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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Research Article

Diverse contexts and social factors among young cisgender men and transgender women who sell or trade sex in Bangkok and Pattaya, Thailand: formative research for a PrEP program implementation study

Jasmine M. Truonga Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;b Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Tareerat Chemnasiric Division of HIV Prevention, Thailand Ministry of Public Health-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, ThailandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9718-5280View further author information
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Andrea L. Wirtzb Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-1534View further author information
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Sandra Hsu Hnin Monb Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5421-9401View further author information
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Anchalee Varangratc Division of HIV Prevention, Thailand Ministry of Public Health-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, ThailandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-5144View further author information
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Michele Deckerb Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;d Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7085-7080View further author information
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Surang Janyame Service Workers in Group Foundation (SWING), Bangkok and Pattaya, ThailandView further author information
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Danai Linjongratf Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand (RSAT), Bangkok, ThailandView further author information
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Pachara Sirivongrangsong Department of Disease Control, Thailand Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, ThailandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8275-1005View further author information
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Andrew C. Hickeyc Division of HIV Prevention, Thailand Ministry of Public Health-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand;h Division of HIV Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8087-9569View further author information
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Brian W. Weirb Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;i Department of Health, Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1634-218XView further author information
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Chris Beyrerb Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0665-9124View further author information
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Pages 1443-1451 | Received 07 Jun 2021, Accepted 13 Apr 2022, Published online: 26 Apr 2022

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