Estimating population size, HIV prevalence and HIV incidence among men who have sex with men: A case example of synthesising multiple empirical data sources and methods in San Francisco

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 383-387

  Raymond, H Fisher ^a,b   Bereknyei, Sylvia ^a   Berglas, Nancy ^a   Hunter, Jennifer ^a   Ojeda, Norah ^a   McFarland, Willi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEROCONVERSION; TRIANGULATION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY (GENERAL); HIV; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROPREVALENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84884181829     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050675     Document Type: Article

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