To prevent lymphogranuloma venereum, attention must be paid to reducing risk factors.
Behavioral risk factors
- Sexual transmission
- Promiscuity (sexual contact with relatively frequently changing different partners).
- Prostitution
- Men who have sex with men (MSM).
- Sexual contacts in the vacation country
- Unprotected coitus
- Sexual practices with high risk of mucosal injury (e.g., unprotected anal intercourse).
