Respondent driven sampling for HIV biological and behavioral surveillance in Latin America and the Caribbean

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2313-2340

  Montealegre, Jane R ^a,b   Johnston, Lisa G ^c,e   Murrill, Christopher ^d   Monterroso, Edgar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; HIV AIDS; Key populations at risk; Latin America; Respondent driven sampling; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTITUTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; WEST INDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882595971     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0466-4     Document Type: Review

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