Congenital syphilis: trends in mortality and morbidity in the United States, 1999 through 2013.

Background: Congenital syphilis (CS) results when an infected pregnant mother transmits syphilis to her unborn child prior to or at delivery. The severity of infection can range from a delivery at term without signs of infection to stillbirth or death after delivery.

Objective: We sought to describe CS morbidity and mortality during 1999 through 2013.

Normalizing HIV testing in a busy urban sexually transmitted infections clinic.

Background: Increased awareness of HIV serostatus is a cornerstone of HIV prevention efforts. Thus, routine HIV testing in clinical settings has been identified as a priority. We report on our experience with making rapid HIV testing a routine procedure in a large STI clinic.

Traditional sexually transmitted disease prevention and control strategies: tailoring for African American communities.

African Americans carry the largest disease burden for bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States. These infections can have a devastating impact on sexual and reproductive health if they are not diagnosed and treated. Traditionally, public health efforts to prevent and control bacterial STDs have been through surveillance, clinical services, partner management, and behavioral intervention strategies.