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SUBMITTER: Hazel A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4424683 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hazel Ashley A Marino Simeone S Simon Carl C
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20150501 106
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) remains a serious burden in many high-sexual-activity, undertreated populations. Using empirical data from a 2009 study of GC burden among pastoralists in Kaokoveld, Namibia, we expand the standard gonorrhoea transmission model by using locally derived sexual contact data to explore transmission dynamics in a population with high rates of partner exchange and low treatment-seeking behaviour. We use the model to generate ball-park estimates for transmission probabilitie ...[more]