Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of leptospirosis in slaughter pigs; a neglected public health risk, western Kenya

Table 4 Serovars of Leptospira spp. used as live antigens in the MAT panel

Genomospecies	Serogroup	Serovar	Strain type
L. santarosai	Hebdomadis	Hebdomadis	Reference strain from KIT^a
L. interrogans	Bataviae	Bataviae	Reference strain from KIT^a
	Pomona	Pomona	Reference strain From KIT^a
	Australis	Lora	Local isolate (Rodent) - Tanzania
L. kirschneri	Grippotyphosa	Grippotyphosa	Local isolate (Cattle) - Tanzania
L. kirschneri	Icterohaemorrhagiae	Sokoine	Local isolate (Cattle) – Tanzania
L. borgpetersenii	Ballum	Kenya	Local isolate (Rodent) – Tanzania
L. borgpetersenii	Sejroe	Sejroe	Reference strain from KIT^a

^aLeptospira strains from WHO/OIE Reference Laboratory - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam, Netherlands, maintained at Sokoine University of Agriculture

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