An analysis of respondent-driven sampling with injecting drug users in a high HIV prevalent state of India

• Main Authors: Sanjib Kumar Phukan (Author), Gajendra Kumar Medhi (Author), Jagadish Mahanta (Author), Rajatashuvra Adhikary (Author), Gay Thongamba (Author), Ramesh S. Paranjape (Author), Brogen S. Akoijam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Personal networks are significant social spaces to spread of HIV or other blood-borne infections among hard-to-reach population, viz., injecting drug users, female sex workers, etc. Sharing of infected needles or syringes among drug users is one of the major routes of HIV transmi...