Tropica

Tropica CZ 299 1966

The strain was isolated in 1962 from the urine of a Spiny rat (Proechimys semispinosus) in the Panama Canal Zone by Gale et al. (1966), who described it as a new serovar designated tropica, ref. strain CZ 299. Results of factor analysis studies by Manev (1976) confirmed that tropica has a separate serovar status.
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* Gale N.B., Alexander A.D., Evans L.B., Yager R.H., Metheney R.A. An outbreak of leptospirosis among U.S. army troops in the Canal Zone. II. Isolation and characterization of the isolates. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 15, no. 1, 1966, 64-70.
* Manev H. Serological Characteristics of the Leptospira serogroup Pomona. I. Factor Analysis of the Reference Strains. Zbl. Bakt. Hyg. I. Abt. Orig. A 236, 1976, 316-322.

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