Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae

Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae
a serovar of worldwide distribution that is carried by rodents and is the major cause of Weil syndrome in humans, yellows in dogs, and other diseases in various other mammals.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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