Table 1 Parameters for sensitivity analysis of the sexual transmitted infection

R ₀

Basic reproduction number

3.65 [33]

c

Rate of sexual contact among people with steady (or single) partner only

Back-calculated from R₀

w

Relative frequency of sexual contact among people with casual (or multiple) partners

4.0 (Assumed)

π

Coverage of condom use

0.49 (Estimated in systematic review)

q

Relative coverage of condom use among people with multiple partners

1.32 (Estimated in systematic review)

p

Proportion of people with multiple partners

0.30 (Assumed)

θ

Assortativity coefficient (i.e., proportion of contacts that are spent for within group mixing)

0.20 (Assumed)