Leptospira fainei explained

Leptospira fainei is a pathogenic species of Leptospira, first isolated from pigs in Australia^{[1] [2]} and named for University of Otago and Monash University microbiologist Dr. Solomon Faine.

Further reading

• First isolation of Leptospira fainei serovar Hurstbridge from two human patients with Weil's syndrome . . 50 . 1 . 96–100 . January 2001 . 11192512 . A. M. Petersen. K. Boye. J. Blom . P. Schlichting . A. M. Petersen . K. Boye . J. Blom . P. Schlichting . 10.1099/0022-1317-50-1-96 . free .
• Serological titres to Leptospira fainei serovar hurstbridge in human sera in Australia . . 121 . 2 . 473–475 . October 1998 . 9825801 . R. J. Chappel. D. A. Khalik. B. Adler . D. M. Bulach . S. Faine . P. Perolat . R. J. Chappel . D. A. Khalik . B. Adler . D. M. Bulach . S. Faine . P. Perolat . 10.1017/s095026889800137x . 2809547 .

External links

• LPSN
• Type strain of Leptospira fainei at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Perolat. P.. Chappel. R. J.. Adler. B.. Baranton. G.. Bulach. D. M.. Billinghurst. M. L.. Letocart. M.. Merien. F.. Serrano. M. S.. Leptospira fainei sp. nov., isolated from pigs in Australia. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48. 3. 1998. 851–858. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-48-3-851. 9734039. free.
2. Arzouni . Jean-Pierre . Parola . Philippe . Scola . Bernard La . Postic . Danièle . Brouqui . Philippe . Raoult . Didier . Human Infection Caused by Leptospira fainei. 8. 8. 865–868. August 2002. Emerging Infectious Diseases . en-us . 10.3201/eid0808.010445 . 2732520 . 12141977.