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Identification of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O117:H7 in men who have sex with men, England, November 2013 to August 2014
- Source :
- Scopus-Elsevier, Europe PubMed Central
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), 2014.
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Abstract
- Between November 2013 and August 2014, nine cases of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O117:H7 VT1 were confirmed in adult men. Further investigation using semi-structured interviews revealed that eight cases were United Kingdom (UK)-born men who have sex with men (MSM) who had sexually acquired infection in the UK. Most were HIV-positive with high numbers of sexual partners. This behavioural profile resembles that associated with the recent rapid increase in other sexually acquired infections in MSM.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiology
HIV Infections
Verocytotoxin
Shiga Toxins
medicine.disease_cause
Men who have sex with men
Interviews as Topic
chemistry.chemical_compound
Virology
medicine
Humans
Homosexuality, Male
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Infections
Gynecology
Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli
Unsafe Sex
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Middle Aged
Sexual Partners
England
chemistry
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15607917
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Eurosurveillance
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....baab11a15d5d420e84c7db7b21ceda18
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.43.20946