gem



History of serovar:

The strain Simon was isolated from a patient in Ceylon in 1966 (Nityananda, Sulzer, 1972), and designated as the reference strain of a new serovar in the Icterohaemorrhagiae serogroup named gem. The strain was studied at the CDC, Atlanta, under the strain designation LT 11-67. The published description of the strain is almost complete.


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