Epidemiological Impact of Expedited Partner Therapy for Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Modeling Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Expedited partner therapy (EPT) is an intervention for patients with gonorrhea or chlamydia, providing index patients with prescriptions or medication to give to their partners. Expedited partner therapy is recommended for heterosexuals but not for men who have sex with men (MSM), partially due to concerns about overtreatment of uninfected partners and missed opportunities for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis.

Methods

We extended our stochastic network-based mathematical model of HIV, gonorrhea, and chlamydia among MSM to include EPT. The EPT implementation was simulated for 10 years. Counterfactual scenarios varied EPT coverage, provision, uptake, and partnership window duration. We estimated sexually transmitted infection (STI) incidence, proportion

SUBMITTER: Weiss KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814266 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature