Contents: December 1999, Volume 67, Issue 12        Host Response and Inflammation        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Bacterial Infections        Errata        Author's Correction Other Issues

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Increase of CD26/Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Expression on Human Gingival Fibroblasts upon Stimulation with Cytokines and Bacterial Components Eiji Nemoto, Shunji Sugawara, Haruhiko Takada, Shigeru Shoji, and Hiroshi Horiuch Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6225-6233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activity of Monosaccharide Lipid A Analogues in Human Monocytic Cells as Agonists or Antagonists of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Motohiro Matsuura, Makoto Kiso, and Akira Hasegawa Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6286-6292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selective Recruitment of T-Cell Subsets to the Udder during Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Mastitis: Analysis of Lymphocyte Subsets and Adhesion Molecule Expression Jindrich Soltys and Mark T. Quinn Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6293-6302; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Cytokines and Chemokines in Human Monocytes by Mycoplasma fermentans-Derived Lipoprotein MALP-2 A. Kaufmann, P. F. Mühlradt, D. Gemsa, and H. Sprenger Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6303-6308; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Nitric Oxide in the Enhancement of Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures Caused by Shigella dysenteriae Judith Balter-Seri, Yael Yuhas, Abraham Weizman, Yehuda Nofech-Mozes, Elizabeth Kaminsky, and Shai Ashkenazi Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6364-6368; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytolethal Distending Toxin of Haemophilus ducreyi Induces Apoptotic Death of Jurkat T Cells Valentina Gelfanova, Eric J. Hansen, and Stanley M. Spinola Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6394-6402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Cationic Peptides with Lipoteichoic Acid and Gram-Positive Bacteria Monisha G. Scott, Michael R. Gold, and Robert E. W. Hancock Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6445-6453; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-4-Independent Acceleration of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Susceptible BALB/c Mice following Treatment with Anti-CTLA4 Antibody Frederick P. Heinzel and Richard A. Maier, Jr. Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6454-6460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Human CD4+ T-Cell-Receptor-Positive (TCR+) and TCR+ T-Cell Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Interleukin-10 and Transforming Growth Factor Roxana E. Rojas, Kithiganahalli N. Balaji, Ahila Subramanian, and W. Henry Boom Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6461-6472; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcal Histone Induces Murine Macrophages To Produce Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Liping Zhang, Tracey A. Ignatowski, Robert N. Spengler, Bernice Noble, and Murray W. Stinson Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6473-6477; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Novel Mycobacterial Histone H1 Homologue (HupB) as an Antigenic Target of pANCA Monoclonal Antibody and Serum Immunoglobulin A from Patients with Crohn's Disease Offer Cohavy, Gunter Harth, Marcus Horwitz, Mark Eggena, Carol Landers, Christopher Sutton, Stephan R. Targan, and Jonathan Braun Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6510-6517; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autoantibodies to Brain Components and Antibodies to Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Are Present in Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Harmale Tiwana, Clyde Wilson, John Pirt, William Cartmell, and Alan Ebringer Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6591-6595; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunopathologic Alterations in Murine Models of Sepsis of Increasing Severity Samuel Ebong, Douglas Call, Jean Nemzek, Gerald Bolgos, David Newcomb, and Daniel Remick Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6603-6610; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Human T Lymphocytes by Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Correlates with Toxin-Induced Proliferation and Is Regulated through Protein Kinase C Zhengyin Yan, David C. H. Yang, Roger Neill, and Marti Jett Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6611-6618; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Intestinal Immune Responses in Patients Infected with Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and in Vaccinees Christine Wennerås, Firdausi Qadri, Prodeep K. Bardhan, R. Bradley Sack, and Ann-Mari Svennerholm Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6234-6241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Endogenous Interleukin-18 in Resolving Wild-Type and Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium Infections Jody K. Dybing, Nancy Walters, and David W. Pascual Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6242-6248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Recombinant Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Colonization Factor Antigen I by Salmonella typhimurium Elicits a Biphasic T Helper Cell Response David W. Pascual, David M. Hone, Stacy Hall, Frederik W. van Ginkel, Masafumi Yamamoto, Nancy Walters, Kohataro Fujihashi, Robert J. Powell, Shaoguang Wu, John L. Vancott, Hiroshi Kiyono, and Jerry R. McGhee Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6249-6256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction and Regulation of Th1-Inducing Cytokines by Bacterial DNA, Lipopolysaccharide, and Heat-Inactivated Bacteria L.-Y. Huang, A. M. Krieg, N. Eller, and D. E. Scott Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6257-6263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutants of Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Toxin Act as Effective Mucosal Adjuvants for Nasal Delivery of an Acellular Pertussis Vaccine: Differential Effects of the Nontoxic AB Complex and Enzyme Activity on Th1 and Th2 Cells Elizabeth J. Ryan, Edel McNeela, Geraldine A. Murphy, Helen Stewart, Derek O'hagan, Mariagrazia Pizza, Rino Rappuoli, and Kingston H. G. Mills Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6270-6280; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunoglobulin Concentrations and Antigen-Specific Antibody Levels in Cervicovaginal Lavages of Rhesus Macaques Are Influenced by the Stage of the Menstrual Cycle F. Xusheng Lü, Zhongmin Ma, Tracy Rourke, Seema Srinivasan, Michael McChesney, and Christopher J. Miller Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6321-6328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicentered Trial of the Efficacy of a Single Dose of Live Oral Cholera Vaccine CVD 103-HgR in Preventing Cholera following Challenge with Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Inaba Three Months after Vaccination Carol O. Tacket, Mitchell B. Cohen, Steven S. Wasserman, Genevieve Losonsky, Sofie Livio, Karen Kotloff, Robert Edelman, James B. Kaper, Stanley J. Cryz, Ralph A. Giannella, Gilbert Schiff, and Myron M. Levine Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6341-6345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Validation and Characterization of a Human Volunteer Challenge Model for Cholera by Using Frozen Bacteria of the New Vibrio cholerae Epidemic Serotype, O139 Mitchell B. Cohen, Ralph A. Giannella, Genevieve A. Losonsky, Dennis R. Lang, Susan Parker, Jennifer A. Hawkins, Carolyn Gunther, and Gilbert A. Schiff Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6346-6349; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cognate Stimulatory B-Cell-T-Cell Interactions Are Critical for T-Cell Help Recruited by Glycoconjugate Vaccines Hilde-Kari Guttormsen, Arlene H. Sharpe, Anil K. Chandraker, Anne Karin Brigtsen, Mohammed H. Sayegh, and Dennis L. Kasper Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6375-6384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of Plasmid Maintenance in the Attenuated Live Vector Vaccine Strain Salmonella typhi CVD 908-htrA James E. Galen, Jay Nair, Jin Yuang Wang, Steven S. Wasserman, Michael K. Tanner, Marcelo B. Sztein, and Myron M. Levine Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6424-6433; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Targeting Improves the Efficacy of a DNA Vaccine against Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in Sheep Paul J. Chaplin, Robert De Rose, Jefferey S. Boyle, Peter McWaters, Julie Kelly, Jan M. Tennent, Andrew M. Lew, and Jean-Pierre Y. Scheerlinck Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6434-6438; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Immunity against Streptococcus mutans Infection in Mice after Intranasal Immunization with the Glucan-Binding Region of S. mutans Glucosyltransferase Christina Jespersgaard, George Hajishengallis, Yan Huang, Michael W. Russell, Daniel J. Smith, and Suzanne M. Michalek Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6543-6549; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leptospiral Outer Membrane Proteins OmpL1 and LipL41 Exhibit Synergistic Immunoprotection David A. Haake, Mary K. Mazel, Adam M. McCoy, Frank Milward, Garlo Chao, James