Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021
Dispatch
Rapid Increase in Lymphogranuloma Venereum among HIV-Negative Men Who Have Sex with Men, England, 2019
Mateo Prochazka, Hannah Charles
, Hester Allen, Michelle Cole, Gwenda Hughes, and Katy Sinka
, Hester Allen, Michelle Cole, Gwenda Hughes, and Katy Sinka
Table 1
Characteristics of men who have sex with men who had lymphogranuloma venereum diagnosed, England, 2015–2019*
| Characteristic | No. (%) patients |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Total no. patients |
663 |
620 |
505 |
655 |
1,018 |
| Age group, y | |||||
| 16–24 | 45 (6.8) | 31 (5.0) | 40 (7.9) | 27 (4.1) | 81 (8.0) |
| 25–34 | 250 (37.7) | 234 (37.7) | 166 (32.9) | 243 (37.1) | 377 (37.0) |
| 35–44 | 229 (34.5) | 208 (33.6) | 141 (27.9) | 219 (33.4) | 301 (29.6) |
| 45–54 | 103 (15.5) | 115 (18.6) | 124 (24.6) | 122 (18.6) | 180 (17.7) |
| 55–64 | 26 (3.9) | 24 (3.9) | 25 (5.0) | 32 (4.9) | 68 (6.7) |
| >65 | 4 (0.6) | 5 (0.8) | 5 (1.0) | 11 (1.7) | 7 (0.7) |
| Unknown |
6 (0.9) |
3 (0.5) |
4 (0.8) |
1 (0.2) |
4 (0.4) |
| Residence | |||||
| London | 512 (77.2) | 469 (75.7) | 362 (71.7) | 507 (77.4) | 806 (79.1) |
| Rest of England |
151 (22.8) |
151 (24.4) |
143 (28.3) |
148 (22.6) |
212 (20.8) |
| Race | |||||
| White | 499 (75.3) | 479 (77.3) | 383 (75.8) | 485 (74.0) | 740 (72.7) |
| Non-White | 124 (18.7) | 121 (19.5) | 99 (19.6) | 125 (19.1) | 208 (20.4) |
| Unknown |
40 (6.0) |
20 (3.2) |
23 (4.6) |
45 (6.9) |
70 (6.9) |
| Region of birth | |||||
| United Kingdom | 333 (50.2) | 317 (51.1) | 248 (49.1) | 300 (45.8) | 443 (43.5) |
| Europe | 159 (24.0) | 139 (22.4) | 112 (22.2) | 172 (26.3) | 256 (25.2) |
| Asia | 38 (5.7) | 33 (5.3) | 25 (5.0) | 38 (5.8) | 50 (4.9) |
| Oceania | 10 (1.5) | 13 (2.1) | 7 (1.4) | 18 (2.8) | 28 (2.8) |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 51 (7.7) | 41 (6.6) | 45 (8.9) | 44 (6.7) | 111 (10.9) |
| Northern America | 9 (1.4) | 7 (1.1) | 22 (4.4) | 18 (2.8) | 18 (1.8) |
| Africa | 14 (2.1) | 23 (3.7) | 13 (2.6) | 25 (3.8) | 31 (3.1) |
| Unknown |
49 (7.4) |
47 (7.6) |
33 (6.5) |
40 (6.1) |
81 (8.0) |
| Bacterial STI in previous year | |||||
| Yes | 310 (46.8) | 276 (44.5) | 217 (43.0) | 356 (54.4) | 614 (60.3) |
| No |
353 (53.2) |
344 (55.5) |
288 (57.0) |
299 (45.7) |
404 (39.7) |
| HIV status | |||||
| Living with HIV | 455 (68.6) | 420 (67.7) | 299 (59.2) | 302 (46.1) | 424 (41.7) |
| Negative or unknown status | 208 (31.4) | 200 (32.7) | 206 (40.8) | 353 (53.9) | 594 (58.4) |
*STI, sexually transmitted infection.
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