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China
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 

 

 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Recreational Drug Use among Chinese MSM and Transgender Individuals: Results from a National Online Cross-Sectional Study.
Zhao P, Tang S, Wang C, et al

PLoS One
.
2017 Jan 20;12(1):e0170024.
Paper

A cross-sectional study of associations between casual partner, friend discrimination, social support and anxiety symptoms among Chinese transgender women.
Yang X, Wang L, Gu Y, Song W, Hao C, Zhou J, Zhang Q, Zhao Q.
J Affect Disord. 2016 May 28;203:22-29
Abstract

Quality of Life of Transgender Women From China and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Yang X, Zhao L, Wang L,  et al
J Sex Med. 2016 Apr 21
Abstract

Transgender sexual health in China: a cross-sectional online survey in China.
Zhang Y, Best J, Tang W, et al
Sex Transm Infect
. 2016 Apr 6.
Abstract
 

Sexual Behaviors and HIV/Syphilis Testing Among Transgender Individuals in China: Implications for Expanding HIV Testing Services.
Best J, Tang W, Zhang Y,  et al

Sex Transm Dis
. 2015 May;42(5):281-5.

Abstract

India
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Stigma, violence and HIV vulnerability among transgender persons in sex work in Maharashtra, India.
Ganju D, Saggurti N.

Cult Health Sex
.
2017 Jan 30:1-15.
Abstract

Living on the Societal Edge: India's Transgender Realities.
Agoramoorthy G, Hsu MJ.

J Relig Health
. 2014 Dec 24.
Abstract

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Increasing condom use and declining STI prevalence in high-risk MSM and TGs: evaluation of a large-scale prevention program in Tamil Nadu, India.
Subramanian T, Ramakrishnan L, Aridoss S,  et al

BMC Public Health
. 2013 Sep 17;13(1):857
Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
An assessment of a large-scale HIV prevention programme for high-risk men who have sex with men and transgenders in Andhra Pradesh, India: using data from routine programme monitoring and repeated cross-sectional surveys.
Goswami P, Rachakulla HK, Ramakrishnan L, et al

BMJ Open
. 2013 Apr 8;3(4).
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Factors Associated with Sexual Violence against Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgendered Individuals in Karnataka, India.
Shaw SY, Lorway RR, Deering KN, et al
 
PLoS One
. 2012;7(3):e31705.
Paper

Barriers to free antiretroviral treatment access among kothi-identified men who have sex with men and aravanis (transgender women) in Chennai, India.
Chakrapani V, Newman PA, Shunmugam M, Dubrow R.
AIDS Care
. 2011 Dec;23(12):1687-94.
Abstract

Barriers to free antiretroviral treatment access among kothi-identified men who have sex with men
and aravanis (transgender women) in Chennai, India.
Chakrapani V, Newman PA, Shunmugam M, Dubrow R.

AIDS Care
. 2011 Dec;23(12):1687-94.
Abstract

Sexually Transmitted Infections and Risk Behaviors Among Transgender persons (Hijras) of Pune, India.
Sahastrabuddhe S, Gupta A, Stuart E,  et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2011 Sep 20
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Treating transsexuals in India: History, prerequisites for surgery and legal issues.
Gupta R, Murarka A.

Indian J Plast Surg
. 2009 Jul;42(2):226-33.
Paper

Men who have sex with men and transgenders in Mumbai, India: An emerging risk
group for STIs and HIV.
Setia MS, Lindan C, Jerajani HR, et al
Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2006 Nov-Dec;72(6):425-31
Abstract

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Scaling up priority interventions for transgender persons and hijras in India
N. Dhingra, R. Manilal, N. Alka, N. Ernest
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Factors associated with condom use among MSM, transgenders, and hijras: experience from the Pehchan programme in India
S. Shaikh, Y. Singh, A. Aher, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


Not a 'minor' issue: does HIV prevention programming address the vulnerabilities of adolescent MSM and transgenders under 18 years? Findings from the Pehchan midline study in India
K. Biswas N. Mattipalli, A. Biswas
(7Th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention)
Abstract

Understanding barriers faced by transgender and hijra communities in India to accessing gender reassignment services: research from the Global Fund-supported Pehchan program
Y. Singh, V. Chakrapani, A. Aher
7Th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention)
Abstract

POSTER
Are low levels of education among MSM, transgenders and hijras a barrier to building strong community-based organisations (CBOs) to serve as HIV prevention partners?
K. Biswas, A. Biswas, G. Kummarikunta, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Poster     Abstract

POSTER
Community engagement in the development and roll-out of a capacity building model to strengthen community-based organisations (CBOs) for MSM, transgenders and hijras under the Global Fund-supported Pehchān programme in India
H. Khosa, Y. Singh, S. Mehta, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Poster     Abstract

One shoe does not fit all: learning from community mobilization intervention with female sex workers and men who have sex with men/ transgenders in Andhra Pradesh, India
R.M. Mishra, D. Kovvali, P. Parimi
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
(Abstract


Indonesia
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Preparatory behaviours and condom use during receptive and insertive anal sex among male-to-female transgenders
(Waria) in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Prabawanti C, Dijkstra A, Riono P, Hartana Tb G.

