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Volume 30, Number 2—February 2024

Dispatch

Rebound of Gonorrhea after Lifting of COVID-19 Preventive Measures, England

Holly Fountain1Comments to Author , Stephanie J. Migchelsen1, Hannah Charles, Tika Ram, Helen Fifer, Hamish Mohammed, and Katy Sinka
Author affiliation: UK Health Security Agency, London, UK

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Figure 1

Total number of gonorrhea diagnoses and tests and percent test positivity in study of rebound of gonorrhea after lifting of COVID-19 preventive measures in England, January 1, 2019–December 31, 2022. A) Total number of diagnoses and tests. Bars indicate the total number of gonorrhea diagnoses; purple line indicates the total number of gonorrhea tests. B) Percent positivity of gonorrhea tests. Q, quarter. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons.

Figure 1. Total number of gonorrhea diagnoses and tests and percent test positivity in study of rebound of gonorrhea after lifting of COVID-19 preventive measures in England, January 1, 2019–December 31, 2022. A) Total number of diagnoses and tests. Bars indicate the total number of gonorrhea diagnoses; purple line indicates the total number of gonorrhea tests. B) Percent positivity of gonorrhea tests. Q, quarter. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons.

Main Article

1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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