A new leptospiral serovar from India in the Javanica serogroup.

A new serovar in the Javanica serogroup is described after parallel investigation by the 'classical' comparative cross-agglutinin absorption test method and by a method derived from factor analysis. The strain was isolated from a bandicoot (Bandicota bengalensis) trapped in Mannuthy, Trichur, India. The serovar name menoni with reference strain Kerala, is proposed.

Two new leptospira serovars belonging to the Hebdomadis serogroup.

Two new serovars in the leptospira Hebdomadis serogroup are described following parallel investigations by the "classical" comparative cross-agglutinin absorption test method and by a method derived from factor analysis. The serovar names nyanza with reference strain Kibos and dikkeni with reference strain Mannuthi are proposed.