RESUMO

A new serovar of Leptospira interrogans was isolated from a dog in Barbados. The proposed name of the new serovar is bim, and the designated type strain is 1051. The serogroup of the new serovar is the Autumnalis serogroup. The new serovar was subsequently isolated from six patients with leptospirosis in Barbados.

Assuntos

Cães/microbiologia , Rim/microbiologia , Leptospira interrogans/isolamento & purificação , Animais , Barbados , Humanos , Leptospira interrogans/classificação , Sorotipagem , Terminologia como Assunto , Doença de Weil/microbiologia