J Int AIDS So
c
. 2014 Dec 19;17(1):19343
Abstract

HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Transgenders
in Indonesia.
Prabawanti C, Bollen L, Palupy R,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2010 Sep 1
Abstract

HIV, syphilis infection, and sexual practices among transgenders, male sex workers,
and other men who have sex with men in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Pisani E, Girault P, Gultom M, Sukartini N, et al
 
Sex Transm Infect.
2004 Dec;80(6):536-40.
Abstract

High rates of sexually transmitted diseases among male transvestites in Jakarta,
Indonesia.
Joesoef MR, Gultom M, Irana ID, et al
Int J STD AIDS. 2003 Sep;14(9):609-13.
Abstract
 

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
First look raises concern: prevalence of high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) among female sex workers (FSW), transgender women and men who have sex with men (MSM) in Tanah Papua, Indonesia
N.H. Kawi, J.R. Rachdyatmaka S. Ayawaila, et al
(XX  International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Japan
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Puberty-delaying hormone therapy in adolescents with gender identity disorder
Nakatsuka M.

Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi
. 2013;115(3):316-22.
Abstract

Distinctive Features of Female-to-Male Transsexualism and Prevalence of Gender Identity
Disorder in Japan.
Baba T, Endo T, Ikeda K, Shimizu A,  et al
J Sex Med. 2011 Apr 7.
Abstract

Clinical characteristics of patients with gender identity disorder at a Japanese gender
identity disorder clinic.
Okabe N, Sato T, Matsumoto Y, et al 

Psychiatry Res.
2007 Oct 22;
Abstract
 

The sudden and unexpected death of a female-to-male transsexual patient.
Inoue H, Nishida N, Ikeda N, et al  

J Clin Forensic Med.
2007 Feb 21;
Abstract

Korea
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Gender Reassignment Surgery in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Patients: A Report of Two Cases.
Kim SK, Choi JA, Kim MH, 35 al.
Arch Plast Surg. 2015 Nov;42(6):776-782
Abstract

Birth order and sibling sex ratio in homosexual transsexual South Korean men: Effects of the
male-preference stopping rule.

Zucker KJ, Blanchard R, Kim TS, et al 
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2007 Oct;61(5):529-33.
Abstract


Laos
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Increasing safer sexual behavior among male-to-female transgenders in Laos through
an integrated social marketing approach.

Longfield KK, Panyanouvong X, Chen J, Kays MB.

BMC Public Health
. 2011 Nov 16;11(1):872
Paper

Malaysia
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Factors Associated with Medical Doctors' Intentions to Discriminate Against Transgender Patients in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Vijay A, Earnshaw VA, Tee YC, et al

LGBT Healt
h
. 2017 Dec 11.
Abstract

HIV-related needs for safety among male-to-female transsexuals (mak nyah) in Malaysia.
Koon Teh Y.
SAHARA J. 2008 Dec;5(4):178-85.


 

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Mukhayyam Programme: employment training programmes for Muslim transgender in Malaysia
S.S. Suhaimi, A. Abdullah1 J. Jalil
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Nepal
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
HIV-related sexual risk behaviors among male-to-female transgender people in Nepal.
Bhatta DN.

Int J Infect Dis
. 2014 Mar 1.
Abstract

Pakistan
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Heterogeneity of characteristics, structure, and dynamics of male and hijra sex workers in selected cities of Pakistan.
Thompson LH, Salim M, Baloch CR,
  et al
Sex
Transm Infect
. 2013 Apr 20.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Is social exclusion pushing the Pakistani Hijras (Transgenders) towards commercial sex work? a qualitative study.
Abdullah MA, Basharat Z, Kamal B,
 et al
BMC Int Health Hum Right
s
. 2012 Nov 19;12(1):32
Paper

Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection among transgender men in Rawalpindi (Pakistan).
Akhtar H, Badshah Y, Akhtar S,  et al

Virol J
. 2012 Oct 8;9(1):229
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Condom use during commercial sex among clients of Hijra sex workers in Karachi, Pakistan (cross-sectional study).
Siddiqui AU, Qian HZ, Altaf A, et al
BMJ Open. 2011 Jan 1;1(2):e00015
Paper

Multiple risks among male and transgender sex workers in Pakistan.
Collumbien M, Chow J, Qureshi AA, et al 

J LGBT Health Res
. 2008;4(2-3):71
Abstract

Socio-sexual behaviour of hijras of Lahore.
Rehan N, Chaudhary I, Shah SK.

J Pak Med Assoc
. 2009 Jun;59(6):380-4.
Abstract

Understanding the context of male and transgender sex work using peer ethnography.
Collumbien M, Qureshi AA, Mayhew SH, et al
Sex Transm Infect. 2009 Apr;85 Suppl 2:ii3-7.
Abstract
 

Correlates and prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among Hijras
(male transgenders) in Pakistan.

