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Wednesday, May 10, 2006: 3:30 PM-4:45 PM

PS19: Syphilis Elimination

Prevalence of Syphilis Seroreactivity in the United States: Data from the 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Sami L. Gottlieb, Victoria Pope, Maya R. Sternberg, John F. Beltrami, Stuart M. Berman, Lauri Markowitz
Increase of Syphilis and HIV Among the Navajo (Dine') Population
Larry P. Foster
Dine Unity Prevention Education & Intervention
Mae-Gilene Begay, Nathania Tsosie
Addressing Syphilis Elimination and HIV Control Through Funding Community-Based Organizations in Baltimore City
Sheridan Maxwell Johnson, P. Burnett, G. Olthoff, K. Robinson
Effective Outreach Training in Response to a Syphilis Outbreak
P. Burnett, Sheridan Maxwell Johnson
Syphilis Interviewing: Opportunity for Identification of Undiagnosed HIV Infection
Dawne DiOrio Rekas, Laurie L. Anderson, Dawn Broussard, Carol Ciesielski
Early Syphilis Intervention Project: Broward and Miami-Dade Counties
Migling Cuervo
Outbreak of Syphilis on and Bordering an American Indian Reservation
David Wong, JV Iralu, LK Shelby, JE Cheek, C. Almeida, LP Foster, V. Gammino, TA Peterman
Trends in Syphilis, Puerto Rico, 2004
Manuel Rodriguez-Bidot, Zaira Kianes-Perez, Johany Velazquez, Trinidad Garcia, Luis Chiroque
C-POL Syphilis Intervention among the Homeless
Diane M. Grimley, Lucy Annang, Terry Hooks, Inmaculada B. Aban, Edward W. Hook, Samantha Williams, Janet St. Lawrence
Enhanced Outcomes Following Reorganization of Syphilis Surveillance Protocols
Carla Latney, Michelle Crawford, Rafiq Miazad, P. Burnett, Glen Olthoff
Time Series Analysis of Trends in Early Syphilis Morbidity in New York State (NYS)
Alison G. Muse, Louise Anne McNutt, Brian Close, Igor Zurbenko, F. Bruce Coles
Changes in Primary and Secondary (P&S) Syphilis Surveillance after restructuring the Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Division, Puerto Rico, 2004-2005
Julius Alvarez, Evelyn Colón, Ineabelle Alameda, Isa Chinea, Manuel Rodriguez-Bidot, Luis Chiroque
Evaluation of the South Florida Syphilis Social Marketing Campaign
Susan Biersteker, William W. Darrow, Yamile Marrero, J. Brett Miner, Stephannie Thacker, Juan Moreiras, Thor Barraclough, Paola Montes, Jenny Bailey
Syphilis Eliminated…..Not Once, but Twice
Robert D. Johnson
Syphilis in Sin City
Bruce Webster Furness, David B. Johnson, Rick R. Reich, Marlo Tonge

The 2006 National STD Prevention Conference of CDC