Table 3.
Data sources for parameterization of a model of HIV transmission dynamics among MSM in Atlanta, GA, and Seattle, WA.
Parameters | Atlanta Data Sources | Seattle Data Sources |
Testing and treatment | InvolveMENt [65,72-74] | Medical Monitoring Project [75,76], HIV Surveillance [62,77] |
Tester type | AMISa [7,69,71], Man Project [68], InvolveMENt [65] | Seattle Pride Survey [63] |
Mean interval between tests among regular testers | PUMAb Survey [70] | Seattle Pride Survey [63] |
Likelihood of seizing the testing opportunity for risk-based, regular, and opportunity-only testers | Internet Ethics and Incentives Study [78], American Men's Internet Survey [7,69,71] | Internet Ethics and Incentives Study [78], Seattle Pride Survey [63] |
Risk-based testing: the likelihood of testing after event and time from event to test | American Men's Internet Survey [7,69,71] | American Men's Internet Survey [7,69,71] |
Sexual behavior (ie, versatility, condom use, disclosure); sexual network attributes | Man Project [68], InvolveMENt [65] | Mobile Study (S. Cassels, Personal Communication, November 2017) |
Prevalence of circumcision | InvolveMENt [65] | National HIV Behavioral Surveillance [66,79,80] |
PrEP coverage | PUMA Survey [70] | Washington HIV Prevention Project |
Expected coital frequency within partnerships | PUMA Survey [70] | Washington HIV Prevention Project |
Racial or ethnic distribution of MSM for weighting parameters estimates | Goodreau et al [30] | King County Population Estimates [81] |
CCR5-Δ32 prevalence | Marmor et al [82] | Zimmerman et al [41] and Marmor et al [82] |
aAMIS: Annual American Men’s Internet Survey of Behaviors of Men who have Sex with Men in the United States.
bPUMA: Prevention Umbrella for MSM in the Americas.