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[[Image:Chlamydia.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|There are three different sub-types of the [[bacteria]] Chlamydia trachomatis that cause lymphogranuloma venereum]]'''Lymphogranuloma venereum''' is a [[sexually transmitted disease]] that mainly infects the [[lymphatic system|lymphatics]].<ref>http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic304.htm</ref> There are three different sub-types of the [[bacteria]] Chlamydia trachomatis that cause lymphogranuloma venereum. <ref>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000634.htm</ref> Lymphogranuloma venereum is more common in [[Central America]] and [[South America]] than in [[North America]] and there are a few thousand cases of lymphogranuloma venereum each year in the [[United States]].<ref>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000634.htm</ref> The main risk factor is having multiple sexual partners.<ref>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000634.htm</ref> Lymphogranuloma venereum is one of the maladies associated with [[Gay bowel syndrome|gay bowel syndrome]].<ref>http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000634.htm</ref>

== Outbreaks of Lymphogranuloma Venereum and Homosexuality ==

The abstract of the 2014 medical journal article ''Clinical predictors of rectal lymphogranuloma venereum infection: results from a multicentre case-control study in the U.K.'' which was published in the medical journal ''Sexually Transmitted Infections'' declares: "Since 2003, over 2000 cases of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) have been diagnosed in the U.K. in men who have sex with men (MSM). Most cases present with proctitis, but there are limited data on how to differentiate clinically between LGV and other pathology."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24687130 ''Clinical predictors of rectal lymphogranuloma venereum infection: results from a multicentre case-control study in the U.K.''], Pallawela SN1, Sullivan AK1, Macdonald N2, French P3, White J4, Dean G5, Smith A6, Winter AJ7, Mandalia S2, Alexander S8, Ison C8, Ward H2., Sex Transm Infect. 2014 Jun;90(4):269-74. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051401. Epub 2014 Mar 31.</ref>