Current practices of partner notification among MSM with HIV, gonorrhoea and syphilis in the Netherlands: an urgent need for improvement

Table 3 Case-finding effectiveness and estimated (un)detected infections*

	PN registration							National STI database
	CF (%)		Detected Infections (N)	Estimated detected infections for all notified partners* (N)		Maximum *undetected infections* for all non-notified partners* (N)		CF (%)	Estimated *detected infections* for all notified partners* (N)	Minimum *undetected infections* for all non-notified partners* (N)
	Estimate 1^a	Estimate 2^b		Estimate 1^a	Estimate 2^b	Estimate 1^a	Estimate 2^b
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.

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