TY - JOUR AU - Marcus, Ulrich AU - Hickson, Ford AU - Weatherburn, Peter AU - Schmidt, Axel J. AU - The EMIS Network PY - 2012 DA - 2012/11/14 TI - Prevalence of HIV among MSM in Europe: comparison of self-reported diagnoses from a large scale internet survey and existing national estimates JO - BMC Public Health SP - 978 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Country level comparisons of HIV prevalence among men having sex with men (MSM) is challenging for a variety of reasons, including differences in the definition and measurement of the denominator group, recruitment strategies and the HIV detection methods. To assess their comparability, self-reported data on HIV diagnoses in a 2010 pan-European MSM internet survey (EMIS) were compared with pre-existing estimates of HIV prevalence in MSM from a variety of European countries. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-978 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-12-978 ID - Marcus2012 ER -