These peer-reviewed papers from 2008 and 2009 reflect the diverse specialties that each scientist brings to the Center
Tan C, Hsia R, Shou H, Haggerty CL, Neess RB, Gaydos CA, Dean D, Scurlock AM, Wilson DP, Bavoil R. Chlamydia trachomatis-infected patients display variable antibody profiles against the nine-member polymorphic membrane protein family. (in press).
Andrinopoulos K, Kerrigan D, Figueroa P, Reese R, Gaydos CA, Bennett L, Bloomfield B, Jarrett J, Plunkett L, Maru C, Ellen J. Establishment of an HIV/STI testing program and prevalence of HIV/STI among incarcerated men in Jamaica: a call for action in the Caribbean. Internat J STD AIDS 2009; 20 (in press).
Gaydos CA, Barnes M, Aumakhan B, Quinn N, Agreda P, Whittle P, Hogan T. Can E-technology through the Internet be used as a new tool to address the Chlamydia trachomatis epidemic by home sampling and vaginal swabs? Sex Transm Dis (in press).
Gaydos CA. Can we climb out of the "pit" of poorly performing rapid diagnostic tests for chlamydia? Invited Editorial. Sex Transm Infect 2009; 85: 158.
Gaydos CA, Maldeis NE, Hardick A, Hardick J, Quinn TC. Mycoplasma genitalium compared to chlamydia, gonorrhoea and trichomonas as an aetiological agent of urethritis in men attending STD clinics. Sex Transm Infect 2009; 85: 438-440.
Gaydos CA, Maldeis NE, Hardick A, Hardick J, Quinn TC. Mycoplasma genitalium as a contributor to the multiple etiologies of cervicitis in women attending STD clinics. Sex Transm Dis 2009; 36: 598-606.
Masek BJ, Arora N, Quinn N, Aumakhan B, Holden J, Hardick A, Agreda P, Barnes M, Gaydos CA. Performance of three nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae using self-collected vaginal swabs recruited from an Internet-based screening program. J Clin Microbiol 2009; 47: 1663-1667.
Hsieh Y-H, Shih T-Y, Lin H-W, Hsieh T-C, Kuo M-J, Lin C-W, Gaydos CA. High-risk sexual behaviors and genital chlamydial infections in high school students in southern Taiwan. Internat J STD AIDS 2009; 20 (in press).
Suntoke TR, Hardick A, Tobian AAR, Mpoza B, Laeyendecker O, Serwadda D, Opendi P, Gaydos CA, Gray RH, Wawer MJ, Quinn TC, Reynolds SJ. Evaluation of multiplex, real-time PCR for detection of Haemophilus ducreyi, Trepanema pallidum, herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 in the diagnosis of genital ulcer disease in the Rakai District, Uganda. Sex Transm Dis 2009; 85: 97-101.
Mahmutovic-Vranic S, Gravitt PE, Hardick A, Gaydos CA. Detection of human papillomavirus by PCR genotyping and immunostaining in a population of Bosnian women. Folia Medica Facultatis Medicinae Universitatis Saraviensis 2009; 43: 13-18.
Joffe A, Reitmeijer CA, Chung S, Willard N, Chapin JB, Lloyd LV, Waterfield GA, Ellen JE, Gaydos CA. Screening aymptomatic adolescent males for Chlamydia trachomatis in school-based health centers using urine-based nucleic acid amplification tests. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35 suppl: S19-S23.
Gift TL, Gaydos CA, Kent CK, Marrazzo JM, Reitmeijer CA, Schillinger JA, Dunne EF. The program cost and cost-effectiveness of screening men for chlamydia to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease in women. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35 suppl: S66-S75.
Francis SC, Kent CK, Klausner JD, Rauch L, Kohn R, Hardick A, Gaydos CA. Prevalence of rectal Trichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma genitalium in male patients at the San Francisco STD clinic, 2005-2006. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35: 797-800.
