Journal Article

A new Leptospiral serovar in the Tarassovi serogroup from Colombia

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Aycardi B., Eduardo R.

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  • Colombia
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Ayrcardi B., Eduardo Rafael; Myers, D.M.; Torres, Blanca. 1980. A new Leptospiral serovar in the Tarassovi serogroup from Colombia. Zbl. Vet. Med. (Germany). B27:425-428.

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