A new leptospiral serovar from India in the Javanica serogroup.
A new serovar in the Javanica serogroup is described after parallel investigation by the 'classical' comparative cross-agglutinin absorption test method and by a method derived from factor analysis. The strain was isolated from a bandicoot (Bandicota bengalensis) trapped in Mannuthy, Trichur, India. The serovar name menoni with reference strain Kerala, is proposed.
D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D007194:India; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping