141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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4033.0
General Topics in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Attendees will obtain an understanding of Malaria disparity in Kenya, intervention strategies to reduce malaria, a syphilis outbreak in Houston and its co-occurance with HIV and finally gonorrhea surveillance efforts in Richmond, VA.
Session Objectives: Identify some of the variables that contribute to malaria disparity List some of the intervention strategies that can reduce malaria prevalence Compare HIV and syphilis co-morbidity in Houston/Harris County in 2011 and 2012 Analyze the spatial distribution of gonorrhea surveillance data in Richmond, Virginia.
Moderator:
Perrianne Lurie, MD, MPH

8:30am
Introductory Remarks
8:38am
Effective reproductive number for measles in the United States (2002-2011)   
Seth Blumberg, M.D Ph.D, Wayne Enanoria, M.P.H., Ph.D., James Lloyd-Smith, Ph.D., Thomas Lietman, M.D. and Travis Porco, PhD
     
8:56am
Association between malaria prevalence and housing structures in the bondo district of Kenya   
Polycarp Kogembo, Ph.D. ; MEd.
     
  
9:14am
Outbreak in the age of syphilis elimination: Houston's 2012 syphilis outbreak and response   
Camden Hallmark, MPH, Divina Oweis, MPH, Marlene McNeese-Ward and Lupita Thornton, BS
     
9:32am
Spatial analysis of gonorrhea surveillance data in Richmond, Virginia   
Meaghan Munn, MPH, Steven A. Cohen, DrPH, MPH and River Pugsley, PhD, MPH
     
9:50am
Concluding Remarks

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Organized by: Epidemiology
Endorsed by: Veterinary Public Health

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