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Publications

This is a chronological listing of all publications, MMWRs, Surveillance Reports, and other reports related to STD Prevention. Listing does not include fact sheets.

 2008

• Making Sense of Your Pap & HPV Test Results (9 July 2008)
• Dear Colleague Letter - announcing Safe in the City (2 July 2008)
• Supplement - Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project Annual Report - 2006
• Availability of Cefixime 400 mg Tablets — United States, April 2008, MMWR April 25, 2008
• Dear Colleague Letter (9 April 2008)
• Dear Colleague Letter - Announcing new National Chlamydia Screening Coordinator (8 April 2008)
• Dear Colleague Letter - STD Awareness Month 2008 (1 April 2008)
• Dear Colleague Letter - key STD activities from 2007 and emerging issues for 2008 (20 February 2008)
• STD Brochures (6 February 2008)
• 2006 Syphilis Surveillance Project Annual Report   (23 January  2008)
• 2006 Chlamydia Prevalence Monitoring Project Annual Report (10 January  2008)
• STD Picture Cards - printable cards illustrating symptoms of STDs. (7 January 2008)
• STD Surveillance Report Slides, 2006 (3 January 2008)

 2007

• 2006 STD Surveillance Report (13 November 2007)
  • Trends in Reportable Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States, 2006  (13 November 2007)
• Consultation to Address STD Disparities in African American Communities
  - June 5-6, 2007 Meeting Report
  (18 October 2007)
• Dear Colleague Letter - on STD Disparities Consultation (23 October 2007)
• Trends in Reportable Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States, 2006 - National Surveillance Data for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis (13 November 2007)
• Common Questions about HPV and Cervical Cancer - for women who have HPV (August 27, 2007)
• Human Papillomavirus: HPV Information for Clinicians - Brochure on transmission, prevention, detection and clinical management of HPV. Also in Spanish (27 August 2007)
• Symptomatic Early Neurosyphilis Among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men --- Four Cities, United States, January 2002--June 2004 - MMWR June 29, 2007
• Dear Colleague Letter - announcing new STD/HIV Interview Record form (29 June 2007)
• Dear Colleague Letter - Syphilis Elimination Funding 2008
  (21 June 2007)
• Male Chlamydia Screening Consultation - Review and guidance
  (25 May 2007)
  • Dear Colleague Letter - from John M. Douglas, Jr., MD., Director, Division of STD Prevention.
• Practical Use of Program Evaluation among STD Programs
  (17 May 2007)

• Updated recommended treatment regimens for gonococcal infections and associated conditions (12 April 2007)

  • Update to CDC's STD Treatment Guidelines, 2006: Fluoroquinolones No Longer Recommended for Treatment of Gonococcal Infections - MMWR April 13, 2007
  • Dear Colleague Letter - from John M. Douglas, Jr., MD., Director, Division of STD Prevention
• Increases in Gonorrhea --- Eight Western States, 2000--2005 - MMWR March 16, 2007
• Dear Colleague Letter - key STD activities from 2006 and emerging issues for 2007
  (7 February 2007)
• Indian Health Surveillance Report, STDs 2004 (24 January 2007)

 2006

• Legal Status of Expedited Partner Therapy (19 December 2006)
  • Dear Colleague Letter announcing the above (20 December 2006)
• 2005 STD Surveillance Report (7 December 2006)
  • 2005 Chlamydia Prevalence Monitoring Project Annual Report (31 January  2007)
  • 2005 Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) Annual Report (7 February  2007)
  • 2005 Syphilis Surveillance Project Annual Report   (23 February  2007)
• Trends in Reportable Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States, 2005 - National Surveillance Data for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis (7 December 2006)
• STD-Prevention Counseling Practices and Human Papillomavirus Opinions Among Clinicians with Adolescent Patients --- United States, 2004 - MMWR October 20, 2006
• Dear Colleague - Methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviors (21 August 2006)
• CDC 2006 Treatment Guidelines (4 August 2006)
  • Announcing the 2006 STD Treatment Guidelines - Dear Colleague Letter (4 August 2006)
• UPDATED: The National Plan to Eliminate Syphilis from the United States, 2006 (8 May 2006)
• Notice to Readers: Discontinuation of Spectinomycin - MMWR April 7, 2006
• Dear Colleague - Key activities from 2005 and emerging issues for 2006 (30 March 2006)
• Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project Annual Report 2004 (27 March 2006)
• Primary and Secondary Syphilis --- United States, 2003--2004 - MMWR March 17, 2006
• Chlamydia Prevalence Monitoring Project Annual Report 2004 (7 March 2006)
• Syphilis Elimination Profiles Updated  (9 February 2006)
  • State & Outlying Area Profiles
  • Local Profiles
• 2004 Syphilis Surveillance Project Annual Report   (8 February  2006)
• Expedited Partner Therapy in the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Review and Guidance (2 February 2006)

