Lymphogranuloma venereum is on the rise in Belgium among HIV negative men who have sex with men: surveillance data from 2011 until the end of June 2017.
De Baetselier IrithAchilleas TsoumanisRuth VerbruggeBénédicte De DekenHilde SmetAbdellati SaïdVicky CuylaertsLudwig ApersTania CrucittiPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)
The rise of LGV in HIV negative MSM has now been documented. If we aim to halt the epidemic in HIV negative MSM, future public health strategies should include LGV testing of all Chlamydia trachomatis positive samples from MSM.