Underestimation of HIV prevalence in surveys when some people already know their status, and ways to reduce the bias

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-242

  Floyd, Sian ^a   Molesworth, Anna ^a,b   Dube, Albert ^b   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,b   Houben, Rein ^a,b   Chihana, Menard ^b   Price, Alison ^a,b   Kayuni, Ndoliwe ^b   Saul, Jacqueline ^a   French, Neil ^a,b   Glynn, Judith R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

Author keywords

bias; HIV; prevalence; refusal; surveys

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL BIAS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872378200     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835848ab     Document Type: Article

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