Session: Approaches to Population-based Assessment of Disease Prevalence
4199.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Approaches to Population-based Assessment of Disease Prevalence
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Guang-Xiang Chen, MD
Rachel Albalak, PhD
2:30 PMHepatitis B virus prevalence among drug using women and their risk network members in an inner city community
Maureen Miller, PhD, Ted Fernandez, MS, Alan Neaigus, PhD
2:45 PMTrends in prevalent tuberculosis (TB) infection among drug users (DUs) at a syringe exchange program (SEP) in New York City (NYC): 1995-2000
David C. Perlman, MD, Patricia Friedmann, MS, Leslie Horn, MPH, Ann Nugent, MS, Jeanne Carey, MD, Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD
3:00 PMTrends in primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in the United States, 1993-2000
Todd W. Wilson, MS, CHES, Lilia P. Manangan, RN, MPH, Robert H. Pratt, BS, Marisa Moore, MD, MPH
3:15 PMAssociate contact investigations of tuberculosis, are they effective?
Patrick K. Moonan, MPH, Marco Marruffo, MD, MS, Manuel Bayona, MD, PhD, Behzad Sahbazian, DO, Stephen E. Weis, DO
3:30 PMTargeted screening for tuberculosis combining GIS and genotyping technology
Patrick K. Moonan, MPH, Manuel Bayona, MD, PhD, Teresa N. Quitugua, PhD, Jospeh Oppong, PhD, Gerry Burgess, BSN, Nicole L. Hines, BSN, Behzad Sahbazian, DO, Stephen E. Weis, DO
3:45 PMPrevalence of TB Infection in the US Population, 1999-2000
DE Bennett, MD, MPH, JM Courval, PhD, IM Onorato, MD, T Agerton, PhD, Judy M Daugherty-Gibson, MSN, RN, Geraldine McQuillan, PhD, Brenda Lewis, Kenneth Castro, MD, Kimberly Willis Field, RN, MSN
Organized by:Epidemiology
Endorsed by:Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Statistics
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA