A new Leptospiral serovar in the Tarassovi serogroup from Colombia

A strain of Leptospira isolated from the kidney tissue of a "chucha" (Caluromys philander), a common opossum of the eastern savannahs of Colombia, proved to be a new serovar in the Tarassovi group. The name, serovar carimagua, type strain 9160, is proposed

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aycardi B., Eduardo R., Myers, D.M., Torres, Blanca
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1980
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88473
Description
Summary:A strain of Leptospira isolated from the kidney tissue of a "chucha" (Caluromys philander), a common opossum of the eastern savannahs of Colombia, proved to be a new serovar in the Tarassovi group. The name, serovar carimagua, type strain 9160, is proposed