Author: Miladin Kostovic

# yaan

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... borgpetersenii`
- `Serogroup:........ Javanica`
- `Serovar:.......... yaan`
- `Strain:........... 80-27`
- `Year:............. 1984`
- `Origin:........... Rat (Crocidura platycephala)`
- `Country:.......... China`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated in 1989 from a species of rat (Crocidura platycephala) in Ya'an county, Sichuan province, China, and described by Gao et al. (1984) as a new serovar named yaan, reference strain 80-27. Its serovar status was confirmed by a RL and it was therefore recognized by the TSC (manchester, 1986). Because of incomplete documentation the strain is listed with i.d. in the REvised List of 1988 (Kmety, Dikken, 1988), and in the attached updated list.

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