No bejel among Surinamese, Antillean and Dutch syphilis diagnosed patients in Amsterdam between 2006-2018 evidenced by multi-locus sequence typing of Treponema pallidum isolates.

Hélène C A ZondagSylvia M BruistenEliška VrbováDavid Šmajs

Published in: PloS one (2020)

No TEN was found in the samples from different ethnicities residing in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, so no misdiagnoses occurred. Bejel has thus not (yet) spread as a sexually transmitted disease in the Netherlands. The strain diversity found in this study reflects the local male STI clinic population which is a diverse, mixed group.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
men who have sex with men
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
primary care
prognostic factors
genetic diversity