Female partner notification is a promising prevention strategy for controlling sexually transmitted infections in Shanghai: demographic and behavioral data from a Shanghai clinic.

Molly A Trecker Weiming Gu Ann Jolly Cheryl L Waldner Jo-Anne R Dillon

Sex Transm Dis

From the *Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; †School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; ‡Shanghai Skin Disease and Sexually Transmitted Disease Hospital, Shanghai, China; §Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; ¶Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and ║Western College of Veterinary Medicine and **Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Published: December 2014

We identified predictors of partner presentation and condom use among male gonorrhea patients in Shanghai, China. Stable relationships, intercourse in the preceding week, and longer duration of symptoms were associated with partner presentation. Men were more likely to use condoms with their spouse and if they were 35 years or younger.

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