Author: Miladin Kostovic

# coxi

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... weilii`
- `Serogroup:........ Javanica`
- `Serovar:.......... coxi`
- `Strain:........... Cox`
- `Year:............. 1957`
- `Origin:........... Human`
- `Country:.......... Malaysia`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated between 1953 and 196 from a patient in Malasyia. Alexander (1957) studied the strain and described it as a new serovar named coxus. Under this name it appears in the WHo list of 1965. The srain was further studied by Kmety (1963), who confirmed its separate serological status and corrected the name in coxi, which is in accord with the IC. In the WHO list of 1967 it is listed as coxi.

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