 2005

• 2004 STD Surveillance Report (8 November 2005)
• Trends in Reportable Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States, 2004 - National Surveillance Data for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis (8 November 2004)
• Final Report: STD Communications Database, Interviews with Non-Gay Identified Men who have Sex with Men (NGI MSM) - This study collected data on the behaviors, attitudes, and community/culture of African-American and Hispanic/Latino NGI MSM aged 20 - 45 relevant to STDs and their ideas for increasing knowledge of how to prevent these diseases. 131 pages, 1.4 MB    (26 October 2005)
• HPV Common Infection Common Reality Brochure and Poster - research based brochure & poster for download (5 October 2005)
• Notice to Readers: Recommendation Regarding Screening of Refugee Children for Treponemal Infection - MMWR September 23, 2005
• Dear Colleague Letter - the Internet, risk behaviors and potential interventions (13 September 2005)
• Dear Colleague Letter - This letter outlines procedures for securing supplies of King's Bicillin® L-A for the management of infectious syphilis in the United States.(22 August 2005)
• HPV Health Care Provider Materials Testing Report (30 June 2005)
• HPV Provider Survey Results: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices About Genital HPV Infection and Related Conditions (13 June 2005)
• Dear Colleague Letter - Open letter from John M. Douglas, Jr., MD., Director, Division of STD Prevention on expedited partner therapy (11 May 2005)
• HPV Creative Material Testing - Report on focus group testing of HPV messages for the general public. Includes downloadable brochure and poster (29 April 2005)
• Dear Colleague Letter - Open letter from John M. Douglas, Jr., MD., Director, Division of STD Prevention on HPV testing and cervical cancer screening. (21 March 2005)
• Inadvertent Use of Bicillin® C-R to Treat Syphilis Infection Los Angeles, California, 1999--2004 - MMWR (11 March 2005)
• Syphilis Elimination Effort (SEE) Community Mobilization Toolkit  (07 March 2005)
• Dear Colleague Letter - Response to Grassly letter in journal Nature on changes in immunity and syphilis outbreaks (4 February 2005)

 2004

• 2003 Surveillance Reports
• Trends in Reportable Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States, 2003 - National Data on Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis (16 November 2004)
• Lymphogranuloma Venereum Among Men Who Have Sex with Men - Netherlands, 2003-2004 - MMWR   (29 October 2004)
• Chlamydia Screening Among Sexually Active Young Female Enrollees of Health Plans - United States, 1999-2001 - MMWR  (29 October 2004)
• Transmission of P & S Syphilis by Oral Sex - Chicago, Illinois, 1998-2002 - MMWR  (22 October 2004)
• Self-Study STD Modules for Clinicians - seven web-based educational modules, each based on a specific STD topic. Each module is considered to be an individual course, and a student may complete as many modules as he or she chooses. (8 October 2004)
• Ready-To-Use Curriculum for Clinical Educators - contains STD curricular materials (slides, notes, test questions, case studies) which can be downloaded for use in the clinical training program classroom. (18 August 2004)
• Congenital Syphilis - United States, 2002 - MMWR  (13 August 2004)
• Enfermedades de transmisión sexual - STD information in Spanish: fact sheets and links (21 July 2004)
• Trends in Primary and Secondary Syphilis and HIV Infections in Men Who Have Sex with Men San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, 1998--2002 - MMWR  (09 July 2004)
• 2004 National STD Conference Abstracts, Slides and Web Casts (2 June 2004)
• Increases in Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae Among Men Who Have Sex with Men --- United States, 2003, and Revised Recommendations for Gonorrhea Treatment, 2004 - MMWR (30 April 2004)
• Brief Report: Azithromycin Treatment Failures in Syphilis Infections - San Francisco, California, 2002--2003 - MMWR   (12 March 2004)
• Using the Internet for Partner Notification of Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Los Angeles County, California, 2003 - MMWR  (20 February 2004)

 2003

• 2002 Surveillance Reports
• Internet Use and Early Syphilis Infection Among Men Who Have Sex with Men - San Francisco, California, 1999--2003 - MMWR  (19 December 2003)
• Primary and Secondary Syphilis - United States, 2002 - MMWR (21 November 2003)
• STD 101 in a Box - Ready to use presentations on STDs for conferences and workshops (10 November 2003)
• STD Communications Database (3 November 2003)
• Recommendations for Public Health Surveillance of Syphilis in the United States  (20 May 2003)
• Control of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection in the United States - Report of an External Consultants' Meeting.  (9 April 2003)

