Fig. 1

Clinical pathway for the testing and treatment of gonorrhoea infections. Gonorrhoea patients can recover spontaneously or seek care for their infection. Depending on the parameter values of δ, λ _A , and ξ _R (Table 2), patients are tested with culture, NAAT, POC−R, or POC+R when they seek care. In the NAAT and POC−R scenarios, “Resistance detected?” (yellow) defaults to “no”. In POC−R and POC+R, “returns for treatment?” (blue) defaults to “yes”. In the culture scenario, the flowchart is followed as shown. Dashed arrows indicate that individuals remain infected. NAAT nucleic acid amplification test, POC point-of-care, POC+R POC test with resistance detection, P O C−R POC test without resistance detection, PN partner notification