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Lymphogranuloma venereum: an emerging anorectal disease in Australia
Author(s) -
Hal Sebastiaan J,
Hillman Richard,
Stark Damien J,
Harkness Jock L,
Marriott Debbie
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01251.x
Subject(s) - lymphogranuloma venereum , medicine , clinical microbiology , general hospital , family medicine , gynecology , chlamydia trachomatis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
LGV was previously con-fined to endemic areas in tropical regions — principally Africa,India and northern South America. However, since 2003, LGV hasemerged as an increasingly important infection worldwide, withoutbreaks occurring in communities of men who have sex withmen (MSM) in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany,Sweden, the United Kingdom and North America.