Author: Miladin Kostovic

# bangkok

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... interrogans`
- `Serogroup:........ Australis`
- `Serovar:.......... bangkok`
- `Strain:........... LT 62-68`
- `Year:............. 1971`
- `Origin:........... Bandicoot (Echymipera kalabu)`
- `Country:.......... Papua New Guinea`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated from the urine of a bandicoot (Echymipera kalabu), which was trapped in the surroundings of Wewak, Sepik district of Papua New Guinea and described as a new serovar hawain in the Australis or Panama group (Morahan, 1971). Typing results were not given. Being confirmed by a RL the serovar was recognized by the TSC in 1986 (Manchester) as a separate serovar within the Australis serogroup (Kmety, Dikken, 1988).

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