Figure 6. Population level effect of partner notification.

The reduction in the prevalence of C. trachomatis is given after screening the population for 5 years at a rate of 0.1 per year. (A) The prevalence of C. trachomatis for increasing numbers of notified partners, in order of their recency. (B) The prevalence of C. trachomatis for different partner notification periods. There is a 50% probability that each notified partner will be tested and successfully treated. For each strategy, means of 100 simulation runs are shown. Standard errors are small and omitted for better visibility.