title: Slow epidemic of lymphogranuloma venereum L2b strain.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joke
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spaargaren
authors.forename: Julius
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schachter
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moncada
authors.forename: Henry J C
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: Han S A
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Fennema
authors.forename: A Salvador
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: Roel A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.forename: Servaas A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Morré
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial