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    Paz-Bailey G, Smith A, Masciotra S, Zhang W, Bingham T, Flynn C, German D, Al-Tayyib A, Magnus M, LaLota M, Rose CE, Owen SM.  Early HIV infections among men who have sex with men in five cities in the United States.  AIDS and Behavior, 2015; 19(12):2304-10.  PubMed PMID: 254680518.

    Sifakis F, Flynn CP, Metsch L, LaLota M, Murrill C, Koblin BA, Bingham T, McFarland W, Raymond H, Behel S, Lansky A, Byers B, MacKellar D, Drake A, Gallagher K.  HIV prevalence, unrecognized infection, and HIV testing among men who have sex with men – five U.S. cities, June 2004-April 2005.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2005; 54(24):597-601.  PubMed PMID: 15973239.
    Wejnert C, Xia M, Doyle K, Paz-Bailey G, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  HIV infection risk, prevention, and testing behaviors among men who have sex with men – National HIV Behavioral Surveillance:  Injection drug use, 20 U.S. cities, 2014.  HIV Surveillance Special Report, 2016; No. 15.  PubMed PMID: 24990587.
    Cooper HL, Linton S, Kelley ME, Ross Z, Wolfe ME, Chen YT, Zlotorzynska M, Hunter-Jones J, Friedman SR, Des Jarlais DC, Templaski B, DiNenno E, Broz D, Wejnert C, Paz-Bailey G, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  Risk environments, race/ethnicity, and HIV status in a large sample of people who inject drugs in the United States.  PLoS One, 2016; 11(3):e0150410.  PubMed PMID: 26974165.
    Cooper HL, Linton S, Kelley ME, Ross Z, Wolfe ME, Chen YT, Zlotorzynska M, Hunter-Jones J, Friedman SR, Des Jarlais D, Semaan S, Tempalski B, DiNenno E, Broz D, Wejnert C, Paz-Bailey G, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  Racialized risk environments in a large sample of people who inject drugs in the United States.  International Journal of Drug Policy, 2016; 27:43-55.  PubMed PMID: 26342272.
    Hess KL, DiNenno E, Sionean C, Ivy W, Paz-Bailey G, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  Prevalence and correlates of heterosexual anal intercourse among men and women, 20 U.S. cities.  AIDS and Behavior, 2016; 20(12):2966-2975.  PubMed PMID: 26781872.
    Paz-Bailey G, Mendoza M, Finlayson T, Wejnert C, Le B, Rose C, Raymond HF, Prejean J, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  Trends in condom use among men who have sex with men in the United States: The role of antiretroviral therapy and sero-adaptive strategies.  AIDS, 2016; 30(12):1985-90.  PubMed PMID: 27149088.
    Wejnert C, Hess KL, Rose CD, Balaji A, Smith JC, Paz-Bailey G, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  Age-specific race and ethnicity disparities in HIV infection and awareness among men who have sex with men – 20 U.S. cities, 2008-2014.  Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016; 213(5):776-83.  PubMed PMID: 26486637.
    Ivy W, Wejnert C, Cooley L, Le B, Rhodes J, Paz-Bailey G, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  HIV infection, risk, prevention, and testing behaviors among persons who inject drugs – National HIV Behavioral Surveillance:  Injection drug use, 20 U.S. cities, 2012.  HIV Surveillance Special Report, 2015; No. 11.  PubMed PMID: 25789742.
    Cooley LA, Wejnert C, Rose CE, Paz-Bailey G, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  Increases in recent HIV testing among men who have sex with men coincide with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s expanded testing initiative.  Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015; 60(3):483-5.  PubMed PMID: 25352589.
    Hess KL, Chavez PR, Kanny D, DiNenno E, Lansky A, Paz-Bailey G, for the NHBS Study Group.  Binge drinking and risky sexual behavior among HIV-negative and unknown HIV status men who have sex with men, 20 U.S. cities.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2015; 147:46-52.  PubMed PMID: 25555622.
    Hoots BE, Finlayson TJ, Wejnert C, Paz-Bailey G, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  Early linkage to HIV care and antiretroviral treatment among men who have sex with men – 20 cities, United States, 2008 and 2011.  PLoS One, 2015; 10(7):e0132962.  PubMed PMID: 26176856.
    Linton SL, Cooper HL, Kelley MD, Karnes CC, Ross Z, Wolfe ME, Des Jarlais D, Semaan S, Tempalski B, DiNenno E, Finlayson T, Sionean C, Wejnert C, Paz-Bailey G, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  HIV infection among people who inject drugs in the United States: Geographically explained variance across racial and ethnic groups.  American Journal of Public Health, 2015; 105(12):2457-65.  PubMed PMID: 26469638.
    Spiller MW, Broz D, Wejnert C, Nerlander L, Paz-Bailey G, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System Study Group.  HIV infection and HIV-associated behaviors among persons who inject drugs – 20 cities, United States, 2012.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2015; 64(10):270-275.  PubMed PMID: 25789742.
