Contents: September 1999, Volume 67, Issue 9        Bacterial Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis        Host Response and Inflammation        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Genomics Other Issues

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Bacterial Infections:

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Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin F (SpeF) Causes Permeabilization of Lung Blood Vessels Masakado Matsumoto, Naohisa Ishikawa, Makoto Saito, Keigo Shibayama, Toshinobu Horii, Kumiko Sato, and Michio Ohta Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4307-4311; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Group A Streptococcus Induces Apoptosis in Human Epithelial Cells Pei-Jane Tsai, Yee-Shin Lin, Chih-Feng Kuo, Huan-Yao Lei, and Jiunn-Jong Wu Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4334-4339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Ornibactin Biosynthesis in the Virulence of Burkholderia cepacia: Characterization of pvdA, the Gene Encoding L-Ornithine N5-Oxygenase P. A. Sokol, P. Darling, D. E. Woods, E. Mahenthiralingam, and C. Kooi Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4443-4455; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fibronectin Binding Protein and Host Cell Tyrosine Kinase Are Required for Internalization of Staphylococcus aureus by Epithelial Cells Katarzyna Dziewanowska, Joseph M. Patti, Claudia F. Deobald, Kenneth W. Bayles, William R. Trumble, and Gregory A. Bohach Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4673-4678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pneumococcal Surface Protein A Inhibits Complement Activation by Streptococcus pneumoniae Anh-Hue T. Tu, Robert L. Fulgham, Mark A. McCrory, David E. Briles, and Alexander J. Szalai Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4720-4724; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Patients with Kawasaki Disease Express High Levels of Protein A Elisabeth R. Wann, Amy P. Fehringer, Yuri V. Ezepchuk, Patrick M. Schlievert, Paul Bina, Raoul F. Reiser, Magnus M. Höök, and Donald Y. M. Leung Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4737-4743; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibitory Effects of Protamines on Proteolytic and Adhesive Activities of Porphyromonas gingivalis Masanori Kontani, Atsuo Amano, Takayuki Nakamura, Ichiro Nakagawa, Shigetada Kawabata, and Shigeyuki Hamada Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4917-4920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immune Cells Are Required for Cutaneous Ulceration in a Swine Model of Chancroid Lani R. San Mateo, Kristen L. Toffer, Paul E. Orndorff, and Thomas H. Kawula Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4963-4967; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Experimental Transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Pregnant Rat to Fetus Stella Nowicki, Rangaraj Selvarangan, and Garland Anderson Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4974-4976; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Identification of Amino Acid Residues of the T-Cell Epitope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis  Antigen Critical for V11+ Th1 Cells Ai Kariyone, Kazue Higuchi, Shigeki Yamamoto, Ai Nagasaka-Kametaka, Mamoru Harada, Akio Takahashi, Nobuyuki Harada, Kazumasa Ogasawara, and Kiyoshi Takatsu Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4312-4319; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Immunization with Heat-Inactivated Streptococcus pneumoniae Protects Mice against Systemic Pneumococcal Infection Benedicte K. R. Hvalbye, Ingeborg S. Aaberge, Martinus Løvik, and Bjørn Haneberg Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4320-4325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Responses to Recombinant Hemagglutinin B of Porphyromonas gingivalis in an Experimental Rat Model Jannet Katz, Kelley P. Black, and Suzanne M. Michalek Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4352-4359; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Truncated Surface Protective Antigen (SpaA) of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Serotype 1a Elicits Protection against Challenge with Serotypes 1a and 2b in Pigs Yumiko Imada, Noriko Goji, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Masato Kishima, and Tsutomu Sekizaki Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4376-4382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetically Detoxified Mutants of Heat-Labile Toxin from Escherichia coli Are Able To Act as Oral Adjuvants Gill Douce, Valentina Giannelli, Mariagrazia Pizza, David Lewis, Paul Everest, Rino Rappuoli, and Gordon Dougan Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4400-4406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Down-Regulation of Th2 Responses by Brucella abortus, a Strong Th1 Stimulus, Correlates with Alterations in the B7.2-CD28 Pathway Inna Agranovich, Dorothy E. Scott, Douglas Terle, Katherine Lee, and Basil Golding Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4418-4426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Antigenic Structure and Human Immune Response to Outer Membrane Protein CD of Moraxella catarrhalis Timothy F. Murphy, Charmaine Kirkham, Ernesto DeNardin, and Sanjay Sethi Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4578-4585; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of Immunity to Mycobacterial Infection with Luciferase Reporter Constructs Valerie A. Snewin, Marie-Pierre Gares, Peadar Ó Gaora, Zahra Hasan, Ivor N. Brown, and Douglas B. Young Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4586-4593; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization of Mice with a TolA-Like Surface Protein of Trypanosoma cruzi Generates CD4+ T-Cell-Dependent Parasiticidal Activity Natalie M. Quanquin, Charles Galaviz, David L. Fouts, Ruth A. Wrightsman, and Jerry E. Manning Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4603-4612; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attenuation and Immunogenicity of cya crp Derivatives of Salmonella choleraesuis in Pigs Michael J. Kennedy, Robert J. Yancey, Jr., Margaret S. Sanchez, Robert A. Rzepkowski, Sandra M. Kelly, and Roy Curtiss, III Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4628-4636; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Recombinant Protective Helicobacter pylori Antigens D. Hocking, E. Webb, F. Radcliff, L. Rothel, S. Taylor, G. Pinczower, C. Kapouleas, H. Braley, A. Lee, and C. Doidge Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4713-4719; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phage-Displayed T-Cell Epitope Grafted into Immunoglobulin Heavy-Chain Complementarity-Determining Regions: an Effective Vaccine Design Tested in Murine Cysticercosis Karen Manoutcharian, Luis Ignacio Terrazas, Goar Gevorkian, Gonzalo Acero, Pavel Petrossian, Miriam Rodriguez, and Tzipe Govezensky Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4764-4770; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunogenicity of DNA Vaccines Expressing Tuberculosis Proteins Fused to Tissue Plasminogen Activator Signal Sequences Zhongming Li, Angela Howard, Cynthia Kelley, Giovanni Delogu, Frank Collins, and Sheldon Morris Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4780-4786; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human -Defensin-1 mRNA Is Transcribed in Tympanic Membrane and Adjacent Auditory Canal Epithelium Roald Bøe, Juha Silvola, Jinghui Yang, Ugo Moens, Paul B. McCray, Jr., Lars-Eric Stenfors, and Rolf Seljfelid Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4843-4846; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Surface-Exposed Tetanus Toxin Fragment C Produced by Recombinant Bacillus anthracis Protects against Tetanus Toxin Stéphane Mesnage, Martine Weber-Levy, Michel Haustant, Michèle Mock, and Agnès Fouet Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4847-4850; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

