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| R H KahnSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Potential for community-based screening, treatment, and antibiotic prophylaxis for syphilis preventionR H Kahn
Louisiana Office of Public Health, New Orleans, USA
Sex Transm Dis 27:188-92. 2000..The recent syphilis epidemic in Louisiana occurred predominantly among disadvantaged African Americans who may distrust public health agencies and prevention efforts...
Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae prevalence and coinfection in adolescents entering selected US juvenile detention centers, 1997-2002Richard H Kahn
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:255-9. 2005..Juvenile detention centers offer public health practitioners an opportunity to gain access to large numbers of adolescents at risk for chlamydia and gonorrhea...
Early syphilis in the United States identified in corrections facilities, 1999-2002Richard H Kahn
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Dis 31:360-4. 2004..Corrections facilities offer public health practitioners an opportunity to gain access to large numbers of persons at risk for syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases...
Identifying likely syphilis transmitters: implications for control and evaluationRichard H Kahn
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:630-5. 2006..We sought to determine which control strategies identified particularly high-risk, early-stage syphilis cases considered to have high prevention value...
Community-based screening and treatment for STDs: results from a mobile clinic initiativeRichard H Kahn
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:654-8. 2003..The persistence of syphilis and other bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in many areas of the United States suggests that innovative approaches to controlling these diseases are needed...
Strategies for syphilis prevention: findings from surveys in a high-incidence areaT A Farley
Louisiana Office of Public Health, New Orleans 70160, USA
Sex Transm Dis 27:305-10. 2000..The persistence of syphilis in the United States suggests that a better understanding is needed of the potential for various public health approaches to prevent the spread of the disease...
Screening for syphilis in arrestees: usefulness for community-wide syphilis surveillance and controlRichard H Kahn
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:150-6. 2002..Analysis of booking charges may be useful for determining factors associated with syphilis infection, but not for developing screening criteria...
Evaluation of syphilis reactor grids: optimizing impactJoshua K Schaffzin
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:700-6. 2003....
Misclassification of the stages of syphilis: implications for surveillanceThomas A Peterman
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:144-9. 2005..Classification was excellent for primary and secondary and good for late latent, but half of early latent and unknown duration were misclassified. New surveillance definitions are suggested, comments requested...
Control of syphilis outbreaks in men who have sex with men: the role of screening in nonmedical settingsCarol Ciesielski
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:S37-42. 2005..To quantify the scope and yield of targeted syphilis screening in nonmedical settings in 7 US cities affected by recent syphilis outbreaks among men who have sex with men (MSM)...
The acceptability and behavioral effects of antibiotic prophylaxis for syphilis preventionThomas A Farley
Department of Community Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:844-9. 2003..Use of preexposure antibiotic prophylaxis for syphilis control has been limited by concerns about acceptability and adverse behavioral effects...
Sexually transmitted diseases in incarcerated adolescentsM Riduan Joesoef
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
Curr Opin Infect Dis 19:44-8. 2006..Hepatitis B virus vaccination in juvenile correction facilities is recommended to prevent and control the transmission of this disease...
Persons with early syphilis identified through blood or plasma donation screening in the United StatesCarolyn Gardella
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Infect Dis 185:545-9. 2002..After adjustment for variation in NETSS use, it was estimated that, over the 6 years, approximately 1200 cases of early syphilis were detected nationally through donation screening, and 58% of the case subjects were volunteer donors...
Syphilis outbreaks among men who have sex with men: a public health trend of concernRichard H Kahn
Sex Transm Dis 29:285-7. 2002