Matsunaga, and Elizabeth A. Wagar Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6572-6582; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Peptide Localization and Gene Structure of Cryptdin 4, a Differentially Expressed Mouse Paneth Cell -Defensin Andre J. Ouellette, Dalila Darmoul, Dat Tran, Kenneth M. Huttner, Jun Yuan, and Michael E. Selsted Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6643-6651; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serum Immunoglobulin Response and Protection from Homologous Challenge by Proteus mirabilis in a Mouse Model of Ascending Urinary Tract Infection David E. Johnson, Farah K. Bahrani, C. Virginia Lockatell, Cinthia B. Drachenberg, J. Richard Hebel, Robert Belas, John W. Warren, and Harry L. T. Mobley Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6683-6687; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Antibody Response to Invariable Regions of VlsE, the Variable Surface Antigen of Borrelia burgdorferi Fang Ting Liang and Mario T. Philipp Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6702-6706; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

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Correlation of Pasteurella haemolytica Leukotoxin Binding with Susceptibility to Intoxication of Lymphoid Cells from Various Species Yude Sun, Kenneth D. Clinkenbeard, Laura A. Cudd, Cyril R. Clarke, and Patricia A. Clinkenbeard Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6264-6269; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of MALP-2, a Lipopeptide from Mycoplasma fermentans, on Bone Resorption In Vitro Grazyna Piec, Jelena Mirkovitch, Silvia Palacio, Peter F. Mühlradt, and Rolf Felix Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6281-6285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori and Neutrophils: Sialic Acid-Dependent Binding to Various Isolated Glycoconjugates Halina Miller-Podraza, Jörgen Bergström, Susann Teneberg, Maan Abul Milh, Marianne Longard, Britt-Marie Olsson, Lotta Uggla, and Karl-Anders Karlsson Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6309-6313; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Sialylated or Paragloboside-Like Lipooligosaccharides Are Not Required for Pustule Formation by Haemophilus ducreyi in Human Volunteers Royden S. Young, Kate Fortney, Jennifer C. Haley, Antoinette F. Hood, Anthony A. Campagnari, Jing Wang, Joel A. Bozue, Robert S. Munson, Jr., and Stanley M. Spinola Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6335-6340; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Group B Streptococcal Surface Proteins as Targets for Protective Antibodies: Identification of Two Novel Proteins in Strains of Serotype V Thomas Areschoug, Margaretha Stålhammar-Carlemalm, Charlotte Larsson, and Gunnar Lindahl Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6350-6357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Putative Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Host Range Factor with Homology to IpaH and YopM by Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis Renée M. Tsolis, Stacy M. Townsend, Edward A. Miao, Samuel I. Miller, Thomas A. Ficht, L. Garry Adams, and Andreas J. Bäumler Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6385-6393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Decreased Adherence of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli to HEp-2 Cells in the Presence of Antibodies That Recognize the C-Terminal Region of Intimin Lisa J. Gansheroff, Marian R. Wachtel, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6409-6417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of Protein Kinase C in Rickettsia rickettsii-Induced Transcriptional Activation of the Host Endothelial Cell Sanjeev K. Sahni, Loel C. Turpin, Tracy L. Brown, and Lee Ann Sporn Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6418-6423; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Expression, Sequence Analysis, and Characterization of Streptokinases Secreted by Porcine and Equine Isolates of Streptococcus equisimilis Armando R. Caballero, Richard Lottenberg, and Kenneth H. Johnston Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6478-6486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Species Specificity of Plasminogen Activation and Acquisition of Surface-Associated Proteolytic Activity by Group C Streptococci Grown in Plasma Brett Schroeder, Michael D. P. Boyle, Barbara R. Sheerin, Atwood C. Asbury, and Richard Lottenberg Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6487-6495; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the angR Gene of Vibrio anguillarum: Essential Role in Virulence A. M. Wertheimer, W. Verweij, Q. Chen, L. M. Crosa, M. Nagasawa, M. E. Tolmasky, L. A. Actis, and