B- and T-Cell Immune Responses to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines: Divergence between Carrier- and Polysaccharide-Specific Immunogenicity Tera L. McCool, Clifford V. Harding, Neil S. Greenspan, and John R. Schreiber Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4862-4869; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bactericidal and Cross-Protective Activities of a Monoclonal Antibody Directed against Neisseria meningitidis NspA Outer Membrane Protein Nathalie Cadieux, Martin Plante, Clément R. Rioux, Josée Hamel, Bernard R. Brodeur, and Denis Martin Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4955-4959; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning of the Pasteurella haemolytica pomA Gene and Identification of Bovine Antibodies against PomA Surface Domains Hui Zeng, Karamjeet Pandher, and George L. Murphy Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4968-4973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

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Fibrinogen Cleavage by the Streptococcus pyogenes Extracellular Cysteine Protease and Generation of Antibodies That Inhibit Enzyme Proteolytic Activity Yury V. Matsuka, Subramonia Pillai, Siddeswar Gubba, James M. Musser, and Stephen B. Olmsted Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4326-4333; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Intrastrain Antigenic Variation of Bacteroides fragilis Surface Polysaccharides by Monoclonal Antibody Labelling Sheila Patrick, Deirdre Gilpin, and Leanne Stevenson Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4346-4351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Interaction between Yersinia enterocolitica Biotype 1A and Phagocytes and Epithelial Cells In Vitro Travis Grant, Vicki Bennett-Wood, and Roy M. Robins-Browne Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4367-4375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Binding of Adenylate Cyclase Toxin to Target Cells by Flow Cytometry Mary C. Gray, William Ross, Keejun Kim, and Erik L. Hewlett Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4393-4399; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Molecular Characterization of Plasmid-Encoded Antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi Jonathan T. Skare, Denise M. Foley, Santiago R. Hernandez, Deanna C. Moore, David R. Blanco, James N. Miller, and Michael A. Lovett Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4407-4417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intracellular Growth in Acanthamoeba castellanii Affects Monocyte Entry Mechanisms and Enhances Virulence of Legionella pneumophila Jeffrey D. Cirillo, Suat L. G. Cirillo, Ling Yan, Luiz E. Bermudez, Stanley Falkow, and Lucy S. Tompkins Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4427-4434; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Mycoplasma penetrans Endonuclease P40 as a Potential Pathogenic Determinant Mourad Bendjennat, Alain Blanchard, Mohammed Loutfi, Luc Montagnier, and Elmostafa Bahraoui Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4456-4462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sulfated Polysaccharide-Directed Recruitment of Mammalian Host Proteins: a Novel Strategy in Microbial Pathogenesis Thomas D. Duensing, Jenny S. Wing, and Jos P. M. van Putten Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4463-4468; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Legionella pneumophila Invasion of MRC-5 Cells Induces Tyrosine Protein Phosphorylation Milorad Susa and Reinhard Marre Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4490-4498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Invasive Ability of an Escherichia coli Strain Isolated from the Ileal Mucosa of a Patient with Crohn's Disease Jerome Boudeau, Anne-Lise Glasser, Estelle Masseret, Bernard Joly, and Arlette Darfeuille-Michaud Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4499-4509; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stress-Induced Membrane Association of the Streptococcus mutans GTP-Binding Protein, an Essential G Protein, and Investigation of Its Physiological Role by Utilizing an Antisense RNA Strategy Didi Baev, Reg England, and Howard K. Kuramitsu Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4510-4516; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resistance to Both Complement Activation and Phagocytosis in Type 3 Pneumococci Is Mediated by the Binding of Complement Regulatory Protein Factor H Chris Neeleman, Sibyl P. M. Geelen, Piet C. Aerts, Mohammed R. Daha, Tom E. Mollnes, John J. Roord, George Posthuma, Hans van Dijk, and André Fleer Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4517-4524; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Studies of a Fibrinogen Binding Protein from Staphylococcus epidermidis Lei Pei, Marco Palma, Martin