Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2016)

Asymptomatic Lymphogranuloma Venereum in Men who Have Sex with Men, United Kingdom

  • Cara Saxon,
  • Gwenda Hughes,
  • Catherine Ison

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2201.141867
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 112 – 116

Abstract

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We investigated prevalence of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) among men who have sex with men who were tested for chlamydia at 12 clinics in the United Kingdom during 10 weeks in 2012. Of 713 men positive for Chlamydia trachomatis, 66 (9%) had LGV serovars; 15 (27%) of 55 for whom data were available were asymptomatic.

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