Estimating the Size of HIV Key Affected Populations in Chongqing, China, Using the Network Scale-Up Method

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Guo, Wei ^a   Bao, Shuilian ^a   Lin, Wen ^b   Wu, Guohui ^c   Zhang, Wei ^c   Hladik, Wolfgang ^d   Abdul Quader, Abu ^d   Bulterys, Marc ^b   Fuller, Serena ^b   Wang, Lu ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Chongqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NETWORK SCALE UP METHOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHINA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84881493408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071796     Document Type: Article

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