Response to "On the risk of using raw regional data on new HIV infections in France" by Tassi et al

Affiliations

¹ Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
² Viroscience Department, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Hôpital Saint-Louis, University of Paris Cité, Paris, France.
⁴ EPI-PHARE, French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) and French National Health Insurance (CNAM), Saint-Denis, France.
⁵ Sigma Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Comment

Haoyi Wang et al. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024 Jan.

. 2024 Jan;27(1):e26207.

doi: 10.1002/jia2.26207.

¹ Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
² Viroscience Department, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Hôpital Saint-Louis, University of Paris Cité, Paris, France.
⁴ EPI-PHARE, French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) and French National Health Insurance (CNAM), Saint-Denis, France.
⁵ Sigma Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

On the risk of using raw regional data on new HIV infections in France.
Tassi MF, Stéfic K, Faussat C, Aumond C, Roux CL, Gras G, Grammatico-Guillon L. Tassi MF, et al. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024 Jan;27(1):e26205. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26205. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024. PMID: 38194425 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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