Author: Miladin Kostovic

# whitcombi

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... borgpetersenii`
- `Serogroup:........ Celledoni`
- `Serovar:.......... whitcombi`
- `Strain:........... Whitcomb`
- `Year:............. 1957`
- `Origin:........... Human`
- `Country:.......... Malaysia`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated in 1953 from a patient in Malaysia and described as a new 'subserovar' of celledoni, named whitcombi, reference strain Whitcomb, by Alexander et al. (1957). It appears for the first time in the serovar list of 1959 (WHO, 1959) as a 'subserovar' of celledoni, but in the list of 1967 it is recorded as a recognized separate serovar. The strain was submitted to factor analysis by Kmety (1963), which confirmed its serological status.

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