AIDS
Volume 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 929-931

HIV-1 in ethnic Shan migrant workers in northern Thailand (Article)

Srithanaviboonchai K.* , Choi K.-H. , Van Griensven F. , Hudes E.S. , Visaruratana S. , Mandel J.S.
  • a Off. of Communic. Dis. Ctrl. Reg. 10, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • b Off. of Communic. Dis. Ctrl. Reg. 10, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • c Off. of Communic. Dis. Ctrl. Reg. 10, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • d Off. of Communic. Dis. Ctrl. Reg. 10, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • e Off. of Communic. Dis. Ctrl. Reg. 10, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • f Off. of Communic. Dis. Ctrl. Reg. 10, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Abstract

Northern Thailand has one of the highest rates of HIV-1 infection in Southeast Asia. It is also home to a large number of Burmese migrants, believed to be at high risk of HIV. Our 1999 survey of 429 Burmese migrant workers of Shan ethnic origin in Chiang Mai province found a 4.9% rate of HIV-1 prevalence (5.7% men, 3.8% women). This figure is almost double that of comparable population groups in Chiang Mai, e.g. pregnant women and military recruits. HIV prevention programmes are urgently needed for this vulnerable population.

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HIV Seroprevalence HIV Infections Human immunodeficiency virus infection Thailand pregnancy complication human Ethnic Groups priority journal Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence population risk migrant worker health program Humans geography Adolescent male Southeast Asia female pregnancy Myanmar military medicine Article infection prevention major clinical study adult HIV-1 Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Transients and Migrants health survey
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DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200204120-00015
ISSN: 02699370
Cited by: 13
Original Language: English