    Broz D, Pham P, Spiller M, Wejnert C, Le B, Neaigus  A, Paz-Bailey G, for the NHBS Study Group.  Prevalence of HIV infection and risk behaviors among younger and older injecting drug users in the United States, 2009.  AIDS and Behavior, 2014; 18(3 Supplement):284-96.  PubMed PMID: 24242754.
    Broz D, Wejnert C, Pham HT, DiNenno E, Heffelfinger JD, Cribbin M, Krishna N, Teshale EH, Paz-Bailey G, for the NHBS Study Group.  HIV infection and risk, prevention and testing behaviors among injecting drug users – National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 20 U.S. cities, 2009.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summaries, 2014; 63(SS6):1-51.  PubMed PMID: 24990587.
    Cooley LA, Oster AM, Rose CE, Wejnert C, Le BC, Paz-Bailey G, for the NHBS Study Group.  Increases in HIV testing among men who have sex with men – National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 20 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 2008 and 2011.  PLoS One, 2014; 9(9):e104162.  PubMed PMID: 25180514.
    Ivy W, Miles I, Le B, Paz-Bailey G, for the NHBS Study Group.  Correlates of HIV infection among African American women from 20 cities in the United States.  AIDS and Behavior, 2014; 18(Supplement 3):266-75.  PubMed PMID: 24077972.
    Meites E, Markowitz LE, Paz-Bailey G, Oster AM, for the NHBS Study Group.  HPV vaccine coverage among men who have sex with men – National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, United States, 2011.  Vaccine, 2014; 32(48):6356-9.  PubMed PMID: 25258097.
    Oster AM, Johnson CH, Le BC, Balaji AB, Finlayson TJ, Lansky A, Mermin J, Valleroy L, MacKellar D, Behel S, Paz-Bailey G, for the YMS and NHBS Study Groups.  Trends in HIV prevalence and HIV testing among young MSM: Five United States cities, 1994-2011.  AIDS and Behavior, 2014; 18(Supplement 3):S237-47.  PubMed PMID: 23955658.
    Paz-Bailey G, Pham H, Oster AM, Lansky A, Bingham T, Wiegand RE, DiNenno E, Skarbinski J, Heffelfinger JD, for the NHBS Study Group.  Engagement in HIV care among HIV-positive men who have sex with men from 21 cities in the United States.  AIDS and Behavior, 2014; 18(3 Supplement):348-58.  PubMed PMID: 24026502.
    Sionean C, Le BC, Hageman K, Oster AM, Wejnert C, Hess KL, Paz-Bailey G, for the NHBS Study Group.  HIV risk, prevention, and testing behaviors among heterosexuals at increased risk for HIV infection – National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 21 U.S. cities, 2010.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2014; 63(SS14):1-39.  PubMed PMID: 25522191.
    Balaji AB, Bowles KE, Le BC, Paz-Bailey G, Oster AM, for the NHBS Study Group.  High HIV incidence and prevalence and associated factors among young MSM, 2008.  AIDS, 2013; 27(2):269-78.  PubMed PMID: 23079807.
    Harris N, Johnson C, Sionean C, Ivy W, Singh S, Wei S, Mizuno Y, Lansky A.  (Medical Monitoring Project Study Group and National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group)  Estimated percentages and characteristics of men who have sex with men and use injection drugs – United States, 1999-2011.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2013; 62(37):757-62.  PubMed PMID: 24048151.
    Johnson AS, Beer L, Sionean C, Hu X, Furlow-Parmley C, Le B, Skarbinski J, Hall HI, Dean HD.  (National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group).  HIV infection – United States, 2008 and 2010.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2013; 62(Supplement 3):112-9.  PubMed PMID: 24264482.
    Masciotra S, Smith AJ, Youngpairoj AS, Sprinkle P, Miles I, Sionean C, Paz-Bailey G, Johnson JA, Owen SM, (Five Cities from National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group).  Evaluation of the CDC proposed laboratory HIV testing algorithm among men who have sex with men (MSM) from five U.S. metropolitan statistical areas using specimens collected in 2011.  Journal of Clinical Virology, 2013; 58(Supplement 1):e8-e12.  PubMed PMID: 24342483.
    Miles IJ, Le BC, Wejnert C, Oster A, DiNenno E, Paz-Bailey G, for the NHBS Study Group.  HIV infection among heterosexuals at increased risk – United States, 2010.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2013; 62(10):183-8.  PubMed PMID: 23486383.
     Oster AM, Russell K, Wiegand RE, Valverde E, Forrest DW, Cribbin M, Le BC, Paz-Bailey G, for the NHBS Study Group.  HIV infection and testing among Latino men who have sex with men in the United States: The role of location of birth and other social determinants.  PLoS One, 2013; 8(9):e73779.  PubMed PMID: 24147151.
    Smith BD, Jewett A, Burt RD, Zibbell JE, Yartel AK, DiNenno E.  (National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group)  “To share or not to share?”  Serosorting by hepatitis C status in the sharing of drug injection equipment among NHBS-IDU2 participants.  Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013; 208:1934-42.  PubMed PMID: 24136794.
