Open AccessAn ongoing outbreak of lymphogranuloma venereum in the Netherlands, 2006-2007
Author(s) -
Femke D. H. Koedijk,
I M de Boer,
Henry J. C. de Vries,
Harold F. J. Thiesbrummel,
Marianne A B van der Sande
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.12.16.03177-en
Subject(s) - lymphogranuloma venereum , men who have sex with men , outbreak , medicine , male homosexuality , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , public health , demography , gynecology , chlamydia trachomatis , syphilis , pathology , sociology
As reported previously, lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) has emerged as a significant public health problem in the Netherlands since an outbreak among mainly HIV-positive men having sex with men (MSM) in Rotterdam in 2004 [1,2]. As of March 2007, 232 confirmed cases of LGV had been reported in the Netherlands.