Definition: A serovar of the bacterial species LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS, whose primary host is RATS.
do not confuse with the seroGROUP icterohaemorrhagiae, sometimes termed Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae (index LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS); infection: probably WEIL DISEASE or if not coord IM with LEPTOSPIROSIS (IM)
