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2000 STD Conference:

• Trends 2000
• Media Releases
• Abstracts
• Webcast

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Dec 4-7, 2000

Trends 2000

• Tracking the Hidden Epidemics, Trends in STDs in the United States 2000 - Published in 2000, this document tracks trends through 1999 surveillance data.  (Corrected April 6, 2001)

Media Releases

• CDC Issues Major New Report on STD Epidemics
  • Table: Gonorrhea & Syphilis Rates by City, 1999
• Syphilis Elimination Update: Syphilis Rate Declines among African Americans
• STD Increases among Gay and Bisexual Men Reported at National Conference
• African Americans Disproportionately Affected by STDs
• Most Teens Not Provided STD or Pregnancy Prevention Counseling during Check-ups

Abstracts

• Presenters' Index
• Plenary and Mini-Plenary Sessions Abstracts - Abstracts listed in Index as Plenary or Mini-Plenary
• Oral, Symposium, and Workshop Abstracts - Abstracts listed in Index with prefix A, B, C, or D
• Poster Abstracts - Abstracts listed in Index with prefix P
• Late Breaking Abstracts - not listed in Index

Webcast

• Closing Plenary Session, "Tipping Points for Disease and Social Epidemics: How Do We Recognize Them and What Do They Mean?" -  Speaker: Malcolm Gladwell, Moderator: Helene Gayle MD, MPH, Director, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
  Web cast courtesy of Kaiser Family Foundation