Lymphogranuloma venereum outbreak in Europe;Ausbruch von lymphogranuloma venereum in Europa

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 935-939

  Stary, Georg ^a,c   Stary, Angelika ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Outpatient Center for the Diagnosis of Infectious Venerodermatological Diseases   (Austria)

^c Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

C. trachomatis L2b; Lymphogranuloma venereum; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 55149098764     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2008.06742.x     Document Type: Review

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