HIV-1 in ethnic Shan migrant workers in northern Thailand.
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.
Srithanaviboonchai
Kriengkrai
K
Office of Communicable Disease Control Region 10, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Choi
Kyung-Hee
KH
van Griensven
Frits
F
Hudes
Esther S
ES
Visaruratana
Surasing
S
Mandel
Jeffrey S
JS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002052:Myanmar / Q000208:ethnology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014171:Transients and Migrants