TABLE 3.
Characteristics of traceable partners as reported by gonorrhea patients at the time of diagnosis
| Characteristic | Value or type for cluster:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A3 | B4 | B7 | B9 | C3 | F5 | F6 | G1 | H2 | M2 | O2 | |
| Cluster type | MSM | MSM | Mixed | MSM | HS | MSM | MSM | HS | MSM | MSM | HS |
| No. (%) of partnersa | |||||||||||
| All | 41 | 44 | 48 | 67 | 29 | 76 | 42 | 51 | 49 | 34 | 56 |
| Steady partners | 9 (22) | 21 (48) | 22 (46) | 18 (27) | 7 (24) | 24 (32) | 10 (24) | 21 (41) | 14 (29) | 8 (24) | 20 (36) |
| Age category | |||||||||||
| 15-24 yr | 12 (29) | 5 (11) | 18 (37) | 9 (13) | 12 (41) | 16 (21) | 6 (14) | 32 (63) | 4 (8) | 1 (3) | 34 (61) |
| 25-34 yr | 20 (49) | 17 (39) | 19 (40) | 32 (48) | 10 (34) | 43 (57) | 23 (55) | 13 (25) | 23 (47) | 21 (62) | 11 (20) |
| >35 yr | 9 (22) | 21 (48) | 11 (23) | 26 (39) | 5 (17) | 16 (21) | 13 (31) | 6 (12) | 21 (43) | 12 (35) | 8 (14) |
| Missing valuesc | 1 (2) | 2 (7) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 3 (5) | ||||||
| Ethnic background | |||||||||||
| Dutch | 26 (63) | 32 (73) | 26 (54) | 43 (64) | 11 (38) | 52 (68) | 21 (50) | 18 (35) | 32 (65) | 20 (59) | 28 (50) |
| Surinamese/Antillean | 0 | 2 (4) | 8 (17) | 3 (5) | 5 (17) | 1 (1) | 2 (5) | 25 (49) | 1 (2) | 3 (9) | 21 (38) |
| Otherb | 15 (37) | 10 (23) | 14 (29) | 21 (31) | 13 (45) | 23 (30) | 19 (45) | 8 (16) | 16 (33) | 11 (32) | 7 (12) |
| HIV serostatus | |||||||||||
| Known HIV seronegative | 7 (17) | 11 (25) | 22 (46) | 15 (22) | 4 (14) | 25 (33) | 19 (45) | 6 (12) | 10 (20) | 9 (26) | 6 (11) |
| Known HIV seropositive | 6 (15) | 3 (7) | 4 (8) | 3 (5) | 2 (7) | 7 (9) | 3 (7) | 1 (2) | 6 (12) | 3 (9) | 0 (0) |
| HIV serostatus unknown | 28 (68) | 30 (68) | 22 (46) | 49 (73) | 23 (79) | 44 (58) | 20 (48) | 44 (86) | 33 (67) | 22 (65) | 50 (89) |
| Use of Internet | 13 (32) | 3 (7) | 9 (19) | 10 (15) | 2 (7) | 11 (15) | 7 (17) | 3 (6) | 16 (33) | 7 (21) | 0 (0) |
| Sex abroad | 1 (2) | 2 (5) | 0 (0) | 7 (10) | 4 (14) | 4 (5) | 10 (24) | 0 (0) | 7 (14) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) |
a
Number of partners reported by gonorrhea patients, per questionnaire, completed at each diagnosis; also see footnotes of Table 2 for definitions.
b
Western and Eastern European, North American, Asian, Turkish, North African, African, and South American.
c
Age data not available.