Anorectal lymphogranuloma venereum: the first two confirmed cases in Portugal

R Castro; T Baptista; A Vale; H Nunes; E Prieto; K Mansinho; F da Luz Martins Pereira

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Anorectal lymphogranuloma venereum: the first two confirmed cases in Portugal
R Castro¹ , T Baptista² , A Vale¹ , H Nunes¹ , E Prieto¹ , K Mansinho² , F da Luz Martins Pereira¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Unidade de Doenças Sexualmente Transmitidas (Sexually Transmitted Diseases Unit), Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon), Lisbon, Portugal ² Serviço de Infecciologia e Medicina Tropical do Hospital de Egas Moniz (Infectiology and Tropical Medicine Department, Egaz Moniz Hospital), Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal

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Citation style for this article: Castro R, Baptista T, Vale A, Nunes H, Prieto E, Mansinho K, da Luz Martins Pereira F. Anorectal lymphogranuloma venereum: the first two confirmed cases in Portugal. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(50):pii=19060. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.50.19060-en Received: 14 Nov 2008

Abstract

We describe two cases of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in men who have sex with men in Portugal in 2008. These first two confirmed cases of LGV L2b proctitis in Portugal highlight the need for an enhanced surveillance programme in Portugal.

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