Gift TL, Blake DR, Gaydos CA, Marrazzo JM. The cost-effectiveness of screening men for Chlamydia trachomatis: a review of the literature. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35 suppl: S51-S60.
Dunn EF, Chapin JB, Reitmeijer CA, Kent CK, Ellen JM, Gaydos CA, Willard NJ, Lloyd L, Thomas S, Birkjukow N, Chung S, Klausner J, Schillinger JA, Markowitz LE. Rate and predictors of repeat Chlamydia trachomatis infection among men. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35 suppl: S40-S44.
Nevin RL, Shuping EE, Frick KD, Gaydos JC, Gaydos CA. Cost and effectiveness of chlamydia screening among male military recruits: Markov modeling of complications averted through notification of prior female partners. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35: 705-713.
Gaydos CA, Gaydos JC. Chlamydia in the United States military: can we win this war? Editorial. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35: 260-262.
Gaydos CA, Hsieh Y-H, Galbraith JS, Barnes M, Waterfield G, Stanton B. Focus-on-Teens, sexual risk-reduction intervention for high-school adolescents: impact on knowledge, change of risk-behaviors, and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections. Internat J STD AIDS 2008; 19: 704-710.
Gaydos CA, Ferrero DV, Papp J. Laboratory aspects of screening males for Chlamydia trachomatis in the new millenium. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35 suppl: S44-S50.
Wood BJ, Rizzo-Price P, Holden J, Hardick A, Quinn TC, Gaydos CA. The microbicide tenofovir does not inhibit nucleic acid amplification tests for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urine samples. J Clin Micribiol 2008; 46: 763-765.
Blake D, Maldeis N, Barnes MR, Hardick A, Quinn TC, Gaydos CA. Cost-effectiveness of screening strategies for Chlamydia trachomatis using cervical swabs, urine, and self-obtained vaginal swabs in a STD clinic setting. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35: 649-655.
Gaydos CA, Wright C, Wood BJ, Waterfield G, Hobson S, Quinn TC. Chlamydia trachomatis re-infection rates among female adolescents seeking rescreening in school based health centers. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35: 233-237.
Rogers SM, Miller WC, Turner CF, Ellen J, Zenilman J, Rothman R, Villarroel MA, Al-Tayyib A, Leone P, Gaydos CA, Ganapathi L, Hobbs M, Kanouse D. Concordance of Chlamydia trachomatis infections with sexual partnerships. Sex Transm Inf 2008; 84: 23-28.
Miller M, Liao Y, Manchikanti Gomez A, Gaydos CA, D'Mellow D. Factors associated with prevalence and incidence of Trichomonas vaginalis among African American women in New York City who use drugs. J Infect Dis 2008; 197: 503-509.
Hobbs MM, Van der Pol B, Totten P, Gaydos CA, Wald A, Warren T, Winer RL, Cook RL, Deal CD, Rogers ME, Schachter J, Holmes KK, Martin DH. From the NIH: Proceedings of a workshop on the importance of self-obtained vaginal specimens for detection of sexually transmitted infections. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35: 8-13.
Blake DR, Quinn TC, Gaydos CA. Should asymptomatic males be included in chlamydia screening programs? Cost-effectiveness of chlamydia screening among male and female entrants to a national job training program. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35: 91-101.
Gaydos CA. Rapid tests for sexually transmitted diseases. Current Infect Reports 2008; 8: 115-124.
Pribik R, Dragan AI, Zhang Y, Gaydos C, Geddes CD. Metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF): physical characterization of silver-island films and exploring sample geometries. Chem Phys Lett 2009; 478: 70-74.
Chen P-L, Hsieh Y-H, Lee H-C, Ko N-Y, Lee N-Y, Wu C-J, Chang C-M, Lee C-C, Ko W-C. Suboptimal therapy and clinical management for gonorrhea in an area with high-level antimicrobial resistance. Internat J STD AIDS 2009; 20: 225-228.
