Rapid expansion of lymphogranuloma venereum infections with fast diversification and spread of Chlamydia trachomatis L genovariants

L Martínez-García, E Orviz… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Invasive genotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis (L1–L3) are responsible for lymphogranuloma
venereum (LGV), which, in industrialized countries, is prevalent among men who have sex …

Genetic characterisation of lymphogranuloma venereum in Spain: a multicentre study

P Salmerón, J Serra-Pladevall, M Vall-Mayans… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2024 - sti.bmj.com
Introduction Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted infection caused
by Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes L1–L3. A combination of techniques with high …

Clinical and epidemiological characterisation of lymphogranuloma venereum in southwest Spain, 2013–2015

M Parra-Sánchez, S García-Rey, IP Rodríguez… - Sexually transmitted …, 2016 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis
L serovars have emerged in 2003 in Europe among HIV-positive men having sex with men …

Lymphogranuloma venereum genovariants in men having sex with men in Italy

A Marangoni, C Foschi, F Tartari, V Gaspari… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2021 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is an STI caused by Chlamydia trachomatis
serovars L1-L3. In Europe, the current epidemic is caused mainly by L2b genovariant …

ompA Sequencing and Multilocus Sequence Typing of Lymphogranuloma Venereum Cases in Buenos Aires Reveal New Chlamydia trachomatis Genotypes

KA Büttner, AC Entrocassi, ML Gallo Vaulet… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Since the Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) outbreak was first described in Buenos Aires
in 2017, the detected strains presented peculiar characteristics. Our goal was to increase the …

Genotyping Chlamydia trachomatis strains among men who have sex with men from a Northern Spain region: a cohort study

P Mejuto, JA Boga, M Junquera, A Torreblanca… - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To determine the prevalence of anorectal Chlamydia trachomatis serovars in a
group of men who have sex with men (MSM) with high risk sexual behaviour, attendees at a …

Specific high-resolution scheme to improve understanding of the spatio-temporal dispersion of lymphogranuloma venereum epidemic

L Martínez-García, JM González-Alba… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is already endemic in vulnerable
populations in several European countries; however, molecular epidemiology data with …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and epidemiological characterization of a lymphogranuloma venereum outbreak in Madrid, Spain: co-circulation of two variants

M Rodríguez-Domínguez, T Puerta, B Menéndez… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2014 - Elsevier
The lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) outbreak described in the Netherlands in 2003,
increased the interest in the genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis. Although international …

Lymphogranuloma venereum rates increased and Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes changed among men who have sex with men in Sweden 2004–2016

J Isaksson, O Carlsson, Å Airell… - Journal of medical …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
This study aimed to determine the incidence of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) in
Sweden since 2004 and to study in detail a consecutive number of Chlamydia trachomatis …

[PDF][PDF] Implementation of lymphgranuloma venereum identification in Chlamydia trachomatis testing by nucleic acid amplification tests

T Meyer, NH Brockmeyer - Clin Microbiol, 2017 - researchgate.net
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is caused by particular serovars/genotypes of
Chlamydia trachomatis (L1-L3). In contrast to genotypes AK, LGV genotypes are more …