Author: Miladin Kostovic

# celledoni

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... weilii`
- `Serogroup:........ Celledoni`
- `Serovar:.......... celledoni`
- `Strain:........... Celledoni`
- `Year:............. 1956`
- `Origin:........... Human`
- `Country:.......... Australia`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated in 1952 from the blood of a patient in North Queensland, Australia, by Smith et al. (1954) and described as a new serovar, named celledoni, reference strain Celledoni, by Broom and Smith (1956). It appears for the first time in the serovar list of 1959 (WHO, 1959) as representing a separate serogroup. The strain was submitted to factor analysis by Kmety (1963), which confirmed its serological status.

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