Table of contents

Symposium

• Determinants of STD epidemics: implications for phase appropriate intervention strategies (1 April, 2002)

  S O Aral
• The geographical and temporal evolution of sexually transmitted disease epidemics (1 April, 2002)

  G P Garnett
• The impact of the phase of an epidemic of sexually transmitted infection on the evolution of the organism (1 April, 2002)

  K M E Turner, G P Garnett
• Diverse realities: sexually transmitted infections and HIV in India (1 April, 2002)

  S Hawkes, K G Santhya
• The profile and context of the epidemics of sexually transmitted infections including HIV in Zimbabwe (1 April, 2002)

  J Decosas, N Padian
• Sex in the city: sexual behaviour, societal change, and STDs in Saigon (1 April, 2002)

  M L Rekart
• The effect of HIV, behavioural change, and STD syndromic management on STD epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa: simulations of Uganda (1 April, 2002)

  E L Korenromp, R Bakker, R Gray, M J Wawer, D Serwadda, J D F Habbema
• The value of mass screening for chlamydia control in high prevalence communities (1 April, 2002)

  S Hodgins, R W Peeling, S Dery, F Bernier, A LaBrecque, J-F Proulx, J Joly, M Alary, D Mabey
• Role of core and bridging groups in the transmission dynamics of HIV and STIs in Cotonou, Benin, West Africa (1 April, 2002)

  C M Lowndes, M Alary, H Meda, C A B Gnintoungbé, L Mukenge-Tshibaka, C Adjovi, A Buvé, L Morison, M Laourou, L Kanhonou, S Anagonou
• The impact of HIV epidemic phases on the effectiveness of core group interventions: insights from mathematical models (1 April, 2002)

  M-C Boily, C Lowndes, M Alary
• STD/HIV intervention and research programme Mwanza Region, NW Tanzania (1 April, 2002)

  J Changalucha, A Gavyole, H Grosskurth, R Hayes, D Mabey
• Sociodemographic context of the AIDS epidemic in a rural area in Tanzania with a focus on people's mobility and marriage (1 April, 2002)

  J T Boerma, M Urassa, S Nnko, J Ng'weshemi, R Isingo, B Zaba, G Mwaluko
• A pilot study of a rapid assessment method to identify places for AIDS prevention in Cape Town, South Africa (1 April, 2002)

  S S Weir, C Morroni, N Coetzee, J Spencer, J T Boerma
• Response of a sexually transmitted infection epidemic to a treatment and prevention programme in Nairobi, Kenya (1 April, 2002)

  S Moses, E N Ngugi, A Costigan, C Kariuki, I Maclean, R C Brunham, F A Plummer
• STI epidemics in the Indian Ocean region: can the phase be assessed? (1 April, 2002)

  A Matteelli, C Pizzocolo, H Abdou Bakar, M Toyb, N Pyndiah, N E Udonwa, A G Gedeon, C Farina, S Caligaris, F Castelli, G Carosi
• Phase specific strategies for the prevention, control, and elimination of sexually transmitted diseases: background country profile, England and Wales (1 April, 2002)

  A M Johnson, K A Fenton, C Mercer
• Phase specific strategies for the prevention, control, and elimination of sexually transmitted infections: case study in Lambeth, Southwark, and Lewisham, London, UK (1 April, 2002)

  N Low
• Geographical variations in the epidemiology of bacterial sexually transmitted infections in Manitoba, Canada (1 April, 2002)

  L J Elliott, J F Blanchard, C M Beaudoin, C G Green, D L Nowicki, P Matusko, S Moses
• Gonorrhoea and chlamydia core groups and sexual networks in Manitoba (1 April, 2002)

  A M Jolly, J L Wylie
• Sexual network structure as an indicator of epidemic phase (1 April, 2002)

  J J Potterat, S Q Muth, R B Rothenberg, H Zimmerman-Rogers, D L Green, J E Taylor, M S Bonney, H A White
• Risk network structure in the early epidemic phase of HIV transmission in Colorado Springs (1 April, 2002)

  J J Potterat, L Phillips-Plummer, S Q Muth, R B Rothenberg, D E Woodhouse, T S Maldonado-Long, H P Zimmerman, J B Muth
• Heterosexual outbreak of infectious syphilis: epidemiological and ethnographic analysis and implications for control (1 April, 2002)

  D M Patrick, M L Rekart, A Jolly, S Mak, M Tyndall, J Maginley, E Wong, T Wong, H Jones, C Montgomery, R C Brunham
• Risky sexual behaviours among injection drugs users with high HIV prevalence: implications for STD control (1 April, 2002)

  M W Tyndall, D Patrick, P Spittal, K Li, M V O'Shaughnessy, M T Schechter
• From community to clients: the professionalisation of HIV prevention among gay men and its implications for intervention selection (1 April, 2002)

  D Wohlfeiler
• Populations, pathogens, and epidemic phases: closing the gap between theory and practice in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (1 April, 2002)

  J F Blanchard
• Canadian STI national goals and phase specific strategies (1 April, 2002)

  T Wong, D Sutherland