Sexually Transmitted Disease - A New Strain?

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Rare infection may be risk to gay men in US (Paul Simao, October 29 2004, IOL)

 

A rare sexually transmitted disease that is spreading among gay and bisexual men in Europe could be poised to surface in the United States, the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention said on Thursday.

 

The CDC, a federal agency that monitors epidemics and other health threats, urged doctors and clinics across the nation to be prepared to diagnose and treat gay and bisexual men infected with Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV).

 

It issued the advice after receiving reports of recent outbreaks in the Netherlands. The northern European nation has uncovered 92 cases of LGV dating back to 2003. It typically sees fewer than five cases per year.

 

The infection is caused by specific strains of chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease (STD), and usually marked by genital ulcers, swollen lymph glands and flu-like symptoms.

 

However most of the men recently infected in the Netherlands developed gastro-intestinal bleeding, inflammation of the rectum and colon and other problems not often associated with the infection or other sexually transmitted diseases.

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>I found this posted on a weblog and thought it worth checking

>into. Anyone know anything about it?

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