Data Collection
Data Collection Dates
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|
| 2002-11 | 2005-02 | Round 2003/2004 |
| 2006-01 | 2006-02 | Round 2006 |
| 2007-01 | 2007-02 | Round 2007 |
| 2008-01 | 2008-12 | Round 2008 |
| 2009-01 | 2009-12 | Round 2009 |
| 2010-01 | 2010-12 | Round 2010 |
| 2011-01 | 2011-12 | Round 2011 |
| 2012-01 | 2012-12 | Round 2012 |
Time Periods | Start | End | Cycle |
|---|
| 2002-11 | | Data Collection |
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Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
For data collected as part of the HIV sero-survey, teams of two trained fieldworkers visit each eligible individual in his or her household on an annual basis. If a subject is absent, the field workers make up to four repeat visits to the same household. If a subject no longer lives in the household, the field worker hands the case to a specially trained tracking team that attempts to find the individual in his or her new residence which may be as far as Johannesburg or Durban. After written informed consent, field workers collect blood by finger prick and prepare dried blood spots for HIV testing according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Using HIV Testing Technologies in Surveillance. HIV status is determined by antibody testing with a broad-based HIV-1/HIV-2 ELISA (Vironostika HIV-1 Microelisa System Biome´rieux, Durham, NC, USA) followed by a confirmatory ELISA (Wellcozyme HIV 1þ2 GACELISA; Murex Diagnostics Benelux B.V., Breukelen, The Netherlands). HIV test results can be obtained confidentially in a number of counselling centres which have been set up for that purpose in the survey area.
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