Author: Miladin Kostovic

# portlandvere

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... interrogans`
- `Serogroup:........ Canicola`
- `Serovar:.......... portlandvere`
- `Strain:........... MY 1039`
- `Year:............. 1982`
- `Origin:........... Human`
- `Country:.......... Jamaica`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated from the blood of a human patient in Jamaica and published by Sulzer (1982) as a new serovar named portlandvere, with ref. strain MY 1039. Its serovar status was confirmed by a RL after the TSC meeting, Manchestger 1986, and is therefore marked by(o) on the Revised List (1988). In the updated attached list it is included unconditionally.

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