[Classification of Leptospira isolated in Peru].
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.
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010568:Peru; D012703:Serotyping
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial
K klassifikatsii leptospir, vydelennykh v Peru.