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Table 1 Timeline in the Sialon II study by sampling method and city

From: Bio-behavioural HIV and STI surveillance among men who have sex with men in Europe: the Sialon II protocols

Sampling method

City and Country

Starting month

Ending month

Time-Location Sampling (TLS)

Brussels, Belgium

April 2013

July 2013

Sofia, Bulgaria

July 2013

September 2013

Hamburg, Germany

April 2013

August 2013

Warsaw, Poland

May 2013

September 2013

Lisbon, Portugal

April 2013

August 2013

Ljubljana, Slovenia

May 2013

October 2013

Barcelona, Spain

May 2013

June 2013

Stockholm, Sweden

May 2013

August 2013

Brighton, UK

April 2013

June 2013

Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS)

Verona, Italy

June 2013

June 2014

Vilnius, Lithuania

June 2013

August 2014

Bratislava, Slovakia

June 2013

August 2014

Bucharest, Romania

February 2014

November 2014