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Table 2 Socio-demographic and clinical data of asymptomatic cases starting from 2011 until end of June 2017

From: 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

 

2011 n(%)

2012 n(%)

2013 n(%)

2014 n(%)

2015 n(%)

2016 n(%)

S1 2017 n(%)

TOTAL

Number of asymptomatic LGV cases

0

1

3

0

4

9

6

23

Gender

23/23 known

 Male or Trans female

0

1

3

0

3

9

6

22 (96%)

 Female

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1 (4%)

Transmission of all men

22/22 knowna

 MSM

0

1

3

0

3

9

6

22 (100%)

 HETERO

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 (0%)

Age scale

22/22 knowna

 31–40

0

1

1

0

0

4

3

9 (41%)

 41–50

0

0

2

0

1

4

3

10 (45%)

 51–60

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

3 (14%)

Geographical location in Belgium

22/22 knowna

 Living in Flemish region

0

1

2

0

3

7

5

18 (82%)

 Living in French region

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

3 (14%)

 Living in the capital region

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1 (4%)

Kind of Sample

22/22 knowna

 Anorectal

0

1

3

0

3

8

6

21 (95%)

 Urine

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1 (5%)

HIV Status

22/22 knowna

 Positive

0

1

3

0

2

5

3

14 (64%)

 Negative

0

0

0

0

1

4

3

8 (36%)

Co-infections other than HIV

21/22 knowna

 None

0

0

0

0

2

1

2

5 (24%)

 Only one

0

0

2

0

1

5

2

10 (48%)

 Two or more

0

1

1

0

0

3

1

6 (29%)

 Gonorrhea

0

1

2

0

0

6

1

10 (48%)

 Syphilis

0

1

2

0

0

2

1

6 (29%)

 Chlamydia A-K

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

2 (10%)

 Hepatitis B

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1 (5%)

Mycoplasma genitalium

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

3 (14%)

  1. % removing unknowns – deviations from 100% can be due to rounding
  2. S Six-monthly period
  3. aonly male cases are presented here