Author: Miladin Kostovic

# biggis

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... interrogans`
- `Serogroup:........ Pyrogenes`
- `Serovar:.......... biggis`
- `Strain:........... Biggs`
- `Year:............. 1957`
- `Origin:........... Human`
- `Country:.......... Malaysia`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated from a patient in Malaysia sometime during the years 1953-1955 and described as a new serovar of the Pyrogenes group name biggis, ref.strian Biggs (Alexander et al., 1957).

The strain was submitted to factor analysis by Kmety (1967), who confirmed its separate status. Later it was suggested that the serovar should be placed in the subgroup Zanoni (Dikken, Kmety, 1978).

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