kuwait
- Genus:............ Leptospira
- Species:.......... interrogans
- Serogroup:........ Canicola
- Serovar:.......... kuwait
- Strain:........... 136/2/2
- Year:............. 1983
- Origin:........... Rattus norvegicus
- Country:.......... Netherlands
History of serovar:
The strain was isolated 1979 from the kidneyss of a brown rat (Rattus
norvegicus) trapped near Kuwait City by Bezjak (1983), and described
by Terpstra (1983) as a separate serovar named kuwait, ref. strain 136/2/2.
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