Author: Miladin Kostovic

# kisuba

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... borgpetersenii`
- `Serogroup:........ Tarassovi`
- `Serovar:.......... kisuba`
- `Strain:........... Kisuba`
- `Year:............. 1956`
- `Origin:........... Human`
- `Country:.......... Zaire`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated from a patient in Zaire (former Belgian Congo) by Van Riel et al. (1956). In the list of 1965 (WHO, 1965) it is first mentioned as a separate serovar named kisuba, ref. strain Kisuba.

Wolff and Bohlander (1960) studied the strain and approved its separate serological status.

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