LGV Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes: an update from Milan, Italy

Up until 2003, a few cases of Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) diagnosed in Europe were known to be caused by L serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis (L1, L2a, L3). However, the current epidemic, which began among European men who have sex with men (MSM) in 2003, has seen the emergence of LGV with novel epidemiological and clinical features (most notably, the variant L2b). The evidence reported by this letter from our STI …