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Health > Youth > Sexuality > Sexually Transmitted Infections > Lymphogranuloma venereum LGV

Offers information for youth on Lymphogranuloma venereum or LGV or Lymphogranuloma inguinale, (a sexually-transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis), including signs and symptoms, causes, prevention, and treatment of LGV.


It's Your Health - Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV)

Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a previously rare sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Canada, which has recently re-emerged. If left untreated, LGV can lead to painful health problems, and in rare cases, genital mutilation and death.
Source:     Health Canada