J. H. Crosa Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6496-6509; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microtubules Are Associated with Intracellular Movement and Spread of the Periodontopathogen Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Diane Hutchins Meyer, John E. Rose, Joan E. Lippmann, and Paula M. Fives-Taylor Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6518-6525; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The pspC Gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae Encodes a Polymorphic Protein, PspC, Which Elicits Cross-Reactive Antibodies to PspA and Provides Immunity to Pneumococcal Bacteremia Alexis Brooks-Walter, David E. Briles, and Susan K. Hollingshead Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6533-6542; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor Type 2 Produced by Pathogenic Escherichia coli Deamidates a Gln Residue in the Conserved G-3 Domain of the Rho Family and Preferentially Inhibits the GTPase Activity of RhoA and Rac1 Motoyuki Sugai, Kiyotaka Hatazaki, Akira Mogami, Hiroyuki Ohta, Sylvie Y. Pérès, Fredéric Hérault, Yasuhiko Horiguchi, Minako Masuda, Yoko Ueno, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Hidekazu Suginaka, and Eric Oswald Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6550-6557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Environmental Conditions on Hydrogen Peroxide Formation by Streptococcus gordonii John P. Barnard and Murray W. Stinson Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6558-6564; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga Toxins 1 and 2 Translocate Differently across Polarized Intestinal Epithelial Cells Bryan P. Hurley, Mary Jacewicz, C. M. Thorpe, Lisa L. Lincicome, Andrew J. King, Gerald T. Keusch, and David W. K. Acheson Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6670-6677; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Lithium Chloride-Extracted, Broad-Spectrum-Adhesive 42-Kilodalton Protein of Staphylococcus epidermidis Is Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Muzaffar Hussain, Georg Peters, Gursharan S. Chhatwal, and Mathias Herrmann Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6688-6690; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attenuated Expression of the mga Virulence Regulon in an M Serotype 50 Mouse-Virulent Group A Streptococcal Strain Der-Li Yung, Kevin S. McIver, June R. Scott, and Susan K. Hollingshead Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6691-6694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Constitutive and Inducible Expression of Green Fluorescent Protein in Brucella suis Stephan Köhler, Safia Ouahrani-Bettache, Marion Layssac, Jacques Teyssier, and Jean-Pierre Liautard Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6695-6697; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Listeria monocytogenes Possesses Adhesins for Fibronectin Philippe Gilot, Paul André, and Jean Content Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6698-6701; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Keratinocyte Injury in Adherence of Streptococcus pyogenes Gary L. Darmstadt, Laurel Mentele, Philip Fleckman, and Craig E. Rubens Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6707-6709; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isogenic Lysogens of Diverse Shiga Toxin 2-Encoding Bacteriophages Produce Markedly Different Amounts of Shiga Toxin Patrick L. Wagner, David W. K. Acheson, and Matthew K. Waldor Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6710-6714; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Cytokine Profiles of AIDS Patients Are Similar to Those of Mice with Disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Olivier Lortholary, Luce Improvisi, Naima Rayhane, Francoise Gray, Catherine Fitting, Jean Marc Cavaillon, and Francoise Dromer Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6314-6320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Analysis of Glycosylated and Nonglycosylated Filarial Homologues of the 20-Kilodalton Retinol Binding Protein from Onchocerca volvulus (Ov20) Niroshini Nirmalan, N. J. V. Cordeiro, Sabine L. Kläger, Janette E. Bradley, and Judith E. Allen Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6329-6334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Protection against Lethal Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Mice Immunized with a Plasmid Encoding the SAG1 Gene Henrik Vedel Nielsen, Sanne Lise Lauemøller, Lone Christiansen, Søren Buus, Anders Fomsgaard, and Eskild Petersen Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6358-6363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Malaria Transmission and Naturally Acquired Immunity to PfEMP-1 Karen P. Piper, Rhian E. Hayward, Martin J. Cox, and Karen