D4 Current Issues in Syphilis Prevention and Control

Thursday, March 11, 2010: 8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Dogwood B (M1) (Omni Hotel)
Moderator:
8:30 AM
D4a
Discordant Syphilis EIA Test Results: Are Newer Tests Better?
Daniel Pohl, BA/BS1, Anna Hotton, MPH2, Beau Gratzer, MPP2, Charlie Rabins, MPH3, Ed Renier, MA3, Rosemary Boker, BS4, Carlos M. Morales, BS4, Irina Tabidze, MD, MPH5, William Wong, MD5, Mark Pineda1, Richie Diesterheft, BA1 and Jaclyn Lennon1, 1HIV/STD Prevention Department, Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago, IL, 2HIV/STD Prevention Department, Howard Brown Health Center/UIC School of Public Health, Chicago, IL, 3STD Section, Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, IL, 4Health Protection/Laboratories, Illinois Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL, 5STI/HIV Prevention and Control Services Section, Division of STI/HIV/AIDS, Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL
8:45 AM
D4b
Follow-up Testing Among MSM Diagnosed with Early Syphilis in Primary Care at a Large Urban LGBT Health Clinic, Chicago, 2002-2008
Anna Hotton, MPH1, Beau Gratzer, MPP1, Daniel Pohl, BA/BS2 and Supriya D. Mehta, PhD, MHS3, 1HIV/STD Prevention Department, Howard Brown/UIC School of Public Health, Chicago, IL, 2HIV/STD Prevention Department, Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago, IL, 3Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UIC School of Public Health, Chicago, IL
9:00 AM
D4c
Follow-up Syphilis Testing Behavior After Diagnosis with Early Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men—San Francisco, 2005–2008
Julia L. Marcus, MPH1, Kenneth A. Katz, MD, MSc, MSCE2, Kyle T. Bernstein, PhD, ScM1, Giuliano Nieri1 and Susan S. Philip, MD, MPH1, 1STD Prevention and Control Services, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA, 2HIV, STD, and Hepatitis Branch, County of San Diego, San Diego, CA
9:15 AM
D4d
Syphilis Outbreak at a Men's State Prison, California, 2007-2008
Jennifer Brodsky, MPH1, Michael Samuel, DrPH1, Rilene Ng, MPH1, Jamie Miller, MPH1, Janet Mohle-Boetani, MD, MPH2 and Gail Bolan, MD1, 1Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Branch, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA, 2Public Health Unit, California Prison Health Care Services, Sacramento, CA
9:30 AM
D4e
Early Latent Syphilis - Barometer of Syphilis Control Program
Akbar Zaidi, PhD, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA
9:45 AM
D4d
From Elimination to Proliferation: Syphilis Elimination in North Carolina An Opportunity Lost
Peter Leone, MD1, Peter Moore, MPH2, Jan Scott, BA2 and evelyn foust, MPH3, 1HIV/STD Prevention and Control Branch, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Chapel Hill, NC, 2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Raleigh, NC, 3North Carolina Department of Health, NCDHS, Raleigh, NC
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