Table. Characteristics of 22 laboratory-confirmed lymphogranuloma venereum cases, Hungary, 2012–2016.
| Characteristics | Sequenced genovariantsa Number of cases |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L2c | L2b | L2 variantb | ||
| 16 | 3 | 2 | 22a | |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| 15–24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25–34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 35–44a | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 45–54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Localisation of the LGV infection | ||||
| Rectum | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Urethraa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Penile ulcer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Inguinal lymph node | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| HIV statusc | ||||
| Positivea | 11 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Negative | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Co-infection | ||||
| Gonorrhoea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Syphilis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reinfection | ||||
| Yes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Noa | 14 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; LGV: lymphogranuloma venereum.
a The genovariant could not be sequenced and identified in one case.
b These variants could not be identified using the previously known reference sequences. Their sequences were identical to a sequence with GenBank accession number JX971936.1 [17] and, according to a recent article [15], the variants were designated L2bV1.
c HIV-status was not available in one case.