Author: Miladin Kostovic

# birkini

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... interrogans`
- `Serogroup:........ Icterohaemorrhagiae`
- `Serovar:.......... birkini`
- `Strain:........... Birkin`
- `Year:............. 1957`
- `Origin:........... Human`
- `Country:.......... Malaysia`

### History of serovar:

The strain Birkin was isolated from a patient in Malaysia during 1953-1955 and described as a new serovar of the Icterohaemorrhagiae serogroup (Alexander et al., 1957).

The strain was studied by Kmety (1967), who confirmed its separate serological status.

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