Publications by authors named "Trang Toan"

HIV prevalence among transgender women (TW) in Ho Chi Minh City is estimated at 18 %. However, no evidence-based programs or surveillance data exist in Vietnam specific to HIV testing uptake. We examined prevalence and correlates of past-year HIV testing among TW (n = 204) recruited in 2015 via snowball sampling.

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Globally, transgender women have higher risk for HIV than the general population and men who have sex with men, but there is little data on this population in Vietnam. In 2015 we conducted a biological and behavioral survey of 205 transgender women in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Factors associated with HIV and syphilis infection were assessed through multivariable logistic regression models.

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Few studies have considered acceptability of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among transgender women in Southeast Asia. We assessed PrEP indications and readiness among a sample of HIV-uninfected transgender women in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Of 168 HIV-uninfected transgender women, 72.

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