Author: Miladin Kostovic

# sorexjalna

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... borgpetersenii`
- `Serogroup:........ Javanica`
- `Serovar:.......... sorexjalna`
- `Strain:........... Sorex Jalna`
- `Year:............. 1955`
- `Origin:........... Shrew mouse (Sorex araneus)`
- `Country:.......... Indonesia`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated by Kmety in 1953 from a common shrew mouse (Sorex araneus) trapped near Jalna in Czechoslovakia. Comparative agglutination test (Kmety, 1955) differentiated the strain as a possible new serovar. Factor analysis studies (Kmety, 1963) confirmed its separate serological status. The strain appeared for the first time in the list of 1967 (WHO) as a separate serovar.

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