Prevalence of HIV Infection in Male STD Patients with Genital Ulcers, Paseechareon STD and AIDS Clinic, Bangkok

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study the association between sexually transmitted disease and the prevalence of HIV infection among male patients attending Paseechareon STD and AIDS Clinic, Bangkok, during the period from 1989 – 1991. Two hundred and fifty-one cases of STD male patients were screened. The HIV prevalence among patients with genital ulcer diseases was found to be 23.75% (19 of 80 cases) whereas the rate among non-ulcerative cases was 7.60 (13 of 171 cases). The prevalence among the two groups were significantly different. This demonstrated that STD service should be a main strategy to prevent the sexual transmission of AIDS in Thailand.