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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/50656, first published .
A Machine Learning Model for Identifying Sexual Health Influencers to Promote the Secondary Distribution of HIV Self-Testing Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Quasi-Experimental Study

A Machine Learning Model for Identifying Sexual Health Influencers to Promote the Secondary Distribution of HIV Self-Testing Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Quasi-Experimental Study

A Machine Learning Model for Identifying Sexual Health Influencers to Promote the Secondary Distribution of HIV Self-Testing Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Quasi-Experimental Study

Authors of this article:

Yuxin Ni1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Ying Lu2 Author Orcid Image ;   Fengshi Jing4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Qianyun Wang2, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Yewei Xie2, 7 Author Orcid Image ;   Xi He8 Author Orcid Image ;   Dan Wu9 Author Orcid Image ;   Rayner Kay Jin Tan2, 10 Author Orcid Image ;   Joseph D Tucker2, 11, 12 Author Orcid Image ;   Xumeng Yan2, 13 Author Orcid Image ;   Jason J Ong11, 14 Author Orcid Image ;   Qingpeng Zhang15, 16 Author Orcid Image ;   Hongbo Jiang17 Author Orcid Image ;   Wencan Dai18 Author Orcid Image ;   Liqun Huang18 Author Orcid Image ;   Wenhua Mei18 Author Orcid Image ;   Yi Zhou18 Author Orcid Image ;   Weiming Tang1, 2 Author Orcid Image
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