Lymphogranuloma venereum in Europe, 2003-2008

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 14, Issue 48, 2009, Pages

  Savage, E J ^a   Van De Laar, M J ^b   Gallay, A ^c   Van Der Sande, M ^d   Hamouda, O ^e   Sasse, A ^f   Hoffmann, S ^g   Diez, M ^h   Borrego, M J ⁱ   Lowndes, C M ^a   Ison, C ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^g STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^h INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DENMARK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRANCE; GERMANY; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIXED INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85048833246     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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