Table 1

 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Diagnostics Initiative (SDI) sites for laboratory-based evaluations of rapid syphilis diagnostics

Site locationInstitutionPrincipal investigators
*These laboratories undertook both rounds of the evaluation.
Africa
South Africa, DurbanUniversity of NatalAW Sturm
The Gambia, Fajara*MRC LaboratoriesB West, RA Adegbola
Tanzania, Mwanza*National Institute for Medical ResearchJ Changalucha
Asia
China, Nanjing*National Center for STD and Leprosy ControlYP Yin
Sri Lanka, ColomboNational STD/AIDS Control ProgrammeS Mananwatte
Americas
Haiti, Port au Prince*Les Centres GHESKIO (Groupe Haitien d’Etudedu Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes)JW Pape, DW Fitzgerald
USA, Birmingham Alabama*University of AlabamaE Hook III
Europe
Russian Federation, Moscow*Central Institute for Skin and Venereal DiseasesA Kubanova, E Filatova