Reinfection by untreated partners of people treated for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Mathematical modelling study

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 254-256

  Low, Nicola ^a   Heijne, Janneke Cornelia Maria ^a,b   Herzog, Sereina Annik ^a,c   Althaus, Christian Lorenz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REINFECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STUDY DESIGN; THERAPY DELAY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEA; PARTNER NOTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899659747     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051279     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Golden MR, Whittington WLH, Handsfield HH, et al. Effect of expedited treatment of sex partners on recurrent or persistent gonorrhea or chlamydial infection. N Engl J Med 2005;352:676-85. (Pubitemid 40239215)
2. Batteiger BE, Tu W, Ofner S, et al. Repeated Chlamydia trachomatis genital infections in adolescent women. J Infect Dis 2010;201:42-51.
3. Althaus CL, Heijne JC, Herzog SA, et al. Individual and population level effects of partner notification for Chlamydia trachomatis. PLoS One 2012;7:e51438.
4. Estcourt C, Sutcliffe L, Cassell J, et al. Can we improve partner notification rates through expedited partner therapy in the UK? Findings from an exploratory trial of Accelerated Partner Therapy (APT). Sex Transm Infect 2012;88:21-6.
5. Quinn TC, Gaydos C, Shepherd M, et al. Epidemiologic and microbiologic correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in sexual partnerships. JAMA 1996;276:1737-42. (Pubitemid 26423966)
6. Lycke E, Löwhagen GB, Hallhagen G, et al. The risk of transmission of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection is less than that of genital Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. Sex Transm Dis 1980;7:6-10. (Pubitemid 10026057)
7. Althaus CL, Heijne JCM, Low N. Towards More Robust Estimates of the Transmissibility of Chlamydia trachomatis. Sex Transm Dis 2012;39:402-4.
8. Johnson AM, Mercer CH, Erens B, et al. Sexual behaviour in Britain: partnerships, practices, and HIV risk behaviours. Lancet 2001;358:1835-42. (Pubitemid 34008648)
9. Hooper RR, Reynolds GH, Jones OG, et al. Cohort study of venereal disease. I: the risk of gonorrhea transmission from infected women to men. Am J Epidemiol 1978;108:136-44. (Pubitemid 9148067)
10. Garnett GP, Mertz KJ, Finelli L, et al. The transmission dynamics of gonorrhoea: modelling the reported behaviour of infected patients from Newark, New Jersey. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1999;354:787-97. (Pubitemid 29365627)
11. Ison CA, Town K, Obi C, et al. Decreased susceptibility to cephalosporins among gonococci: data from the Gonococcal Resistance to Antimicrobials Surveillance Programme (GRASP) in England and Wales, 2007-2011. Lancet Infect Dis 2013;13:762-8.
12. Heijne JCM, Herzog SA, Althaus CL, et al. Insights into the timing of repeated testing after treatment for Chlamydia trachomatis: data and modelling study. Sex Transm Infect 2013;89:57-62.
13. Brook MG, Rusere L, Coppin-Browne L, et al. A prospective study of the effectiveness of electronic patient records in rapid-cycle assessment of treatment and partner notification outcomes for patients with genital chlamydia and gonorrhoea infection. Sex Transm Infect 2011;87:152-5.
14. Lamontagne SD, Baster K, Emmett L, et al. Incidence and reinfection rates of genital chlamydial infection among women aged 16-24 years attending general practice, family planning and genitourinary medicine clinics in England: a prospective cohort study by the Chlamydia Recall Study Advisory Group. Sex Transm Infect 2007;83:292-303. (Pubitemid 47242508)