Cluster of lymphogranuloma venereum cases among men who have sex with men — Michigan, August 2015–April 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 34, 2016, Pages 920-921

  De Voux, Alex ^b   Kent, James B ^c   Macomber, Kathryn ^c   Krzanowski, Karen ^c   Jackson, Dawn ^c   Starr, Tayneata ^c   Johnson, Sandra ^c   Richmond, Deborah ^d   Crane, Lawrence R ^d   Cohn, Jonathan ^d   Finch, Christopher ^d   McFadden, Jevon ^a   Pillay, Allan ^b   Chen, Cheng ^b   Anderson, Laurie ^b   Kersh, Ellen N ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Michigan Department of Health and Human Service   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84985914760     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6534a6     Document Type: Article

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