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

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A slow epidemic of LGV in the Netherlands in 2004 and 2005
M J W van de Laar¹ , F. D.H. Koedijk¹ , H Götz² , H JC de Vries³
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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

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Citation style for this article: van de Laar M J W, Koedijk F. D.H., Götz H, de Vries H JC. A slow epidemic of LGV in the Netherlands in 2004 and 2005. Euro Surveill. 2006;11(9):pii=642. https://doi.org/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.