    Wejnert C, Le B, Rose CE, Oster AM, Smith AJ, Zhu J, Paz-Bailey G, for the NHBS Study Group.  HIV infection and awareness among men who have sex with men, 20 cities, United States, 2008 and 2011.  PLoS One, 2013; 8(10):e76878.  PubMed PMID: 24194848.
    DiNenno EA, Oster AM, Sionean C, Denning P, Lansky A, and the NHBS Study Group.  Piloting a system for HIV behavioral surveillance among heterosexuals at increased risk of HIV in the United States.  Open AIDS Journal, 2012; 6:169-76.  PubMed PMID: 32049666.
    Lansky A, Drake A, Wejnert C, Pham H, Cribbin M, Heckathorn DD, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  Assessing the assumptions of respondent-driven sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among injecting drug users.  Open AIDS Journal, 2012; 6:77-82.  PubMed PMID: 23049656.
    Sanchez T, Smith A, Denson D, DiNenno E, Lansky A, for the Web-Based HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  Internet-based methods may reach higher-risk men who have sex with men not reached through venue-based sampling.  Open AIDS Journal, 2012; 6(Supplement 1:M4):83-9.  PubMed PMID: 23049657.
    Sanchez T, Smith A, Denson D, DiNenno E, Lansky A. (Web-Based HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group)  Developing a web-based HIV behavioral surveillance pilot project among men who have sex with men.  Open AIDS Journal, 2012; 6(Supplement 1:M22):224-31.  PubMed PMID: 23091580.
    Voetsch AC, Lansky A, Drake AJ, MacKellar D, Bingham TA, Oster AM, Sullivan PS. (National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group)  Comparison of demographic and behavioral characteristics of men who have sex with men by enrollment venue type in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System.  Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2012; 39(3):229-35.  PubMed PMID: 22337112.
    Wejnert C, Pham H, Krishna N, Le B, DiNenno E, for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  Estimating design effect and calculating sample size for respondent-driven sampling studies of injection drug users in the United States.  AIDS and Behavior, 2012; 16(4):797-806.  PubMed PMID: 22350828.
    Wejnert C, Pham H, Oster AM, DiNenno EA, Smith A, Krishna N, Lansky A, for the NHBS Study Group.  HIV infection and HIV-associated behaviors among injecting drug users – 20 cities, United States, 2009.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2012; 61(8):133-8.  PubMed PMID: 22377843.
    Finlayson TJ, Le B, Smith A, Bowles K, Cribbin M, Miles I, Oster AM, Martin T, Edwards A, DiNenno E.  HIV risk, prevention, and testing behaviors among men who have sex with men.  National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, 21 U.S. cities, United States, 2008.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summaries, 2011; 60(SS14):1-34.  PubMed PMID: 22031280.
    Denning PH, DiNenno EA, Wiegand RE.  Characteristics associated with HIV infection among heterosexuals in urban areas with high AIDS prevalence – 24 cities, United States, 2006-2007.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2011; 60(31):1045-9.  PubMed PMID: 21832975.
    Oster AM, Miles IW, Le BC, DiNenno EA, Wiegand RE, Heffelfinger JD, Wolitski R.  HIV testing among men who have sex with men – 21 cities, United States, 2008.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2011; 60(21):694-9.  PubMed PMID: 21637183.
    Oster AM, Wiegand RE, Sionean C, Miles IJ, Thomas PE, Melendez-Morales L, Le BC, Millett GA, for the NHBS Study Group.  Understanding disparities in HIV infection between black and white MSM in the United States.  AIDS, 2011; 25(8):1103-12.  PubMed PMID: 21505305.
    Rosenberg ES, Sullivan PS, DiNenno EA, Salazar LF, Sanchez TH. (National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group)  Number of casual male sexual partners and associated factors among men who have sex with men: Results from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System.  BioMed Central Public Health, 2011; 11:189-97.  PubMed PMID: 21439069.
    Smith A, Miles I, Le B, Finlayson T, Oster A, DiNenno E.  Prevalence and awareness of HIV infection among men who have sex with men – 21 cities, United States, 2008.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2010; 59(37):1201-7.  PubMed PMID: 20864920.
    Tai E, Sanchez T, Lansky A, Mahle K, Heffelfinger J, Workowski K.  (National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group)  Self-reported syphilis and gonorrhea testing among men who have sex with men: national HIV behavioural surveillance system, 2003-5.  Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2008; 84(6):478-82.  PubMed PMID: 19028951.
    Lansky A, Drake A, Pham HT for the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group.  HIV-associated behaviors among injecting-drug users – 23 cities, United States, May 2005-February 2006.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2009; 58(13):329-32.  PubMed PMID: 19357632.
    Sanchez T, Finlayson T, Drake A, Behel S, Cribbin M, DiNenno E, Hall T, Kramer S, Lansky A.  Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) risk, prevention, and testing behaviors – United States, National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System: Men who have sex with men, November 2003-April 2005.  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summaries, 2006; 55(SS6):1-16.  PubMed PMID: 16826162.