http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2009/04/14/hiv-surveillance-us-style-dont-try-this-at-home/ Of sex and science. Elizabeth Pisani's blog about HIV and other sundry things. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2009/04/14/hiv-surveillance-us-style-dont-try-this-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2280 Anonymous Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:15:30 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=1546#comment-2280 "Glorified Snowball Sampling"? As in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowballing_(sexual_practice) ?? My goodness, what won't these statisticians get up to next. “Glorified Snowball Sampling”? As in
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowballing_(sexual_practice) ??
My goodness, what won’t these statisticians get up to next.

]]> http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2009/04/14/hiv-surveillance-us-style-dont-try-this-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2274 Doreen Hardy Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:55:15 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=1546#comment-2274 I was equally disheartened to see that they are still only counting vaginal sex, because both men and women engage in anal sex which has long been known to be the riskiest means of sexual transmission. Until anal sex is included in their surveillance, do any of these numbers mean anything? Is there data that teases apart transmission from used needles and anal sex? The CDC is too big to be nimble with data. I can't help wondering where the 334 participants who vanished on upload landed. I was equally disheartened to see that they are still only counting vaginal sex, because both men and women engage in anal sex which has long been known to be the riskiest means of sexual transmission. Until anal sex is included in their surveillance, do any of these numbers mean anything? Is there data that teases apart transmission from used needles and anal sex? The CDC is too big to be nimble with data. I can’t help wondering where the 334 participants who vanished on upload landed.

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