Efficiency of Respondent-Driven Sampling for Identifying Men Who Inject Drugs Living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C over Time in Varanasi, India.

Kaptchuk RP, Ballester MS, McFall AM, Vasudevan CK, Srikrishnan AK, Anand S, Solomon SS

DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2026.2704619
Published: 2026 Jul 28
Container: Substance use & misuse
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@article{allodium:10.1080/10826084.2026.2704619,
  title = {Efficiency of Respondent-Driven Sampling for Identifying Men Who Inject Drugs Living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C over Time in Varanasi, India.},
  author = {Kaptchuk RP and Ballester MS and McFall AM and Vasudevan CK and Srikrishnan AK and Anand S and Solomon SS},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Substance use \& misuse},
  doi = {10.1080/10826084.2026.2704619},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2026.2704619}
}

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TI  - Efficiency of Respondent-Driven Sampling for Identifying Men Who Inject Drugs Living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C over Time in Varanasi, India.
AU  - Kaptchuk RP
AU  - Ballester MS
AU  - McFall AM
AU  - Vasudevan CK
AU  - Srikrishnan AK
AU  - Anand S
AU  - Solomon SS
PY  - 2026
JO  - Substance use & misuse
DO  - 10.1080/10826084.2026.2704619
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RP, K., MS, B., AM, M., CK, V., AK, S., S, A., & SS, S. (2026). Efficiency of Respondent-Driven Sampling for Identifying Men Who Inject Drugs Living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C over Time in Varanasi, India.. Substance use & misuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2026.2704619

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