Prevalence and associated risk factors of HIV infections in a representative transgender and non-binary population in Flanders and Brussels (Belgium): Protocol for a community-based, cross-sectional study using time-location sampling

• Niels De Brier ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Niels De Brier, Judith Van Schuylenbergh

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: niels.debrier@cebap.org

  Affiliations Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Belgian Red Cross, Mechelen, Belgium, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0605-2376

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• Judith Van Schuylenbergh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Niels De Brier, Judith Van Schuylenbergh

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center for Sexology and Gender, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• Hans Van Remoortel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Belgian Red Cross, Mechelen, Belgium, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Dorien Van den Bossche,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Steffen Fieuws,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics (I-BioStat), University of Leuven and Hasselt University, Leuven, Belgium

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• Geert Molenberghs,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics (I-BioStat), University of Leuven and Hasselt University, Leuven, Belgium

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• Emmy De Buck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Belgian Red Cross, Mechelen, Belgium, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven Institute for Healthcare Policy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Guy T’Sjoen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Sexology and Gender, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• Veerle Compernolle,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Blood Service, Belgian Red Cross, Mechelen, Belgium, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

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• Tom Platteau,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Joz Motmans

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Sexology and Gender, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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