Van de Laar M Jw
Seconded National Expert from the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands.
European Centre for Diseases prevention and Control (ECDC), Sweden.
Euro Surveill. 2006 Sep;11(9):1-2. doi: 10.2807/esm.11.09.00641-en.
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), a systemic sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a variety of the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, occurs rarely in the Western world [1]. However, in January 2004, public health officials in the Netherlands noted an outbreak of cases of LGV proctitis among men who have sex with men (MSM) [2]. Since then, cases have been reported from several European countries, and the United States of America and Canada. In this issue three countries report on the current status of LGV [3-5].
性病性淋巴肉芽肿（LGV）是一种由多种沙眼衣原体菌株引起的全身性性传播疾病（STD），在西方世界很少见[1]。然而，2004年1月，荷兰公共卫生官员注意到男男性行为者（MSM）中爆发了LGV直肠炎病例[2]。从那时起，欧洲几个国家、美国和加拿大都报告了相关病例。在本期中，有三个国家报告了LGV的现状[3 - 5]。