Hsieh Y-H, Kuo M-J, Hsieh T-C, Lee H-C. Underreporting and underestimation of gonorrhea cases in Taiwan National Gonorrhe Notifiable Disease System in Tainan Region: Evaluation by a pilot physician-based sentinel surveillance on Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. Internat J Inf Dis 2009; April 24 [Epub ahead of print].
Yang S, Ramachandran P, Rothman R, Hsieh Y-H, Hardick A, Won H, Kecojevic A, Jackman J, Gaydos C. Rapid identification of biothreat and other clinically relevant bacterial species using universal PCR coupled with high resolution melting analysis. J Clin Microbiol 2009; May 20 [Epub ahead of print].
Chen P-L, Lee-H-C, Yan J-J, Hsieh Y-H, Lee N-Y, Ko N-Y, Lin C-W, Chang C-M, Wu C-J, Lee C-C, Ko W-C. High prevalence of mutations in QRDR regions and mtr loci in polyclonal Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates at a tertiary hospital in southern Taiwan. J Formosan Med Assoc 2009; (in press).
Hsieh Y-H, Jung JJ, Shahan JB, Moring-Parris D, Lelen GD, Rothman RE. Emergency medicine resident attitudes and perceptions of HIV testing before and after a focused training program and testing implementation. Academic Emerg Med 2009; (in press).
Pattullo L, Griffeth S, Ding L, Mortensen J, Reed J, Hahn J, Huppert JS. Stepwise diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection in adolescent women. J Clin Microbiol 2009; 47: 59-63.
Reed JL, Huppert JS. Predictors of adolescent participation in STI research: brief report. J Adolesc Health 2008; 43: 195-197.
Huppert JS, Mortensen JE, Reed JL, Kahn JA, Rich KD, Hobbs MM. Mycoplasma genitalium detected by transcription-mediated amplification is associated with chlamydia in adolescent women. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35: 250-254.
Schumacher C, Bernstein KT, Oltoff G, Zenilman JM, Ellen J, Rompalo AM. Changes in demographics and risk behaviors of early syphilis depending on epidemic phase. Sex Transm Dis 2008; 35: 190-196.
Paramsothy P, Jamiesoin DJ, Heilig CM, Schuman PC, Klein RS, Shah KV, Rompalo AM, Cu-Uvin S, Duerr A. The effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy use on human papillomavirus clearance and cervical cytology. Am J Ob Gynecol 2009; 113: 26-31.
Ghanem KG, Moore RD, Rompalo AM, Erbelding EJ, Zenilman JM, Gebo KA. Antiretroviral therapy is associated with reduced serologic failure rates for syphilis among HIV-infected patients. Clin Infect Dis 2008; 47: 258-265.
Ghanem KG, Moore RD, Rompalo AM, Erbelding EJ, Zenilman JM, Gebo KA. Neurosyphilis in a clinical cohort of HIV-1-infected patients. AIDS 2008; 22: 1145-1151.
Ghanem KG, Moore RD, Rompalo AM, Erbelding EJ, Zenilman JH, Gebo KA. Lumbar puncture in HIV-infected patients with syphilis and no neurologic symptoms. Clin Infect Dis 2009; 48: 816-821.
Mark H, Nanda FP, Joffe A, Roberts J, Rompalo A, Melendez J, Zenilman J. Serological screening for herpes simplex virus among university students: a pilot study. J Am Coll Health 2008; 29: 1-6.
Rothman RE, Kalish B. Update on emerging infections; news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. False-positive oral fluid rapid HIV test -- New York City, 2005-2008. Ann Emerg Med 2009; 53: 151-154.
Hsieh Y-H, Rothman RE, Newman-Toker DE, Kelen GD. National estimation of rates of HIV serology testing in US emergency departments 1993-2005: baseline prior to the 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations. AIDS 2008; 22: 2127-2134.
