Publication: HIV incidence rates among drug users in northern Thailand, 1993-7
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2000-10-26
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09502688
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Mahidol University
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Epidemiology and Infection. Vol.125, No.1 (2000), 153-158
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J. Jittiwutikarn, P. Sawanpanyalert, N. Rangsiveroj, P. Satitvipawee HIV incidence rates among drug users in northern Thailand, 1993-7. Epidemiology and Infection. Vol.125, No.1 (2000), 153-158. doi:10.1017/S0950268899004197 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/25966
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HIV incidence rates among drug users in northern Thailand, 1993-7
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Drug use is a major mode of HIV transmission in Thailand. This study determined HIV incidence rates among drug users in a regional drug treatment centre in northern Thailand. A retrospective cohort of repeatedly-hospitalized drug users between 1993 and 1997 was formed and HIV incidence rates were calculated. The overall incidence was 11·44 per 100 person-years of observation. Gender, age, religion, ethnicity, education, employment, income, reasons for drug use, type of drugs, mode of use, spending on drugs, and referral for treatment are associated with HIV incidence. However, there are no associations between HIV incidence and history of treatment and mode of discharge from the centre. This implies that current treatment modality has no impact on HIV infection risk and other therapeutic approaches should be explored.