 2002

• 2001 Surveillance Reports
• Notice to Readers: Discontinuation of Cefixime Tablets - MMWR. (22 November 2002)
• Increases in Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae --- Hawaii and California, 2001 - MMWR. (22 November 2002)
• Primary and Secondary Syphilis - United States, 2000-2001 - MMWR  (1 November 2002)
• Screening Tests to Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections - 2002   (18 October 2002)
• Primary and Secondary Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men --- New York City, 2001 - MMWR (27 September 2002)
• Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students --- United States, 1991--2001 - MMWR (27 September 2002)
• Notice to Readers: Recall of LCx® Neisseria gonorrhoeae Assay and Implications for Laboratory Testing for N. gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis - MMWR. (19 August 2002)
• Reporting of Laboratory-Confirmed Chlamydial Infection and Gonorrhea by Providers Affiliated with Three Large Managed Care Organizations - United States, 1995--1999 - MMWR (29 March 2002)
• Resource Book of the Behavioral Interventions and Research Branch - Projects, research, policy and technical assistance, January 1996 - December 2001  (14 May 2002)
• Nonoxynol-9 Spermicide Contraception Use --- United States, 1999 - MMWR (10 May 2002)
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2002 (10 May 2002)
• 2002 STD Conference Web casts, Abstracts and Slides (April 2002)

 2001

• 2000 Surveillance Reports
• Notice to Readers: Update on Spectinomycin Availability in the United States - MMWR. (3 August 2001)
• Congenital Syphilis --- United States, 2000 - MMWR (13 July 2001)
• Program Operations Guidelines for STD Prevention  (6 July 2001)
• Notice to Readers: Shortage of Spectinomycin - MMWR.(8 June 2001)
• Alternatives to Spectinomycin for the Treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (8 June 2001)
• Evaluation of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Practices for Male Patients With Urethritis at a Large Group Practice Affiliated With a Managed Care Organization - Massachusetts, 1995 - 1997   (8 June 2001)
• Tracking the Hidden Epidemics - Trends 2000  (published in 2000; updated 6 April 2001)
• Primary and Secondary Syphilis --- United States, 1999 - MMWR (23 February 2001)
• Outbreak of Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men --- Southern California, 2000 - MMWR (23 February 2001)

 2000

• 1999 Surveillance Reports
• Tracking the Hidden Epidemics - Trends 2000 - 1999 data (updated 6 April 2001)
• Fluoroquinolone-Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Hawaii, 1999, and Decreased Susceptibility to Azithromycin in N. gonorrhoeae, Missouri, 1999 - MMWR (22 September 2000)
• Gonorrhea - United States 1998 - MMWR (23 June 2000)
• Alcohol Policy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates --- United States, 1981--1995  - MMWR (28 April 2000)
• 2000 STD Conference Abstracts

 1999

• 1998 Surveillance Reports
• Prevention of Genital HPV Infection and Sequelae: Report of an External Consultants Meeting   (December 1999)
• High Prevalence of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection in Women Entering Jails and Juvenile Detention Centers -- Chicago, Birmingham, and San Francisco, 1998 - MMWR (17 September 1999)
• Resurgent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Disease Among Men who have Sex with Men -- King County, Washington, 1997-1999 - MMWR (10 September 1999)
• Inadvertent Use of Bicillin C-R for Treatment of Syphilis -- Maryland, 1998 - MMWR (10 September 1999)
• Congenital Syphilis -- United States, 1998 - MMWR (3 September 1999)
• Syphilis in the South (March 1999)
• Increase in Unsafe Sex and Rectal Gonorrhea - MMWR (29 January 1999)
• 1998 STD Conference Abstracts (27 January 1999)

 1998

• 1997 Surveillance Report
• 1998 Division of STD Prevention Publications - Listed by Branch
• Outbreak of Primary and Secondary Syphilis - Guilford County, North Carolina, 1996-1997 - MMWR (18 December 1998)
• Impact of Closure of STD Clinic... - MMWR (18 December 1998)
• Epidemic of Congential Syphilis - Baltimore, 1996-1997 - MMWR (30 October 1998)
• Trends in Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students -- United States, 1991-1997 - MMWR (18 September 1998)
• Proposed Approaches for Herpes Prevention - report from an External Consultants' Meeting (18 September 1998)
• HIV Prevention Through Early Detection and Treatment of Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- United States Recommendations of the Advisory Committee for HIV and STD Prevention - MMWR (31 July 1998)
• Primary and Secondary Syphilis -- United States, 1997 - MMWR (26 July 1998)
• Syphilis Screening Among Women Arrestees at the Cook County Jail -- Chicago, 1996 - MMWR (5 June 1998)
• Assessment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services in City and County Jails - United States, 1997 - MMWR (5 June 1998)
• 1998 Sexually Transmitted Disease Conference Abstracts 
• 1998 Guidelines for the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (updated 4 April /2000)

 Earlier than 1998

• 1996 Surveillance Report
• 1995 Surveillance Report
• 1994 Surveillance Report
• 1993 Surveillance Report
• What We Have Learned... 1990-1995 - Projects, policy and research activities.
• Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance (2 May 1997)