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Workshop:Current controversies in chlamydia screening: what works- and at what cost
Date: Tuesday, July 12 2005
Time: 11:00-12:45
Room: Room E / F


11:05-11:20 TW-302
DIAGNOSIS: THE PROMISE AND THE PITFALLS OF CHLAMYDIA SCREENING WITH NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TESTS
W.C. Miller (Chapel Hill, United States of America)

11:30-11:45 TW-304
EFFECTIVENESS: THE FALL AND RISE OF CHLAMYDIA IN SWEDEN: THE ROLE OF OPPORTUNISTIC SCREENING
B. Hermann (Uppsala, Sweden)

11:55-12:05 TW-306
NATURAL HISTORY: HAVE WE OVERESTIMATED THE INCIDENCE OF CHLAMYDIAL COMPLICATIONS?
N. Low (Bern, Switzerland)

12:15-12:30 TW-308
EVALUATION: STATIC OR DYNAMIC? DOES IT MATTER HOW WE MODEL THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CHLAMYDIA SCREENING?
T. Roberts (Birmingham, United Kingdom)