The 12 city HIV Surveillance Survey among MSM in Brazil 2016 using respondent-driven sampling: a description of methods and RDS diagnostics.
Bernard Carl KendallLigia Regina Franco Sansigolo KerrRosa Maria Salani MotaMark Drew Crosland GuimarãesAndrea Fachel LealEdgar Merchan-HamannMaria Inês Costa DouradoMaria Amelia de Sousa Mascena VerasAna Maria de BritoAlexandre Kerr PontesAna Rita Coimbra Motta CastroRaimunda Hermelinda Maia MacenaDaniela Riva KnauthLuana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa LimaLisangela Cristina OliveiraSocorro CavalcanteAna Cláudia CamilloXimena Pamela Claudia Díaz BermúdezRegina Célia MoreiraAdele Schwartz BenzakenGerson Fernandes Mendes PereiraAna Roberta Pati PascomMaria Cristina PimentaLisa Grazina JohnstonPublished in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2019)
The comprehensive BBSS was completed as planned and on budget. The description of methods here is more detailed than usual, due to new diagnostic tools and requirements of the new STROBE-RDS guidelines.