Respondent Driven Sampling: Determinants of Recruitment and a Method to Improve Point Estimation

• Nicky McCreesh ,

  * E-mail: nicky.mccreesh@durham.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

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• Andrew Copas,

  Affiliation Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Janet Seeley,

  Affiliations MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

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• Lisa G. Johnston,

  Affiliation Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Department of International Health & Development, Center for Global Health Equity, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Pam Sonnenberg,

  Affiliation Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Richard J. Hayes,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Simon D. W. Frost,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Richard G. White

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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