Epidemiological features of HIV/AIDS infection among addicted prisoners in prisons of Thanh Hoa
- Author:
Quang Thanh Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hiv
- MeSH:
HIV;
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;430(9):27-30
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
These tests of 1,115 addicted prisoners in Thanh Hoa prisoners have found that the HIV infection among them was 15.7%. In which, 12.5% of them were Thanh Hoa people and 87.5% came from other provinces: Quang Ninh (28.5%), Hai Phong (19.5%), Lang Son (14.8%), Ha Noi (13.7%), and other (10,8%). Their average ages was 30, most of them were men. They left primary or secondary schools. Most of them were unemployed, 57.1% of them were single.
