Figure 1. Analytic Framework: Screening for Gonorrhea in Asymptomatic Men and Women Including Adolescents (Text Description)

Figure 1 diagrams the analytic framework for screening for gonorrhea in asymptomatic men and women, including adolescents. To the left of the diagram is "asymptomatic, sexually active men and women including adolescents." The diagram starts at "screening." Arrow 1 proceeds directly from screening to "reduced complications of gonococcal infection" and "reduced transmission of disease" at the far right of the diagram. Arrow 2 starts at "screening" and branches to "harms" in one direction and to "gonococcal infection" in the other. Past "gonococcal infection" at "treatment," arrow 2 branches again, to "harms" in one direction and to "reduced gonococcal infection" in the other. The latter branch is a dotted line, indicating that an evidence link is well-established and will not be evaluated. From "reduced gonococcal infection," arrow 2 branches still again (remaining a dotted line) with one branch ending at "reduced complications of gonococcal infection" (pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, infertility, chronic pelvic pain for women; epididymitis, prostatitis, urethritis for men; and disseminated gonococcal infection (e.g., tenosynovitis, arthritis, endocarditis, meningitis), and the other branch ending at "reduced transmission of disease."

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