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Comment
. 2017 Apr 13;22(15):30511.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.15.30511.

Concern regarding the alleged spread of hypervirulent lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strain in Europe

Helena Mb Seth-Smith  1   2 , Juan C Galán  3 , Daniel Goldenberger  1 , David A Lewis  4   5 , Olivia Peuchant  6 , Cecile Bébéar  6 , Bertille de Barbeyrac  6 , Angele Bénard  7 , Ian Carter  8 , Jen Kok  5   8 , Sylvia M Bruisten  9   10 , Bart Versteeg  9 , Servaas A Morré  11   12 , Nicholas R Thomson  7   13 , Adrian Egli  1   2 , Henry Jc de Vries  9   10   14
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Concern regarding the alleged spread of hypervirulent lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strain in Europe

Helena Mb Seth-Smith et al. Euro Surveill. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Chlamydia trachomatis; bacterial outer membrane proteins; genotype; lymphogranuloma venereum; male homosexuality.

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