Slow Epidemic of Lymphogranuloma Venereum L2b Strain

Slow Epidemic of Lymphogranuloma Venereum L2b Strain

We traced the Chlamydia trachomatis L2b variant in Amsterdam and San Francisco. All recent lymphogranuloma venereum cases in Amsterdam were caused by the L2b variant. This variant was also present in the 1980s in San Francisco. Thus, the current "outbreak" is most likely a slowly evolving...

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Main Authors: Joke Spaargaren, Julius Schachter, Jeanne Moncada, Henry J.C. de Vries, Han S.A. Fennema, A. Salvador Peña, Roel A. Coutinho, Servaas A. Morré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
lymphogranuloma venereum
chlamydia trachomatis
msm
real-time pcr
dispatch
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/11/05-0821_article

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