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. 2017 Jul 27;22(30):30581.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.30.30581.

Outbreak of intestinal amoebiasis among men who have sex with men, Barcelona (Spain), October 2016 and January 2017

Laura Escolà-Vergé  1 , Maider Arando  2 , Martí Vall  2 , Roger Rovira  2 , Mateu Espasa  3 , Elena Sulleiro  3 , Pere Armengol  2 , Francesc Zarzuela  3 , María-Jesús Barberá  2
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Outbreak of intestinal amoebiasis among men who have sex with men, Barcelona (Spain), October 2016 and January 2017

Laura Escolà-Vergé et al. Euro Surveill. .

Abstract

Entamoeba histolytica has been recently recognised as an emerging sexually transmissible pathogen in men who have sex with men (MSM), causing sporadic outbreaks in countries where it is not endemic. Here we report two closed clusters of invasive amoebiasis occurring in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2016 (four cases) and in January 2017 (four cases).

Keywords: Entamoeba histolytica infection; MSM; amoebiasis; men who have sex with men; outbreak; sexually transmitted disease.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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