 2). Presented at: 4th National Scientific Conference on HIV/AIDS; December 1-3, 2010; Ha Noi, Vietnam.
7. Nguyen TA, Nguyen HT, Le GT, et al. Prevalence and risk factors associated with HIV infection among men having sex with men in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. AIDS and Behavior 2008; 12:476-482. (Pubitemid 351667234)
8. Hien NT. HIV Epidemic in Vietnam. Presented at: 4th National Scientific Conference on HIV/AIDS; December 1-3, 2010; Ha Noi, Vietnam.
9. Anh MH. Workshop on HIV/AIDS prevention and control in An Giang in 2008. An Giang, Vietnam: An Giang Provincial Center for AIDS and Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, 2009.
10. World Health Organization. Guidelines for the management of sexual transmitted infections. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2003. Available at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2003/9241546263.pdf.
11. McKetin R, Ross J, Kelly E, et al. Characteristics and harms associated with injecting versus smoking methamphetamine among methamphetamine treatment entrants. Drug Alcohol Rev 2008; 27:277-285.
12. Semple SJ, Patterson TL, Grant I. A comparison of injection and non-injection methamphetamine-using HIV positive men who have sex with men. Drug Alcohol Depend 2004; 76:203-212. (Pubitemid 39370816)
13. Thompson ML, Myers JE, Kriebel D. Prevalence odds ratio or prevalence ratio in the analysis of cross sectional data: What is to be done? Occup Environ Med 1998; 55:272-277. (Pubitemid 28179979)
14. Xiao Y, Sun J, Li C, et al. Prevalence and correlates of HIV and syphilis infections among men who have sex with men in seven provinces in China with historically low HIV prevalence. J AIDS 2010; 53:S66-S73.
15. Royston P, Altman DG. Regression using Fractional Polynomials of Continuous Covariates: Parsimonious Parametric Modelling. J R Stat Soc Ser C Appl Stat 1994; 43:429. (Pubitemid 24793414)
16. Royston P, Ambler G, Sauerbrei W. The use of fractional polynomials to model continuous risk variables in epidemiology. Int J Epidemiol 1999; 28:964-974. (Pubitemid 29525041)
17. Sauerbrei W, Royston P. Building multivariable prognostic and diagnostic models: Transformation of the predictors by using fractional polynomials. J R Stat Soc Ser A Stat Soc 1999; 162:71-94.
18. Volz E, Frost SDW, Rothenberg R, et al. Epidemiological bridging by injection drug use drives an early HIV epidemic. Epidemics 2010; 2:155-164.
19. Chow EPF, Wilson DP, Zhang L. HIV and syphilis co-infection increasing among men who have sex with men in China: A systematic review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE 2011; 6.
20. Chinese Ministry of Health, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization. 2009 estimates for the HIV/AIDS epidemic in China. Beijing, China: National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, 2010. Available at: http://www.unaids.org.cn/download/ 2009%20China%20Estimation%20Report-En.pdf.
21. Jia M, Luo H, Ma Y, et al. The HIV epidemic in Yunnan province, China, 1989-2007. JAcquir Immune Defic Syndr 2010; 53 (suppl 1):S34-S40.
22. Clatts MC, Giang LM, Goldsamt LA, et al. Male sex work and HIV risk among young heroin users in Hanoi,Vietnam. Sex Health 2007; 4:261-267. (Pubitemid 350158748)
23. Vu BN, Mulvey KP, Baldwin S, et al. HIV risk among drug-using men who have sex with men, men selling sex, and transgender individuals in Vietnam. Cult Health Sex 2012; 14:167-180.
24. Girault P, Saidel T, Song N, et al. HIV, STIs, and sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. AIDS Educ Prev 2004; 16:31-44. (Pubitemid 38327323)
25. Chariyalertsak S, Kosachunhanan N, Saokhieo P, et al. HIV incidence, risk factors, and motivation for biomedical intervention among gay, bisexual men, and transgender persons in Northern Thailand. PLoS ONE 2011; 6.
26. Feng Y, Wu Z, Detels R, et al. HIV/STD prevalence among men who have sex with men in Chengdu, China and associated risk factors for HIV infection. J AIDS 2010; 53:S74-S80.
27. Zhong F, Lin P, Xu H, et al. Possible increase in HIV and syphilis prevalence among men who have sex with men in Guangzhou, China: Results from a respondent-driven sampling survey. AIDS Behav 2011; 15:1058-1066.
28. Ota KV, Tamari IE, Smieja M, et al. Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in pharyngeal and rectal specimens using the BD Probetec ET system, the Gen-Probe Aptima Combo 2 assay and culture. Sex Transm Infect 2009; 85:182-186.
29. Peters R, Verweij S, Nijsten N, et al. Evaluation of sexual historybased screening of anatomic sites for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in men having sex with men in routine practice. BMC Infect Dis 2011; 11:203.
30. Wei C, Herrick A, Raymond HF, et al. Social marketing interventions to increase HIV/STI testing uptake among men who have sex with men and male-To-female transgender women. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011; 9.