Table. Demographic characteristics, co-infections, risk behaviours and laboratory results for confirmed Lymphogranuloma venereum cases, Malta, 2018.
| Case number | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| Genovar | NA | NA | NA | a | L2b | NA | NA | NA | NA | L2b | L2b |
| Party | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,2 | 2,3 | 3 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Symptom onset month | March | March | April | May | April | May | February | March | February | April | May |
| HIV status | neg | neg | neg | pos | neg | neg | pos | neg | neg | pos | neg |
| ART | NA | NA | NA | Not started | NA | NA | Y | NA | NA | Not started | NA |
| PrEP | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | NA | Y | N | N | Y |
| STI co-infection | rectal gonorrhoea | rectal gonorrhoea | No | HIVa | No | No | No | rectal gonorrhoea | No | rectal gonorrhoea, HIVa | No |
| No. sexual partners (past 3 months) | >10 | 3 | 9 | >10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | >10 | 2 | 10 | >10 |
| Risky sexual behaviour (Y/N)b | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
ART: antiretroviral treatment; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; N: no; NA: not applicable; neg: negative; pos: positive; PrEP: pre-exposure prophylaxis; STI: sexually transmitted infection; Y: yes.
aNewly diagnosed with HIV at the time of Lymphogranuloma venereum diagnosis.
bRecent unprotected intercourse with unknown partners, foreigners or with multiple partners.