Contents: November 1999, Volume 67, Issue 11        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Genomics Other Issues

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Carrier Properties of a Protein Derived from Outer Membrane Protein A of Klebsiella pneumoniae Isabelle Rauly, Liliane Goetsch, Jean-François Haeuw, Christine Tardieux, Thierry Baussant, Jean-Yves Bonnefoy, and Nathalie Corvaia Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5547-5551; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Repeated Administration of Synthetic Oligodeoxynucleotides Expressing CpG Motifs Provides Long-Term Protection against Bacterial Infection Dennis M. Klinman, Jackie Conover, and Cevahir Coban Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5658-5663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Surface Expression of NspA among Neisseria meningitidis Group B Strains Gregory R. Moe, Siqi Tan, and Dan M. Granoff Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5664-5675; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Promiscuous Epitopes from the Mycobacterial 65-Kilodalton Heat Shock Protein Recognized by Human CD4+ T Cells of the Mycobacterium leprae Memory Repertoire Abu S. Mustafa, Knut E. A. Lundin, Robert H. Meloen, Thomas M. Shinnick, and Fredrik Oftung Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5683-5689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Induced Transforming Growth Factor 1 and Interleukin-10 Catherine Othieno, Christina S. Hirsch, Beverly D. Hamilton, Katalin Wilkinson, Jerrold J. Ellner, and Zahra Toossi Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5730-5735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of Humoral Immune Protection against Treponema denticola Virulence in a Murine Model Lakshmyya Kesavalu, Stanley C. Holt, and Jeffrey L. Ebersole Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5736-5746; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-12 Participate in Induction of a Type 1 Protective T-Cell Response during Vaccination with a Tuberculosis Subunit Vaccine Irene S. Leal, Birgitte Smedegård, Peter Andersen, and Rui Appelberg Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5747-5754; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Safety and Immunogenicity of Vi Conjugate Vaccines for Typhoid Fever in Adults, Teenagers, and 2- to 4-Year-Old Children in Vietnam Zuzana Kossaczka, Feng-Ying C. Lin, Vô Anh Ho, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Phan Van Bay, Tran Cong Thanh, Ha Ba Khiem, Dang Duc Trach, Arthur Karpas, Steven Hunt, Dolores A. Bryla, Rachel Schneerson, John B. Robbins, and Shousun C. Szu Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5806-5810; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Native and Mutant Forms of Cholera Toxin and Heat-Labile Enterotoxin Effectively Enhance Protective Efficacy of Live Attenuated and Heat-Killed Shigella Vaccines Antoinette B. Hartman, Lillian L. Van De Verg, and Malabi M. Venkatesan Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5841-5847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Targeted Salivary Gland Immunization with Plasmid DNA Elicits Specific Salivary Immunoglobulin A and G Antibodies and Serum Immunoglobulin G Antibodies in Mice Shigetada Kawabata, Yutaka Terao, Taku Fujiwara, Ichiro Nakagawa, and Shigeyuki Hamada Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5863-5868; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protection of Mice against Brucellosis by Vaccination with Brucella melitensis WR201(16MpurEK) David L. Hoover, Robert M. Crawford, Lillian L. Van De Verg, Mina J. Izadjoo, Apurba K. Bhattacharjee, Chrysanthi M. Paranavitana, Richard L. Warren, Mikeljon P. Nikolich, and Ted L. Hadfield Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5877-5884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Immunization with Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccines with Nontoxic Mutants of Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxins as Adjuvants Protects Mice against Invasive Pneumococcal Infections Håvard Jakobsen, Dominique Schulz, Mariagrazia Pizza, Rino Rappuoli, and Ingileif Jónsdóttir Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5892-5897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Multiple Antigenic Exposures in the Gut on Oral Tolerance and Induction of Antibacterial Systemic Immunity Sanjay Garg, Vineeta Bal, Satyajit Rath, and Anna George Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5917-5924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of Antibody Responses of Elderly Adults to All 23 Capsular Polysaccharides after Pneumococcal Vaccination Jeffrey B. Rubins, Michael Alter, Joyce Loch, and Edward N. Janoff Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5979-5984; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Importance of B cells, but Not Specific Antibodies, in Primary and Secondary Protective Immunity to the Intracellular Bacterium Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain Karen L. Elkins, Catharine M. Bosio, and Tonya R. Rhinehart-Jones Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6002-6007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Augmentation of Innate Host Defense by Expression of a Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide Robert Bals, Daniel J. Weiner, A. David