Comparing snowball sampling and RDS: A methodology and case study

• Dongah Kim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: dongah.kim@austin.utexas.edu

  Affiliation Integrative Biology Department, University of Texas Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-7514

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• Krista J. Gile,

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

  Affiliation Mathematics and Statistics Departments, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Bradley Mathers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Massimo Mirandola,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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• Lorenzo Gios,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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• Igor Toskin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Keith M. Sabin

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland

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