Author: Miladin Kostovic

# mooris

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... interrogans`
- `Serogroup:........ Autumnalis`
- `Serovar:.......... mooris`
- `Strain:........... Moores`
- `Year:............. 1957`
- `Origin:........... Human`
- `Country:.......... Malaysia`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated from a patient sommetime during the years 1953-195 in Malaysia (Alexander et al., 1957) and described as a new serovar of the Autumnalis group.

In the list of 1967 (WHO, 1967) it is quoted as a recognized serovar.

In Dikken and Kmety's publication (1978) the serovar is placed in the subgroup Fort-Braggi.

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