Moscioni, Rupalie L. Meegalla, and James M. Wilson Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6084-6089; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Syntheses and Immunologic Properties of Escherichia coli O157 O-Specific Polysaccharide and Shiga Toxin 1 B Subunit Conjugates in Mice Edward Konadu, Arthur Donohue-Rolfe, Stephen B. Calderwood, Vince Pozsgay, Joseph Shiloach, John B. Robbins, and Shousun C. Szu Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6191-6193; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Homotypic and Heterotypic Antibody Responses to a 56-Kilodalton Protein of Orientia tsutsugamushi Myung-Sik Choi, Seung-Yong Seong, Jae-Seung Kang, Yun-Won Kim, Myung-Suk Huh, and Ik-Sang Kim Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6194-6197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anatomic Segmentation of the Intestinal Immune Response in Nonhuman Primates: Differential Distribution of B Cells after Oral and Rectal Immunizations to Sites Defined by Their Source of Vascularization Kristina Eriksson, Marianne Quiding-Järbrink, Jacek Osek, Inger Nordström, Maria Hjulström, Jan Holmgren, and Cecil Czerkinsky Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6210-6212; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Differential T-Cell Recognition of Native and Recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis GroES Ida Rosenkrands, Karin Weldingh, Pernille Ravn, Lise Brandt, Peter Højrup, Peter Birk Rasmussen, Anthony R. Coates, Mahavir Singh, Paolo Mascagni, and Peter Andersen Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5552-5558; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Virulence of Clinical Isolates of Salmonella enteritidis In Vivo and In Vitro Sangwei Lu, Amee R. Manges, Yisheng Xu, Ferric C. Fang, and Lee W. Riley Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5651-5657; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Experimental Gonococcal Genital Tract Infection and Opacity Protein Expression in Estradiol-Treated Mice Ann E. Jerse Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5699-5708; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Population Dynamics of a Naturally Occurring Heterogeneous Mixture of Borrelia burgdorferi Clones Erik K. Hofmeister, Gregory E. Glass, James E. Childs, and David H. Persing Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5709-5716; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Outer Membrane Protein A-Promoted Actin Condensation of Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Is Required for Escherichia coli Invasion Nemani V. Prasadarao, Carol A. Wass, Monique F. Stins, Hiroyuki Shimada, and Kwang Sik Kim Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5775-5783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Invasion of Human Coronary Artery Cells by Periodontal Pathogens Brian R. Dorn, William A. Dunn, Jr., and Ann Progulske-Fox Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5792-5798; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Consequence of Nramp1 Deletion to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Mice Robert J. North, Ronald LaCourse, Lynn Ryan, and Philippe Gros Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5811-5814; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

T-Cell Recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture Filtrate Fractions in Tuberculosis Patients and Their Household Contacts Abebech Demissie, Pernille Ravn, Joseph Olobo, T. Mark Doherty, Tewodros Eguale, Mulu Geletu, Wondewossen Hailu, Peter Andersen, and Sven Britton Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5967-5971; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

De Novo Induction of Atherosclerosis by Chlamydia pneumoniae in a Rabbit Model Ignatius W. Fong, Brian Chiu, Esther Viira, Dan Jang, and James B. Mahony Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6048-6055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A New Rat Model of Otitis Media Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae: Conditions and Application in Immunization Protocols Leo T. M. van der Ven, Germie P. J. M. van den Dobbelsteen, Bhawani Nagarajah, Harry van Dijken, Paul M. Dortant, Josephus G. Vos, and Paul J. M. Roholl Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6098-6103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pregenomic Comparative Analysis between Bordetella bronchiseptica RB50 and Bordetella pertussis Tohama I in Murine Models of Respiratory Tract Infection Eric T. Harvill, Peggy A. Cotter, and Jeff F. Miller Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6109-6118; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Klebsiella pneumoniae Capsule Expression Is Necessary for Colonization of Large Intestines of Streptomycin-Treated Mice Sabine Favre-Bonté, Tine Rask Licht, Christiane Forestier, and Karen Angeliki Krogfelt Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6152-6156; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Immunoreactivity of Three Components from the 30/32-Kilodalton Antigen 85 Complex in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Jae-Hyun Lim, Jeong-Kyu Park, Eun-Kyeong Jo, Chang-Hwa Song, Dullei Min, Young-Ja Song, and Hwa-Jung Kim Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6187-6190; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Control