%0 Journal Article %A Cinco, Marino %A Banfi, Elena %A Soranzo, Maria Rosa %T Studies on the Interaction between Macrophages and Leptospires %D 1981 %J Microbiology, %V 124 %N 2 %P 409-413 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-124-2-409 %I Microbiology Society, %X Guinea-pig macrophages exerted no bactericidal activity against either a virulent or a saprophytic strain of leptospira during a 120 min period of contact at 37 °C. However, the same macrophages exhibited weak phagocytic powers towards these two strains of leptospira over a similar period of time. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-124-2-409