Using data from ‘visible’ populations to estimate the size and importance of ‘hidden’ populations in an epidemic: A modelling technique

Using data from ‘visible’ populations to estimate the size and importance of ‘hidden’ populations in an epidemic: A modelling technique

We used reported behavioural data from cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women (MSM/TGW) in Bangalore, mainly collected from ‘hot-spot’ locations that attract MSM/TGW, to illustrate a technique to deal with potential issues with the representativeness of this sample.A deterministic...

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Main Authors: Anna M. Foss, Holly J. Prudden, Kate M. Mitchell, Michael Pickles, Reynold Washington, Anna E. Phillips, Michel Alary, Marie-Claude Boily, Stephen Moses, Charlotte H. Watts, Peter T. Vickerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2020-01-01
Series:Infectious Disease Modelling
Subjects:
HIV
Infectious diseases
Mathematical modelling
Men who have sex with men
Transgender women
India
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S246804272030052X

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