%0 Journal Article %A Banfi, Elena %A Cinco, Marina %A Bellini, Marina %A Soranzo, Maria Rosa %T The Role of Antibodies and Serum Complement in the Interaction between Macrophages and Leptospires %D 1982 %J Microbiology, %V 128 %N 4 %P 813-816 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-128-4-813 %I Microbiology Society, %X Guinea-pig macrophages exerted bactericidal activity against both a virulent and a saprophytic strain of leptospira in the presence of the homologous IgG. Serum complement alone rendered the saprophytic strain susceptible to phagocytosis by the same macrophages. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-128-4-813