Estimated Impact of Screening on Gonorrhea Epidemiology in the United States: Insights From a Mathematical Model

Background The burden of gonorrhea infections in the United States is high. There are marked disparities by race/ethnicity and sexual orientation. We quantified the impact of screening and treatment on gonorrhea rates in the US population aged 15 to 39 years for the period 2000 to 2015 and estimated the impact that alternative screening strategies might have had over the same period. Methods We developed a national-level transmission model that...