title: HIV-1 in ethnic Shan migrant workers in northern 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.
authors.affiliation: Office of Communicable Disease Control Region 10, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Kriengkrai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Srithanaviboonchai
authors.forename: Kyung-Hee
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Frits
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: van Griensven
authors.forename: Esther S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Hudes
authors.forename: Surasing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Visaruratana
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mandel
mesh_terms: 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