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Reports summarize HIV/AIDS research from Kyoto University

Published in AIDS Weekly, July 16th, 2007

Scientists discuss in "Prevalence and correlates of sexual behaviors among karen villagers in northern Thailand" new findings in HIV/AIDS. According to recent research from Kyoto, Japan, "A cross-sectional survey was conducted in two mountainous villages of the Karen, a major ethnic minority in Thailand. The participants were 566 villagers aged 15-54 years (371 in Village A, 195 in Village B; response rate=81.9%)."

"Premarital/extramarital sex was experienced by 10-20% of the sexually active respondents and sex with a female sex worker (FSW) by 12.6% of males. Premarital sex was independently associated with being a Christian and occupational experience in town;...

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