HIV-1 infection in young men in northern Thailand.
AIDS
; 7(9): 1233-9, 1993 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
PIP: This study sought to determine risk factors for HIV-1 infection in young men in northern Thailand. This cohort of 1115 young men were selected by lottery for conscription and at enrollment into this prospective study, data were collected from a self-administered questionnaire and serologic testing. The overall HIV-1 infection rate was 6.9%; however, the rate was 15.3% among the 387 (34.7%) men who had been living in the upper north subregion of Thailand compared with 2.5% for the remaining 728 men (p 0.001). A history of sex with female prostitutes was reported by 74.7% of men and increased frequency of this type of sex was highly associated with HIV-1 infection and a history of sexually transmitted disease (STD) symptoms (chi square for trend, p 0.001). In stratified and multivariate analyses, however, history of STD symptoms, reported by 42.5% of the cohort, was most strongly associated with HIV-1 infection. Only 42.8% of men who reported sex with prostitutes had used condoms more than half the time. Young men in the general populations in northern Thailand are at high risk for HIV-2 infection via sex with female prostitutes; STDs are highly associated with HIV-2 infection. Increasing condom use and controlling STD should be immediate goals of HIV control programs.
Palabras clave
Asia; Barrier Methods; Behavior; Biology; Cohort Analysis; Condom; Contraception; Contraceptive Methods; Data Analysis; Developing Countries; Diseases; Family Planning; Geographic Factors; Hiv Infections--men; Hiv Infections--transmission; Infections; Multivariate Analysis; Population; Prospective Studies; Prostitutes; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Risk Factors; Sex Behavior; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Signs And Symptoms; Southeastern Asia; Studies; Thailand; Viral Diseases
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS
Asunto de la revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Año:
1993
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Tailandia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido