wolffi



History of serovar:

The strain was isoalted in 1937 from a human case of leptospirosis in Sumatra, Indonesia, by Wolf (194). It had been previously mentioned by Schffner (1938) as "L. 3795 (Wolff)" and later by Borg-Petersen (1944), who studied its serological properties. Collier (1948 suggested the serovar name wolffi. The strain name 3705 was used for the first time in the first serovar list of 194 (Wolff, Broom, 1954). The strain was submitted to factor analysis by Kmety (1977) and placed in the subgroup Wolffi.


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