Table 5.

Fixed parameters and data sources used in the HIV Condom Model

Parameter	Input	Source
Per-act infectivity of HIV when index partner has no symptom and both partners are negative for other STIs	0.0005	Gray et al., 2001 [24]; Boily et al., 2009 [41]
Per-act infectivity of HIV when index partner has acute infection of HIV and both partners are negative for other STIs	0.0047	Pilcher et al., 2004 [42]; Wawer et al., 2005 [43]
Effect of STI on HIV transmission	5	Satten et al., 1994 [25]; Rottingen et al., 2001 [44]
Protective efficacy of male condoms	90%	Pinkerton et al., 1997 [45]
Protective efficacy of male circumcision	60%	Auvert et al., 2005 [46]; Bailey et al., 2007 [47]; Gray et al., 2007 [48]
Acute period of HIV infection (days)	54	Pilcher et al., 2004 [42]
Duration of HIV and AIDS when left untreated (years)	10 for HIV; 2 for AIDS	Todd et al., 2007 [49]
Disability weight of HIV	0.135 for HIV; 0.505 for AIDS	Mathers et al., 2006 [18]
Age at infection of HIV (years)	26	Assumed based on the fact that most sero-conversions occur within the 25-29 year-old age group (Todd et al., 2007 [49])
Wastage of condoms	10%	Communication with PSI programmers
Life expectancy at birth (years)	83.1	WHO, 2011 [35]