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

M J W van de Laar; F D H Koedijk; H Götz; H Jc de Vries

doi:10.2807/esm.11.09.00642-en

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

Euro Surveill. 2006 Sep;11(9):3-4. doi: 10.2807/esm.11.09.00642-en.

Authors

M J W van de Laar¹, F D H Koedijk¹, H Götz², H Jc de Vries³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
² Municipal Health Service Rotterdam and environments, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, and STI outpatient clinic, Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

PMID: 29208167
DOI: 10.2807/esm.11.09.00642-en

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.

Keywords: human immonodeficiency virus - HIV; lymphogranuloma venereum - LGV; men who have sex with men - MSM; sexually transmitted diseases.