P. Day Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6369-6374; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ferric Reduction Is a Potential Iron Acquisition Mechanism for Histoplasma capsulatum Michelle M. Timmerman and Jon P. Woods Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6403-6408; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytokine Control of the Granulomatous Response in Schistosoma mansoni-Infected Baboons: Role of Exposure and Treatment Paul W. Mola, Idle O. Farah, Thomas M. Kariuki, Mramba Nyindo, Ronald E. Blanton, and Christopher L. King Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6565-6571; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ex Vivo Desequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes from Human Placenta by Chondroitin Sulfate A J. Gysin, B. Pouvelle, N. Fievet, A. Scherf, and C. Lépolard Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6596-6602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

WdChs4p, a Homolog of Chitin Synthase 3 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Alone Cannot Support Growth of Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis at the Temperature of Infection Zheng Wang, Li Zheng, Melinda Hauser, Jeffery M. Becker, and Paul J. Szaniszlo Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6619-6630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Calgranulin C Has Filariacidal and Filariastatic Activity John D. Gottsch, Steven W. Eisinger, Sammy H. Liu, and Alan L. Scott Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6631-6636; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Germ Tubes and Proteinase Activity Contribute to Virulence of Candida albicans in Murine Peritonitis Marianne Kretschmar, Bernhard Hube, Thomas Bertsch, Dominique Sanglard, Renate Merker, Meike Schröder, Herbert Hof, and Thomas Nichterlein Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6637-6642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Misexpression of the Opaque-Phase-Specific Gene PEP1 (SAP1) in the White Phase of Candida albicans Confers Increased Virulence in a Mouse Model of Cutaneous Infection Christopher Kvaal, Salil A. Lachke, Thyagarajan Srikantha, Karla Daniels, James McCoy, and David R. Soll Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6652-6662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Decline in Leishmania Membrane Antigen-Specific Immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgM, IgE, and IgG Subclass Antibodies in Indian Kala-Azar Patients after Chemotherapy Khairul Anam, Farhat Afrin, Dwijadas Banerjee, Netai Pramanik, Subhasis K. Guha, Rama P. Goswami, Shiben K. Saha, and Nahid Ali Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6663-6669; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Theileria annulata in CD5+ Macrophages and B1 B Cells Marie-Françoise Moreau, Jean-Laurent Thibaud, Leila Ben Miled, Marie Chaussepied, Martin Baumgartner, William C. Davis, Paola Minoprio, and Gordon Langsley Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6678-6682; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Acquisition of Plasmin Activity by Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. nucleatum and Potential Contribution to Tissue Destruction during Periodontitis H. Darenfed, D. Grenier, and D. Mayrand Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6439-6444; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Opsonins Induced during Meningococcal Disease Recognize Transferrin Binding Protein Complexes A. K. Lehmann, A. R. Gorringe, K. M. Reddin, K. West, I. Smith, and A. Halstensen Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6526-6532; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli msbB Gene as a Virulence Factor and a Therapeutic Target John E. Somerville, Jr., Linda Cassiano, and Richard P. Darveau Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6583-6590; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Phase Variation in Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide due to Changes in the Lengths of Poly(C) Tracts in 3-Fucosyltransferase Genes Ben J. Appelmelk, Steve L. Martin, Mario A. Monteiro, Chris A. Clayton, Andrew A. McColm, Pengyuan Zheng, Theo Verboom, Janneke J. Maaskant, Dirk H. van den Eijnden, Cornelis H. Hokke, Malcolm B. Perry, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, and Johannes G. Kusters Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6715 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection in Human Monocytes Sari Airenne, Heljä-Marja Surcel, Hannu Alakärppä, Kirsi Laitinen, Jorma Paavonen, Pekka Saikku, and Aino Laurila Infect. Immun. December 1999 67: 6716 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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