ArticleSexually transmitted diseases2009
Incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections and risk factors for acquisition among young methamphetamine users in northern Thailand.
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- Improving the health and mental health of people living with HIV/AIDS: 12-month assessment of a behavioral intervention in Thailand.American journal of public health · 2010Trial
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- Impact of methamphetamine on infection and immunity.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2014Review
- Sexually transmitted infection risk behaviors in rural Thai adolescents and young adults: support for sex- and age-specific interventions.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2013Article
- Gender difference in the characteristics of and high-risk behaviours among non-injecting heterosexual methamphetamine users in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.BMC public health · 2013Article
- ROS and Sympathetically Mediated Mitochondria Activation in Brown Adipose Tissue Contribute to Methamphetamine-Induced Hyperthermia.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2013Article
- Recreational drug use in the Asia Pacific region: improvement in our understanding of the problem through the UNODC programmes.Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology · 2012Review
- Lifetime ATS use and increased HIV risk among not-in-treatment opiate injectors in Malaysia.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2012Article
- Amphetamine-type stimulant use and HIV/STI risk behaviour among young female sex workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.The International journal on drug policy · 2011Article
- Developing and evaluating comprehensive HIV infection control strategies: issues and challenges.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2010Review
- Patterns of treatment utilization and methamphetamine use during first 10 years after methamphetamine initiation.Journal of substance abuse treatmentArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSoutheast Asia is experiencing an epidemic of methamphetamine use, a drug associated with risky sexual behaviors, putting a large segment of the population at increased risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV and in need of prevention efforts. Incidence estimates of STIs are rare in Southeast Asia, especially among newer risk groups. STUDY
designWe enrolled methamphetamine users aged 18 to 25 years in a 12-month randomized behavioral intervention trial in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2005. Behavioral questionnaires were administered at visits every 3 months, and biologic specimens were collected at baseline and 12 months to test for common STIs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, HSV-2, and HIV). Poisson regression with robust variance was used to determine risk factors for incident STIs.
resultsOverall, 12.7% of 519 participants acquired at least 1 STI. Chlamydia was the most common (10.6%), followed by HSV-2 (4.0%), gonorrhea (2.9%), and HIV (0.6%). Risk factors for both men and women included self-reported incarceration and having a casual sex partner during follow-up, and having a prevalent STI at baseline. Additionally, among women, having 2 or more heterosexual partners, and among men, having a greater frequency of drunkenness were risk factors for STI acquisition.
conclusionsAlthough HIV incidence is low in this population, incidence of other STIs is high compared with previous studies of young Thai adults. Risk factors for acquisition emphasize the need for new prevention strategies targeted toward current populations at risk.
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