paidjan
- Genus:............ Leptospira
- Species:.......... interrogans
- Serogroup:........ Bataviae
- Serovar:.......... paidjan
- Strain:........... Paidjan
- Year:............. 1953
- Origin:........... Human
- Country:.......... Indonesia
History of serovar:
The strain was isolated in 1939 in Sumatra, Indonesia, from a human
case of leptospirosis and was considered to represent a new serovar of
the Bataviae group (Wolf, 1953). The strain appeared for the first time
in Wolff and Broom's list of 1954 as a separate serovar.
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