A slow epidemic of LGV in the Netherlands in 2004 and 2005

M J W van de Laar; F D H Koedijk; H M Gotz; H J C de Vries

A slow epidemic of LGV in the Netherlands in 2004 and 2005

Euro Surveill. 2006 Sep;11(9):150-2.

Authors

M J W van de Laar¹, F D H Koedijk, H M Gotz, H J C de Vries

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

PMID: 17075162

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks*
HIV Infections / epidemiology
HIV Infections / transmission
Humans
Lymphogranuloma Venereum / epidemiology*
Lymphogranuloma Venereum / transmission
Male
Netherlands / epidemiology
Time Factors
Unsafe Sex