It was conducted no more than two weeks after induction and This survey thus constituted a truly randomised,Ĭross-sectional survey of the 21-year-old men who were inducted into the All 21-year old Thai men enterĪ lottery at the age of 21 for conscription into the Thai army and of these halfĪ million young men, 60,00 to 100,000, in any year, are conscripted, twice a year in May and October. The survey was conducted among over 35,000Īrmy conscripts from all parts of Thailand. You do,” actual male/male sexual behaviour, while still an important riskįactor, was not as strongly associated with being HIV positive as gay identity. Contrary to the oft-quoted saying “it’s not who you are, but what Thai men, presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington recently, has found that by far the largest risk factor for HIV infection is
A large, randomised sample of 21-year-old
