Slow epidemic of lymphogranuloma venereum L2b strain.
We traced the Chlamydia trachomatis L2b variant in Amsterdam and San Francisco. All recent lymphogranuloma venereum cases in Amsterdam were caused by the L2b variant. This variant was also present in the 1980s in San Francisco. Thus, the current "outbreak" is most likely a slowly evolving epidemic.
Spaargaren
Joke
J
Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Schachter
Julius
J
Moncada
Jeanne
J
de Vries
Henry J C
HJ
Fennema
Han S A
HS
Peña
A Salvador
AS
Coutinho
Roel A
RA
Morré
Servaas A
SA
D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D008219:Lymphogranuloma Venereum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012495:San Francisco / Q000453:epidemiology; D012703:Serotyping; D013997:Time Factors
D004269:DNA, Bacterial