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Bacteria > Spirochaetales > Leptospiraceae > Leptospira > Leptospira interrogans
... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Leptospiraceae > Leptospira > Leptospira interrogans

Preferred term

Leptospira interrogans  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Leptospira icteroides
  • Spirochaeta icterogenes
  • Spirochaeta icterohaemorrhagiae
  • Spirochaeta interrogans
  • Spirochaeta nodosa

Note

  • Leptospira interrogans seroGROUPS go here; infection: coord IM with probably LEPTOSPIROSIS (IM)

Scope note

  • A genus of question mark-shaped bacteria spirochetes which is found in fresh water that is contaminated by animal urine. It causes LEPTOSPIROSIS.

History note

  • 1976 (1963)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007921

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