Research Article
Exploring Short-Term Responses to Changes in the Control Strategy for Chlamydia trachomatis
Table 1
Baseline parameters with ranges used in sensitivity analysis (where appropriate), descriptions and sources used for estimation.
| Parameter | Value | Range | Description | Source |
| | 0.01425 | [0.01136, 0.01923] | Infection rate across an - link with 8% baseline prevalence | Set for 8% prevalence | |
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| [1.863, 2.277] | Number of partners per individual | [13, 27] | | 0.02857 | [0.0257, 0.0314] | Recovery rate from treatment to susceptible class | [7, 13, 14, 28] | | 0.00857 | N/A | Rate of contact tracing across - link with 30% tracing efficiency | [4, 29] | | | N/A | Screening rate assuming 16% coverage per year | [3, 4] | | 0.00667 | [0.0060, 0.0073] | Rate of developing symptoms naturally | [12] & See text | | 0.00231 | [0.0021, 0.0025] | Rate of natural clearance without developing symptoms | [12] | | 10000 | N/A | Population size | — |
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