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Comment
. 2017 Apr 13;22(15):30512.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.15.30512.

Authors'reply: Concern regarding the alleged spread of hypervirulent lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strain in Europe

Fruzsina Petrovay  1 , Eszter Balla  1 , Timea Erdősi  2
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Authors'reply: Concern regarding the alleged spread of hypervirulent lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strain in Europe

Fruzsina Petrovay et al. Euro Surveill. .
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Keywords: Chlamydia trachomatis; Hungary; bacterial infections; genovariant; lymphogranuloma venereum – LGV; men who have sex with men (MSM); sexually transmitted infections.

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