Can HIV service data be used for surveillance purposes?: a case study in Guangzhou, China

• Main Authors: Weibin Cheng (Author), Huifang Xu (Author), Fei Zhong (Author), Stephen Pan (Author), Joseph D. Tucker (Author), Sharon Weir (Author), Jinkou Zhao (Author), Weiming Tang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Timely monitoring HIV epidemic among key populations is a formidable challenge. This study aimed to evaluate the agreement between data collected from an enhanced HIV sentinel surveillance (HSS+) and an HIV service, and to discuss whether testing service data can be used for surv...