Open AccessA slow epidemic of LGV in the Netherlands in 2004 and 2005
Author(s) -
M J W van de Laar,
Femke D. H. Koedijk,
H Götz,
Henry J. C. de Vries
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.11.09.00642-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , virology , medicine , demography , geography , sociology
In 2004, an outbreak of LGV was detected in MSM in the Netherlands. By January 2006, 179 confirmed cases of LGV had been reported; 65 (retrospectively) in 2002/2003, 76 in 2004 and 38 in 2005. The evolution of the LGV outbreak appears to have slowed down and only a few cases were found in the first months of 2006.