Acceptability of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Northern Thailand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Daniel ^a,b   Chariyalertsak, Chonlisa ^d   Wongthanee, Antika ^c   Kawichai, Surinda ^b,c   Yotruean, Kriengkrai ^d   Saokhieo, Pongpun ^c   Guadamuz, Thomas ^e,f   Suwanvanichkij, Voravit ^b   Beyrer, Chris ^b   Chariyalertsak, Suwat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMTRICITABINE; TENOFOVIR;

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MICROCOMPUTER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRE EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THAILAND;

ADENINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANOPHOSPHONATES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; THAILAND; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885144482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076650     Document Type: Article

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