of Leishmania infantum Infection Is Associated with CD8+ and Gamma Interferon- and Interleukin-5-Producing CD4+ Antigen-Specific T Cells Charles Mary, Valérie Auriault, Bernard Faugère, and Alain J. Dessein Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5559-5566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Endogenous Balance of Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptors and Tumor Necrosis Factor Modulates Cachexia and Mortality in Mice Acutely Infected with Trypanosoma cruzi Carine Truyens, Faustino Torrico, Rudolf Lucas, Patrick De Baetselier, Wim A. Buurman, and Yves Carlier Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5579-5586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD4+ T-Cell- and Gamma Interferon-Dependent Protection against Murine Malaria by Immunization with Linear Synthetic Peptides from a Plasmodium yoelii 17-Kilodalton Hepatocyte Erythrocyte Protein Yupin Charoenvit, Victoria Fallarme Majam, Giampietro Corradin, John B. Sacci, Jr., Ruobing Wang, Denise L. Doolan, Trevor R. Jones, Esteban Abot, Manuel E. Patarroyo, Fanny Guzman, and Stephen L. Hoffman Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5604-5614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmodium falciparum Field Isolates Commonly Use Erythrocyte Invasion Pathways That Are Independent of Sialic Acid Residues of Glycophorin A Jude Nnaemeka Okoyeh, C. R. Pillai, and Chetan E. Chitnis Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5784-5791; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Local Production of Chemokines during Experimental Vaginal Candidiasis Michael Saavedra, Brad Taylor, Nicholas Lukacs, and Paul L. Fidel, Jr. Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5820-5826; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coadministration of Interleukin 12 Expression Vector with Antigen 2 cDNA Enhances Induction of Protective Immunity against Coccidioides immitis Chengyong Jiang, D. Mitchell Magee, and Rebecca A. Cox Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5848-5853; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immune CD8+ T Cells Prevent Reactivation of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in the Immunocompromised Host Imtiaz A. Khan, William R. Green, Lloyd H. Kasper, Kathy A. Green, and Joseph D. Schwartzman Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5869-5876; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reactive Nitrogen and Oxygen Species Ameliorate Experimental Cryptosporidiosis in the Neonatal BALB/c Mouse Model Gordon J. Leitch and Qing He Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5885-5891; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Allelic Diversity and Antibody Recognition of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 1 during Hypoendemic Malaria Transmission in the Brazilian Amazon Region Lucimeire A. Da Silveira, Míriam L. Dorta, Emília A. S. Kimura, Alejandro M. Katzin, Fumihiko Kawamoto, Kazuyuki Tanabe, and Marcelo U. Ferreira Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5906-5916; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recognition of Schistosome Glycolipids by Immunoglobulin E: Possible Role in Immunity Desiree van der Kleij, Aloysius G. M. Tielens, and Maria Yazdanbakhsh Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5946-5950; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Onchocerciasis and Tetanus Vaccination: Impact on the Postvaccination Antitetanus Antibody Response Philip J. Cooper, Ivan Espinel, Moira Wieseman, Wilson Paredes, Mauricio Espinel, Ronald H. Guderian, and Thomas B. Nutman Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5951-5957; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Laccase Protects Cryptococcus neoformans from Antifungal Activity of Alveolar Macrophages Lide Liu, Ram P. Tewari, and Peter R. Williamson Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6034-6039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of the Candida albicans ALA1 Gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Results in Aggregation following Attachment of Yeast Cells to Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Adherence Properties Similar to Those of Candida albicans Nand K. Gaur, Stephen A. Klotz, and Ramona L. Henderson Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6040-6047; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotypic Switching in Cryptococcus neoformans Results in Changes in Cellular Morphology and Glucuronoxylomannan Structure Bettina C. Fries, David L. Goldman, Robert Cherniak, Rujin Ju, and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6076-6083; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Pneumocystis carinii Introns Charles F. Thomas, Jr., Edward B. Leof, and Andrew H. Limper Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6157-6160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of B-Lymphocyte and NK Cell Activities by Glycoinositolphospholipid Purified from Trypanosoma cruzi Luciana B. de Arruda Hinds, Lucia Mendonça Previato, José Osvaldo Previato, Quirijn Vos, James J. Mond, and Ligia M. T. Peçanha Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6177-6180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

