A slow epidemic of LGV in the Netherlands in 2004 and 2005.
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.
van de Laar
M J W
MJ
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Koedijk
F D H
FD
Gotz
H M
HM
de Vries
H J C
HJ
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008219:Lymphogranuloma Venereum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors; D047568:Unsafe Sex