Classification of Leptospira isolated in Peru
Masedo Agirre, S.; Chernukha, I.G.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 2: 77-81
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 419911 Document Number: 143223
Antigenic properties of 23 leptospira cultures isolated in Peru were studied by immunological absorption. Two new individual leptospira serovars were classified as huanuco with a reference strain M-4, representing a new Huanuco serological group, and san-martini with a reference strain CT-63 belonging to the Hebdomadis serological group. Besides for the first time in the American part of the world serovar budapest belonging to Icterohaemorrhagiae serological group was recorded; also the first finding of serovar pyrogenes of the pyrogenes serological group was certified.