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. 2007 Jan;85(1):35–41. doi: 10.2471/BLT.05.026153

Table 1. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence among the surveyed population groups.

Population group HIV prevalence
Lai Chau Kien Giang Dong Thap An Giang
Street-based female sex workers 1.9 (95% CIa 0.1–9.9) (54)b 0.0 (216) 1.5 (95% CI 0.3–4.3) (201) 24.3 (95% CI 20.1–28.8) (400)
Karaoke-based female sex workers 0.0 (49) 1.3 (95% CI 0.5–2.9) (449) 1.4 (95% CI 0.4–3.5) (291) 16.5 (95% CI 12.9–20.8) (363)
Injecting drug users 36.1 (95% CI 31.2–41.4) (359) 23.5 (95% CI 19.4–28.0) (400) 4.0 (95% CI 2.0–7.1) (274) 13.4 (95% CI 10.1–17.4) (358)
Unmarried young men 1.3 (95% CI 0.5–2.7) (480) 0.4 (95% CI 0.1–1.6) (454) 0.0 (481) 0.6 (95% CI 0.1–1.9) (470)
Mobile groupsb 0.0 (478) 0.2 (95% CI 0.0–1.1) (485) 2.5 (95% CI 1.3–4.3) (480) 2.1 (95% CI 1.0–3.8) (480)

a CI = confidence interval.
b Figures in parentheses are the total sample size.
c Mobile groups: Seafarers in Kien Giang, migrant construction workers in Lai Chau, and border traders in An Giang and Dong Thap.