Epidemiologic, Clinical, Laboratory, and Therapeutic Features of an Urban Outbreak of Chancroid in North America

• Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases
• Main Authors: Hammond, G. W., Slutchuk, M., Scatliff, J., Sherman, E., Wilt, J. C., Ronald, A. R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1980
• Subjects: Review Articles; Canada; Circumcision; Indian; Metis
• Online Access: http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/2/6/867; https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/2.6.867

An epidemic of 135 cases of chancroid occurred in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 1975 to September 1977. Probable contributing factors for development of chancroid lesions included male sex, lack of circumcision, and genital trauma. A previous history of venereal disease, sexual contact with...