The Role of Antibodies and Serum Complement in the Interaction between Macrophages and Leptospires Banfi, Elena and Cinco, Marina and Bellini, Marina and Soranzo, Maria Rosa,, 128, 813-816 (1982), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-128-4-813, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1350-0872, abstract= 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., language=, type=