HIV Epidemic among Young Thai Men, 1991–2000

Abstract

Characterization of the HIV epidemic in Thailand has benefited from the systematic testing of young men upon entry into the military. These data, which have shown that public health measures can reverse an HIV epidemic, have been reanalyzed with current geographic information systems methods. The resulting maps, thus far, are the best means of visualizing the geography of the dynamic HIV epidemic in Thailand.

Keywords

• human immunodeficiency virus
• epidemiology
• Thailand
• geographic information systems
• dispatch