Table 3.
Case-finding effectiveness and estimated (un)detected infections*
| PN registration | National STI database | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
CF (%) |
Detected Infections (N) |
Estimateddetected infectionsfor all notified partners* (N) |
Maximumundetectedinfectionsfor all non-notified partners* (N) |
CF (%) |
Estimateddetected infectionsfor all notified partners* (N) |
Minimumundetected infectionsfor all non-notified partners* (N) |
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| |
Estimate 1a |
Estimate 2b |
|
Estimate 1a |
Estimate 2b |
Estimate 1a |
Estimate 2b |
|
|
|
| Overall |
36.1 |
36.1 |
26 |
75 |
75 |
133 |
133 |
20.6 |
43 |
75 |
| HIV |
15.3 |
33.3 |
11 |
21 |
46 |
41 |
90 |
4.6 |
6 |
12 |
| GO |
16.7 |
50.0 |
12 |
15 |
45 |
32 |
97 |
14.7 |
13 |
28 |
| SYPH | 4.2 | 10.7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 4.0 | 4 | 5 |
*corrected for 6% who decided not to seek STI testing, and chlamydia and HBV infections excluded; CF: case-finding effectiveness.
a) denominator: all notified partners with an STI test result, irrespective of the STI that they were at risk for/notified for.
b) denominator : notified partners who had a test result for the particular STI that was diagnosed among the index patient.