Potterat J J, Phillips L, Rothenberg R B, Darrow W W
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1980 Dec 1;138(7 Pt 2):1101-4. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(80)91116-3.
During a 20 month period, 110 women with gonococcal pelvic inflammatory disease an 165 women with uncomplicated gonorrhea were provided intensive case-finding services (interviewing of patients and tracing of contacts). Approximately three contacts per case were investigated, and 24.3% of the 859 male contacts were infected. Nearly two thirds (64.6%) of the infected contacts were asymptomatic. Active public health intervention was frequently necessary to persuade asymptomatic men to seek medical attention; removal of these men from the disease pool may serve to prevent reinfection of treated women and to diminish the transmission of gonorrhea.