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Deglycosylation of the 45/47-Kilodalton Antigen Complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Decreases Its Capacity To Elicit In Vivo or In Vitro Cellular Immune Responses Félix Romain, Cynthia Horn, Pascale Pescher, Abdelkader Namane, Michel Riviere, Germain Puzo, Octavian Barzu, and Gilles Marchal Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5567-5572; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Pic, a Secreted Protease of Shigella flexneri and Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Ian R. Henderson, John Czeczulin, Carlos Eslava, Fernando Noriega, and James P. Nataro Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5587-5596; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Endothelial Adhesion Molecule Expression and Its Inhibition by Recombinant Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein Are Influenced by the Capsulation and Lipooligosaccharide Structure of Neisseria meningitidis Garth L. J. Dixon, Robert S. Heyderman, Karolena Kotovicz, Dominic L. Jack, Svein R. Andersen, Ulrich Vogel, Matthias Frosch, and Nigel Klein Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5626-5633; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin Region Required for Large Complex Formation and Cytotoxicity by Random Mutagenesis John F. Kokai-Kun, Kimberly Benton, Eva U. Wieckowski, and Bruce A. McClane Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5634-5641; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression and Characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase PknB Yossef Av-Gay, Sarwat Jamil, and Steven J. Drews Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5676-5682; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella typhimurium Virulence Genes Are Induced upon Bacterial Invasion into Phagocytic and Nonphagocytic Cells Cheryl G. Pfeifer, Sandra L. Marcus, Olivia Steele-Mortimer, Leigh A. Knodler, and B. Brett Finlay Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5690-5698; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monoclonal Antibody to Shiga Toxin 2 Which Blocks Receptor Binding and Neutralizes Cytotoxicity Hiroshi Nakao, Nobutaka Kiyokawa, Junichiro Fujimoto, Shinji Yamasaki, and Tae Takeda Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5717-5722; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lysogenic Conversion of Environmental Vibrio mimicus Strains by CTX Shah M. Faruque, M. Mostafizur Rahman, Asadulghani, K. M. Nasirul Islam, and John J. Mekalanos Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5723-5729; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lysine Residue 117 of the FasG Adhesin of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Is Essential for Binding of 987P Fimbriae to Sulfatide Byung-Kwon Choi and Dieter M. Schifferli Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5755-5761; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of a Truncated Recombinant Flagellin Subunit Vaccine against Campylobacter jejuni Lanfong H. Lee, Edward Burg, III, Shahida Baqar, A. L. Bourgeois, Don H. Burr, Cheryl P. Ewing, Trevor J. Trust, and Patricia Guerry Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5799-5805; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of Moraxella catarrhalis Mutants Defective in Expression of Transferrin Receptors Nicole R. Luke and Anthony A. Campagnari Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5815-5819; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Emergence of Anaplasma marginale Antigenic Variants during Persistent Rickettsemia Dorothy M. French, Wendy C. Brown, and Guy H. Palmer Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5834-5840; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Quorum Sensing to the Virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Burn Wound Infections Kendra P. Rumbaugh, John A. Griswold, Barbara H. Iglewski, and Abdul N. Hamood Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5854-5862; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alternative Mechanism of Cholera Toxin Acquisition by Vibrio cholerae: Generalized Transduction of CTX by Bacteriophage CP-T1 E. Fidelma Boyd and Matthew K. Waldor Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5898-5905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A DNA Sequence Corresponding to the Gene Encoding Cysteine Proteinase 5 in Entamoeba histolytica Is Present and Positionally Conserved but Highly Degenerated in Entamoeba dispar Ute Willhoeft, Lutz Hamann, and Egbert Tannich Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5925-5929; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of the Locus Encoding Biosynthesis of the Lipopolysaccharide O Antigen of Escherichia coli Serotype O113 Adrienne W. Paton and James C. Paton Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5930-5937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Can Impair T84 Cell Structure and Function without Inducing Attaching/Effacing Lesions Zhe Li, Elizabeth Elliott, Jacqueline Payne, Jacqui Isaacs, Peter Gunning, and Edward V. O'loughlin Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5938-5945; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bordetella bronchiseptica-Mediated Cytotoxicity to Macrophages Is Dependent on bvg-Regulated Factors, Including Pertactin Catrina B. Forde, Xiaoju Shi, Jingli Li, and Mark