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Rare infection may be risk to gay men in US

October 29 2004 at 05:45PM

 

 

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1 & click_id=31 & art_id=qw1098999721381B243

 

 

 

by Paul Simao

 

Atlanta - 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 men recently infected in the Netherlands developed

gastro-intestinal bleeding

 

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.

 

Belgium, France, Sweden and Britain also have reported infections. It

is not known whether America is seeing a similar surge because US doctors

are not required to report the infections to local health departments.

 

" We expect it's a question of time before we see cases appearing

here, " said Dr Stuart Berman, chief of the epidemiology and surveillance

branch in the CDC's division of STD prevention. " This is an early warning. "

 

Although LGV can be cured by a three-week course of antibiotics, US

health officials could be hard pressed to keep a lid on the spread of the

infection because it is uncommon in industrialised nations and easily

misdiagnosed.

 

Efforts to combat the disease also are complicated by the tendency of

some gay and bisexual men to engage in high-risk sexual behaviour.

 

Dutch authorities found that a large number of the men recently

infected with LGV had participated in sex parties and unprotected anal

intercourse in the year before getting sick.

 

Many also were infected with HIV, the virus that causes Aids.

 

Rare infection may be risk to gay men in US

October 29 2004 at 05:45PM

 

 

 

 

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