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Workplace-Based Investigation of Contacts of a Patient With Highly Infectious Tuberculosis – Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia, 2006

This report describes an investigation to determine the extent of TB transmission, including identifying and screening exposed contacts of a 46 year-old patient diagnosed with TB, and providing treatment. The report describes the multijurisdictional contact investigation, since the patient traveled to three jurisdictions in the course of his work, and summarizes the results.

MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Surveillance for Acute Viral Hepatitis - United States, 2006

This report describes the burden of acute disease attributed to infection with the hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C viruses, and describes acute disease trends in recent years. Cases of acute viral hepatitis are reported weekly by state and territorial health departments to CDC's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. The report includes the methods of collecting data, definitions for acute viral hepatitis, and analyses.

Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2007

This report presents summary data for TB cases reported to the Division of TB Elimination (DTBE), verified, and counted in 2007. These reports of TB cases were submitted by 60 reporting areas (50 states, the District of Columbia, New York City, Puerto Rico, and seven other jurisdictions in the Pacific and Caribbean).

Scale up of HIV-Related Prevention, Diagnosis, Care and Treatment for Infants and Children: A Programming Framework

This monograph provides a programming framework to assist national health managers and implementing partners in resource-constrained settings that have a high burden of HIV. The monograph gives information about scaling up HIV prevention, and the diagnosis, care, and treatment for children exposed to, or infected with, HIV. The framework emphasizes the importance of early HIV diagnosis, cotrimoxazole preventive treatment for children who are exposed to, or who are infected with, HIV, and timely entry to care and treatment.

Chlamydia Screening Among Sexually Active Young Female Enrollees of Health Plans --- United States, 2000--2007

This report presents statistics on screening for chlamydia, a bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) among young females who were participants in health plans in the United States from 2000-2007. To evaluate the rates of chlamydia screening of sexually active young women, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed data reported by commercial and Medicaid health plans to the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) during 2000-2007.

Sexual and Reproductive Health of Persons Aged 10-24 Years - United States, 2002-2007

This report presents data for 2002-2007 on sexual and reproductive health of persons aged 10-24 years in the United States. Data were compiled from the National Vital Statistics System and multiple surveys and surveillance systems that monitor sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The report addresses three primary topics: (1) current levels of risk behavior and health outcomes; (2) disparities by sex, age, race/ethnicity, and geographic residence; and (3) trends over time.