Roberts Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5972-5978; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Genomic Island, Termed High-Pathogenicity Island, Is Present in Certain Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Clonal Lineages H. Karch, S. Schubert, D. Zhang, W. Zhang, H. Schmidt, T. Ölschläger, and J. Hacker Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5994-6001; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification, Characterization, and Expression of Three New Members of the Borrelia burgdorferi Mlp (2.9) Lipoprotein Gene Family Xiaofeng Yang, Taissia G. Popova, Kayla E. Hagman, Stephen K. Wikel, George B. Schoeler, Melissa J. Caimano, Justin D. Radolf, and Michael V. Norgard Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6008-6018; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Citrobacter rodentium espB Is Necessary for Signal Transduction and for Infection of Laboratory Mice Joseph V. Newman, Brian A. Zabel, Sharda S. Jha, and David B. Schauer Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6019-6025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of Translational Elements by Life Cycle Variants of Coxiella burnetii Rekha Seshadri, Laura R. Hendrix, and James E. Samuel Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6026-6033; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Molecular Analysis of the Gene Encoding Rickettsia typhi Hemolysin Suzana Radulovic, Jill M. Troyer, Magda S. Beier, Audrey O. T. Lau, and Abdu F. Azad Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6104-6108; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Species- and Strain-Dependent Induction of Tissue Factor in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells M. H. A. M. Veltrop, H. Beekhuizen, and J. Thompson Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6130-6138; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding of Pili from Uropathogenic Escherichia coli to Membranes Secreted by Human Colonocytes and Enterocytes G. S. Goetz, A. Mahmood, S. J. Hultgren, M. J. Engle, K. Dodson, and D. H. Alpers Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6161-6163; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Death of Human Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils Induced by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cystic Fibrosis Isolate Requires a Functional Type III Secretion System D. Dacheux, I. Attree, C. Schneider, and B. Toussaint Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6164-6167; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of mutS and recD Mutations on Salmonella Virulence Thomas C. Zahrt, Nancy Buchmeier, and Stanley Maloy Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6168-6172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Amino-Terminal Region of Porphyromonas gingivalis Fimbriae in Adherence to Epithelial Cells Hakimuddin T. Sojar, Yiping Han, Nobushiro Hamada, Ashu Sharma, and Robert J. Genco Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6173-6176; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Outer Membrane of Brucella ovis Shows Increased Permeability to Hydrophobic Probes and Is More Susceptible to Cationic Peptides than Are the Outer Membranes of Mutant Rough Brucella abortus Strains Enrique Freer, Javier Pizarro-Cerdá, Andrej Weintraub, José-Antonio Bengoechea, Ignacio Moriyón, Kjell Hultenby, Jean-Pierre Gorvel, and Edgardo Moreno Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6181-6186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Neutrophil Apoptosis by Verotoxin 2 Derived from Escherichia coli O157:H7 Jiajia Liu, Tohru Akahoshi, Takeshi Sasahana, Hidero Kitasato, Rie Namai, Takeji Sasaki, Matsuhisa Inoue, and Hirobumi Kondo Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6203-6205; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

P48 Major Surface Antigen of Mycoplasma agalactiae Is Homologous to a malp Product of Mycoplasma fermentans and Belongs to a Selected Family of Bacterial Lipoproteins Sergio Rosati, Sarah Pozzi, Patrizia Robino, Barbara Montinaro, Amedeo Conti, Manlio Fadda, and Marco Pittau Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6213-6216; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Differentiation of Monocytes to Macrophages Primes Cells for Lipopolysaccharide Stimulation via Accumulation of Cytoplasmic Nuclear Factor B Shogo Takashiba, Thomas E. Van Dyke, Salomon Amar, Yoji Murayama, Aubrey W. Soskolne, and Lior Shapira Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5573-5578; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dichotomy of Cytokine Profiles in Patients and High-Risk Healthy Subjects Exposed to Tuberculosis S. Bhattacharyya, R. Singla, A. B. Dey, and H. K. Prasad Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5597-5603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-1 Inhibits Gamma Interferon-Induced Bacteriostasis in Human Uroepithelial Cells Walter Däubener, Christian Hucke, Kerstin Seidel, Ulrich Hadding, and Colin R. MacKenzie Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5615-5620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Sequence of Pulmonary and Systemic Inflammatory Responses to Graded Polymicrobial Peritonitis in Mice Cordula Stamme, Daniela Sophie Bundschuh, Thomas Hartung, Ulla Gebert, Lutz Wollin, Rolf Nüsing, Albrecht Wendel, and Stefan