Sensitivity of different morphological variants of Leptospira to the leptospirocidal activity of normal animal sera
Anan'ina, I.V.; Chernukha, I.G.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 1984(10): 72-73
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 6524167 Document Number: 228301
The leptospirocidal activity of normal animal sera with respect to 23 Leptospira strains was experimentally studied in vitro; 91.3% of the strains under study proved to be sensitive to the lytic action of cattle serum and 86.9%, to sheep serum. The uncinate variants of the pathogenic strains showed resistance to the action of the above sera, and their nonuncinate analogs were subject to agglutination with subsequent lysis, similarly to saprophytes.