Document 0758
 DOCN  M9440758
 TI    Drugs and AIDS in Southeast-Asia.
 DT    9404
 AU    Poshyachinda V; Institute of Health Research, Chulalongkorn University,
       Bangkok,; Thailand.
 SO    Forensic Sci Int. 1993 Nov;62(1-2):15-28. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94131376
 AB    Opium dependence was indigenous to countries in the Golden Triangle area
       in south-east Asia (SA). Heroin epidemics developed in most SA countries
       in the 1960s and early 1970s and remained a significant problem
       particularly in Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia until now. In contrast,
       the island countries in SA seemed quite free from opiate abuse.
       Intravenous injection (IV) of drugs appeared after the heroin epidemic
       and currently prevails in countries with a significant opiate abuse
       problem. IV of opium was particularly common in the highly urbanized
       cities in Vietnam. Most SA countries started HIV seroscreening in IV
       drug users (IVDU) around the middle of the 1980s. Rapid epidemic spread
       of HIV infection was observed in 1988-89 in Thailand and Myanmar. The
       Highest prevalence of more than 80% was reported from a study of IVDUs
       in Yangon, Myanmar, followed by Thailand at about 40%. Although HIV
       infected IVDUs were identified at the same time in Malaysia and later in
       Singapore and the Philippines, there was no evidence of such a rapid and
       severe epidemic.
 DE    Adult  Asia, Southeastern/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Female  Health Behavior  Human
       HIV Infections/BLOOD/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ETIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       TRANSMISSION  *HIV Seroprevalence/TRENDS  Male  Mass Screening  Narcotic
       Dependence/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &  CONTROL
       *Population Surveillance  Prevalence  Recurrence  Risk Factors
       Seroepidemiologic Methods  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/  PREVENTION & CONTROL  Urban
       Population  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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