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Published on: October 23, 2013
Did L Strains Responsible for Lymphogranuloma Venereum Proctitis Spread Among People With Genital Chlamydia
Arabella Touati1, Chantal Vernay-Vaisse, Michel Janier
1From the *University of Bordeaux and †INRA, USC EA3671 Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, and National Reference Center for Chlamydia, Bordeaux; ‡STI Center CDAG-CIDDIST CG13, Marseille; §AP-HP, University Hospital Saint Louis, Paris; ¶STI Center CDAG-CIDDIST CG33, Bordeaux; ∥STI Center CDAG CIDDIST CG 75; and **AP-HP, Département de Bactériologie, Groupe Hospitalier des Hôpitaux Universitaires de l'Est Parisien, Paris, France.
Abstract:
We retrospectively analyzed 1802 nonrectal Chlamydia trachomatis-positive specimens to determine if the L strains responsible for rectal Lymphogranuloma venereum in men who have sex with men could spread to the heterosexual population. No evidence for Lymphogranuloma venereum transmission among heterosexuals in France was observed in 2013. L2b strains seem to be restricted to the men who have sex with men population.
