CROI 2017 Program and Information

Program and Agenda

Symposium S-3 STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN STI CONTROL Room 6 C 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Target audience: This session is directed to clinicians and scientists who are interested in understanding the prevention and management of sexually transmitted infections, and their relationship to HIV. Level of knowledge: It is assumed that the participants are familiar with basic HIV and STI epidemiology. Objectives: At the completion of the session, participants will be able to: • Describe the role of the vaginal microbiome in susceptibility of HIV acquisition • Discuss strategies for prevention of sexually transmitted infections • Identify the promise of point of care tests for sexually transmitted infections Conveners Deborah Money , Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Arlene Sena , Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 54 VAGINALMICROBIOME AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HIV R. Scott McClelland , Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA 4:00

55 ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS FOR STIs: PROMISES OR PERILS Jean-Michel Molina , Univ of Paris Diderot, Paris, France 4:30

56 SYPHILIS IN THE ERA OF TREATMENT AS

PREVENTION AND PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS Matthew R. Golden , Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

5:00

57 SCALE-UP OF POINT-OF-CARE TESTS FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIONS Rebecca J. Guy , Kirby Inst, Univ of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Oral Sessions • Tuesday 5:30

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