Public HealthHealth PolicyInfectious DiseasesCommunicable Disease ControlDisease PreventionHiv PreventionAntiretroviral TherapyDisease Prevention PolicyHiv EpidemiologySexually Transmitted InfectionsStructural Interventions For Hiv PreventionTropical MedicineAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeHiv InfectiousnessHiv Population DynamicsHiv Transmission DynamicsHiv Transmission ReductionHuman Immunodeficiency Virus ReservoirsHuman Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission
"Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and its causative human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have become a rapidly spreading menace in Asia as elsewhere. This article summarizes the current status of the AIDS epidemic in Thailand, identifies the patterns of HIV transmission through Thai society, describes governmental and private responses to the epidemic, and suggests further countermeasures."