The first patient with AIDS in Thailand,a homosexual,was deteched in September,1984.Thereafter,many HIV-infected cases were reported successively in that country.From 1988to 1989,HIV infection was discovered in prostitutes and intravenous drug users(IVDU).The infection spread from highrisk population to general population.As of 31 March,1995,a cumulative total of 17884 people with AIDS were reported officially to the Ministry of Health of Thailand.Of them 77.87% acquired the infection via sexual intercourse,7.21% through IvDU,and 6.59% from infected mother to foetus or infant;87.57% fell in the age group of 15-49;the sex ratio of males to females was 6.1:1.The occupations of the infected people were commercial sex,workers merchants,farmers,workers,students,housewives,etc.The rrevalence in North Thailand and Bangkok region was higher than in other regions,and the infection rate in prostitutes reached 30-40%,even 70% in a few places.Owing to particularly brisk sex trade in Thailand,the HIV infection rate in prostitutes increased steadily,and that in patients with sexually stransmitted diseases reached 77.8%.
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