title: Classification of leptospires of the pyrogenes serogroup isolated from cattle in Zimbabwe by cross-agglutinin absorption and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.
abstract: Five strains of the genus Leptospira belonging to serogroup Pyrogenes were isolated from cattle slaughtered in Zimbabwe and subjected to cross-agglutinin absorption and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. One strain, SBF 2, represents a new genetic strain of serovar kwale, while another strain, SBF 49, is a new genetic strain closely related to serovar nigeria. Three strains belong to a new serovar for which the name mombe with reference strain SBF 20 is proposed. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis indicated that each of these three strains represents a different restriction polymorphism pattern group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Mount Pleasant, Harare.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Feresu
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bolin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Korver
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Terpstra
mesh_terms: D000373:Agglutinins; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology*; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012703:Serotyping; D013045:Species Specificity; D015030:Zimbabwe
chemical_list: D000373:Agglutinins; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial