Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men (MSM): a re-emerging problem, Malta, 2018

From 1 January to 30 June 2018, 11 cases of Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV; all preserved samples (n = 4) genovar L2b) were identified at the Genitourinary Clinic (GUC), Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta. All cases were diagnosed in men who have sex with men (MSM); six participated in three group-sex...

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Autores principales: Donachie, Alastair, Spiteri, Gianfranco, Barbara, Christopher, Melillo, Tanya, Hadad, Ronza, Gauci Farrugia, Alexandra, Unemo, Magnus, Padovese, Valeska
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2018
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6208008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30376912
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.43.1800541
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author Donachie, Alastair
Spiteri, Gianfranco
Barbara, Christopher
Melillo, Tanya
Hadad, Ronza
Gauci Farrugia, Alexandra
Unemo, Magnus
Padovese, Valeska
author_facet Donachie, Alastair
Spiteri, Gianfranco
Barbara, Christopher
Melillo, Tanya
Hadad, Ronza
Gauci Farrugia, Alexandra
Unemo, Magnus
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description From 1 January to 30 June 2018, 11 cases of Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV; all preserved samples (n = 4) genovar L2b) were identified at the Genitourinary Clinic (GUC), Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta. All cases were diagnosed in men who have sex with men (MSM); six participated in three group-sex parties. Here, we describe the outbreak and risk factors associated with LGV diagnoses in MSM in Malta in 2018.
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spelling pubmed-62080082018-11-21 Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men (MSM): a re-emerging problem, Malta, 2018 Donachie, Alastair Spiteri, Gianfranco Barbara, Christopher Melillo, Tanya Hadad, Ronza Gauci Farrugia, Alexandra Unemo, Magnus Padovese, Valeska Euro Surveill Rapid Communication From 1 January to 30 June 2018, 11 cases of Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV; all preserved samples (n = 4) genovar L2b) were identified at the Genitourinary Clinic (GUC), Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta. All cases were diagnosed in men who have sex with men (MSM); six participated in three group-sex parties. Here, we describe the outbreak and risk factors associated with LGV diagnoses in MSM in Malta in 2018. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2018-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6208008/ /pubmed/30376912 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.43.1800541 Text en This article is copyright of The Authors, 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Rapid Communication
Donachie, Alastair
Spiteri, Gianfranco
Barbara, Christopher
Melillo, Tanya
Hadad, Ronza
Gauci Farrugia, Alexandra
Unemo, Magnus
Padovese, Valeska
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men (MSM): a re-emerging problem, Malta, 2018
title Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men (MSM): a re-emerging problem, Malta, 2018
title_full Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men (MSM): a re-emerging problem, Malta, 2018
title_fullStr Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men (MSM): a re-emerging problem, Malta, 2018
title_full_unstemmed Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men (MSM): a re-emerging problem, Malta, 2018
title_short Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men (MSM): a re-emerging problem, Malta, 2018
title_sort lymphogranuloma venereum (lgv) in men who have sex with men (msm): a re-emerging problem, malta, 2018
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6208008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30376912
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.43.1800541
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