Uhlig Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5642-5650; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Upregulation of p75 Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Receptor in Mycobacterium avium-Infected Mice: Evidence for a Functional Role Angelo Corti, Lanfranco Fattorini, Ove Fredrik Thoresen, Maria Luisa Ricci, Anna Gallizia, Micaela Pelagi, Yongjun Li, and Graziella Orefici Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5762-5767; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Macrophage Resistance to Pseudomonas Exotoxin A Is Correlated with Decreased Expression of the Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein James E. Laithwaite, Sally J. Benn, Jyoji Yamate, David J. FitzGerald, and Jonathan LaMarre Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5827-5833; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Experimental Gestational Pyelonephritis Induces Preterm Births and Low Birth Weights in C3H/HeJ Mice Anil K. Kaul, Shah Khan, Mark G. Martens, John T. Crosson, Virginia R. Lupo, and Rashmi Kaul Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5958-5966; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga Toxins Stimulate Secretion of Interleukin-8 from Intestinal Epithelial Cells C. M. Thorpe, Bryan P. Hurley, Lisa L. Lincicome, Mary S. Jacewicz, Gerald T. Keusch, and David W. K. Acheson Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5985-5993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and Imbalance between IL-1 and IL-1 Receptor Antagonist during Acute Inflammation in Experimental Shigellosis Josette Arondel, Monique Singer, Akihiro Matsukawa, Arturo Zychlinsky, and Philippe J. Sansonetti Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6056-6066; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterococcus faecalis Bearing Aggregation Substance Is Resistant to Killing by Human Neutrophils despite Phagocytosis and Neutrophil Activation Robert M. Rakita, Natalie N. Vanek, Karen Jacques-Palaz, Mee Mee, M. Michele Mariscalco, Gary M. Dunny, Mark Snuggs, W. Barry Van Winkle, and Scott I. Simon Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6067-6075; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD4 T Cells and Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Expression Influence Worm Expulsion and Increased Intestinal Muscle Contraction during Trichinella spiralis Infection Bruce A. Vallance, Francesca Galeazzi, Stephen M. Collins, and Denis P. Snider Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6090-6097; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation, Characterization, cDNA Cloning, and Antimicrobial Properties of Two Distinct Subfamilies of -Defensins from Rhesus Macaque Leukocytes Yi-Quan Tang, Jun Yuan, Christopher J. Miller, and Michael E. Selsted Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6139-6144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia trachomatis (Mouse Pneumonitis Strain) Induces Cardiovascular Pathology following Respiratory Tract Infection Yijun Fan, Shuhe Wang, and Xi Yang Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6145-6151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Superantigen Immune Stimulation Evokes Epithelial Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 and RANTES Production Sean Jedrzkiewicz, Galina Kataeva, Cory M. Hogaboam, Steven L. Kunkel, Robert M. Strieter, and Derek M. McKay Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6198-6202; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Urease-Based Mucosal Immunization against Helicobacter heilmannii Infection Induces Corpus Atrophy in Mice Christine Dieterich, Hanifa Bouzourène, André L. Blum, and Irène E. Corthésy-Theulaz Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6206-6209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of Caprine -Defensins in Digestive and Respiratory Tissues Chengquan Zhao, Tung Nguyen, Lide Liu, Olga Shamova, Kim Brogden, and Robert I. Lehrer Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6221-6224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Identification by Subtractive Hybridization of a Novel Insertion Sequence Specific for Virulent Strains of Porphyromonas gingivalis Koichi Sawada, Susumu Kokeguchi, Hiroshi Hongyo, Satoko Sawada, Manabu Miyamoto, Hiroshi Maeda, Fusanori Nishimura, Shogo Takashiba, and Yoji Murayama Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5621-5625; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Analysis Reveals Variation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and the Attenuated M. tuberculosis H37Ra Strain Roland Brosch, Wolfgang J. Philipp, Evangelos Stavropoulos, M. Joseph Colston, Stewart T. Cole, and Stephen V. Gordon Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 5768-5774; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Regions of the Chromosome of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Which Are Specific to the Pathogenic Neisseria Species Agnes Perrin, Xavier Nassif, and Colin Tinsley Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6119-6129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Genes Coding for Exported Proteins of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Keith P. Mintz and Paula M. Fives-Taylor Infect. Immun. November 1999 67: 6217-6220; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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