Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on ``Network Epidemiology of Syphilis Transmission (NEST)''. The purpose of the NEST study is to address knowledge gaps in the transmission of syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States by exploring the role of sexual and social networks. Specifically, the goal of NEST is to pilot the use of survey instruments to collect complex longitudinal sexual network data among MSM at high risk for syphilis in the United States.