Author: Miladin Kostovic

# smithi

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... interrogans`
- `Serogroup:........ Icterohaemorrhagiae`
- `Serovar:.......... smithi`
- `Strain:........... Smith`
- `Year:............. 1957`
- `Origin:........... Human`
- `Country:.......... Malaysia`

### History of serovar:

The strain Smith was isolated from a patient in Malaysia during 1953-1955 and described as a new serovar of the Icterohaemorrhagiae serogroup by Alexander et al., (1957).

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