title: Reply to letter to the editor RE: "in vivo whole animal body imaging reveals colonization of Chlamydia muridarum to the lower genital tract at early stages of infection".
authors.affiliation: South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Center of Excellence in Infection Genomics, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA.
authors.forename: Rishein
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: M Neal
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Guentzel
authors.forename: Bernard P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Arulanandam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D023502:Chlamydia muridarum / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D051598:Whole Body Imaging / Q000379:methods*
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