Khan AA, Rehan N, Qayyum K, Khan A. 
Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Dec;19(12):817-20.

Abstract

Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, and syphilis and associated risk behaviours in male
transvestites (Hijras) in Karachi, Pakistan.
Baqi S, Shah SA, Baig MA, et al.
Int J STD AIDS 1999 May;10(5):300-4
Abstract
 

       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Stigmatization and harassment faced by service providers on fields while distributing condoms to MSM and TG communities in Sindh-Pakistan
K. Rasheed, S. Kazi, B. Rani, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Poverty and social exclusion in Pakistan: studying low income MSM/TG involved in opportunistic sex and their increased risks to get HIV
S.A. Kazi, B. Rani, Q. Iqba, et al

(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


Thailand
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Examining the Sociocultural Context of HIV-related Risk Behaviors Among Kathoey (Male-to-female Transgender Women) Sex Workers in Bangkok, Thailand.
Nemoto T, Cruz T, Iwamoto M,  et al

J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
. 2016 Mar-Apr;27(2):153-65.

Abstract

Cross-sex hormone use, functional health and mental well-being among transgender men (Toms) and Transgender Women (Kathoeys) in Thailand.
Gooren LJ, Sungkaew T, Giltay EJ, Guadamuz TE.

Cult Health Sex
.
2014 Oct 1:1-12
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE

The Development of Sex Reassignment Surgery in Thailand: A Social Perspective.
Chokrungvaranont P, Selvaggi G, Jindarak S,
ScientificWorldJournal. 2014 Mar 19;2014:182981
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Reducing HIV Risk among Transgender Women in Thailand: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of the Sisters Program.
Pawa D, Firestone R, Ratchasi S, et al
PLoS One. 2013 Oct 29;8(10):e77113.
Paper

Exploration of functional health, mental well-being and cross-sex hormone use in a sample of Thai male-to-female transgendered persons (kathoeys).
Gooren LJ, Sungkaew T, Giltay EJ.
Asian J Androl. 2013 Mar;15(2):280-5.
Abstract

Demographic and Behavioral Correlates of HIV Risk among Men and Transgender Women Recruited from Gay Entertainment Venues and Community-based Organizations in Thailand: Implications for HIV Prevention.
Newman PA, Lee SJ, Roungprakhon S, Tepjan S.

Prev Sci
. 2012 Apr 20
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV Incidence, Risk Factors, and Motivation for Biomedical Intervention among Gay, Bisexual Men,
and Transgender Persons in Northern Thailand.
Chariyalertsak S, Kosachunhanan N, Saokhieo P, et al

PLoS One
. 2011;6(9):e24295.
Paper

HIV-related risk behaviors among kathoey (male-to-female transgender) sex workers in Bangkok,
Thailand.
Nemoto T, Iwamoto M, Perngparn U, et al

AIDS Care
. 2011 Jul 25.
Abstract

HIV Prevalence, Risk Behavior, Hormone Use and Surgical History Among Transgender
Persons in Thailand.
Guadamuz TE, Wimonsate W, Varangrat A, et al

AIDS Behav
. 2010 Nov 20
Abstract

Feminine Transformations: Gender Reassignment Surgical Tourism in Thailand.
Aizura AZ.

Med Anthropol
. 2010 Oct;29(4):424-443.
Abstract

Inconsistent condom use among young men who have sex with men,
male sex workers, and transgenders in Thailand.
Chemnasiri T, Netwong T, Visarutratana S, et al
 
AIDS Educ Prev
. 2010 Apr;22(2):100-9
Abstract

Preventive HIV vaccine acceptability and behavioral risk compensation among high-risk men
who have sex with men and transgenders in Thailand.
Newman PA, Roungprakhon S, Tepjan S, Yim S.

Vaccine. 2009 Nov 17.
Abstract


       Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
High prevalence of STI among Thai MSM and Transgender women and its correlation with HIV RNA levels in ano-genital compartments prior to antiretroviral therapy: implication for treatment as prevention program
N. Phanuphak1, T. Pankam, S. Pattanachaiw, et al
l
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

A tale of five provinces: health-seeking behaviours and perceived quality of care among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender (TG) in Thailand
J. Sass, P. Sanchaisuriya, T.T. Ojanen, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Acceptability of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with Truvada among men who have sex with men (MSM) and
male-to-female transgender persons (TG) in northern Thailand

D. Yang C. Chariyalertsak, A. Wongthanee, et  al

(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


Vietnam
           

             Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
HIV risk among drug-using men who have sex with men, men selling sex, and transgender individuals
in Vietnam.

Vu BN, Mulvey KP, Baldwin S, Nguyen ST.

Cult Health Sex
. 2011 Nov 15.
Abstract
 
            Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  The awareness project for transgender women in Hanoi, Vietnam
B. Duy Tung
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract


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