Nilsson, Bengt Guss, and Jan-Ingmar Flock Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4525-4530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of VspB of Borrelia turicatae, a Major Outer Membrane Protein Expressed in Blood and Tissues of Mice Pamela M. Pennington, Diego Cadavid, and Alan G. Barbour Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4637-4645; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Preliminary Characterization of a Mycobacterium abscessus Mutant in Human and Murine Models of Infection Thomas F. Byrd and C. Rick Lyons Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4700-4707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pure Botulinum Neurotoxin Is Absorbed from the Stomach and Small Intestine and Produces Peripheral Neuromuscular Blockade Andrew B. Maksymowych, Marco Reinhard, Carl J. Malizio, Michael C. Goodnough, Eric A. Johnson, and Lance L. Simpson Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4708-4712; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification, Cloning, and Expression of the CAMP factor gene (cfa) of Group A Streptococci Klaus Gase, Joseph J. Ferretti, Charles Primeaux, and W. Michael McShan Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4725-4731; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Gene Locus yijP Contributes to Escherichia coli K1 Invasion of Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Ying Wang, Sheng-He Huang, Carol A. Wass, Monique F. Stins, and Kwang Sik Kim Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4751-4756; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Porin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Induces Apoptosis in an Epithelial Cell Line Derived from Rat Seminal Vesicles Elisabetta Buommino, Francesco Morelli, Salvatore Metafora, Fabio Rossano, Brunella Perfetto, Adone Baroni, and Maria Antonietta Tufano Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4794-4800; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

LcrV of Yersinia pestis Enters Infected Eukaryotic Cells by a Virulence Plasmid-Independent Mechanism Kenneth A. Fields and Susan C. Straley Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4801-4813; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The EspD Protein of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Is Required for the Formation of Bacterial Surface Appendages and Is Incorporated in the Cytoplasmic Membranes of Target Cells Andreas U. Kresse, Manfred Rohde, and Carlos A. Guzmán Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4834-4842; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Salmonella typhimurium Virulence Factors to Diarrheal Disease in Calves Renée M. Tsolis, L. Garry Adams, Thomas A. Ficht, and Andreas J. Bäumler Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4879-4885; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Caspase 3 during Legionella pneumophila-Induced Apoptosis Lian-Yong Gao and Yousef Abu Kwaik Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4886-4894; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Genetically Manipulated Strains of Clostridium perfringens Reveals that Both Alpha-Toxin and Theta-Toxin Are Required for Vascular Leukostasis To Occur in Experimental Gas Gangrene Darren M. Ellemor, Rebecca N. Baird, Milena M. Awad, Richard L. Boyd, Julian I. Rood, and John J. Emmins Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4902-4907; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adhesion of Escherichia coli to HeLa Cells Mediated by Trypanosoma cruzi Surface Glycoprotein-Derived Peptides Inserted in the Outer Membrane Protein LamB Cátia M. Pereira, Sílvio Favoreto, Jr., José Franco da Silveira, Nobuko Yoshida, and Beatriz A. Castilho Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4908-4911; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Mechanism for the Spontaneous Generation of Pigmentless Porphyromonas gingivalis Mutants Wen Chen and Howard K. Kuramitsu Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4926-4930; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Third Metalloprotease Toxin Gene in Extraintestinal Isolates of Bacteroides fragilis Gyung-Tae Chung, Augusto A. Franco, Shaoguang Wu, Gi-Eun Rhie, Rodney Cheng, Hee-Bok Oh, and Cynthia L. Sears Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4945-4949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Regulation of Enteric and Systemic Salmonellosis by slyA Patricia R. Watson, Sue M. Paulin, A. Patricia Bland, Stephen J. Libby, Philip W. Jones, and Tim S. Wallis Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4950-4954; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Outer Membrane Proteins Omp10, Omp16, and Omp19 of Brucella spp. Are Lipoproteins Anne Tibor, Béatrice Decelle, and Jean-Jacques Letesson Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4960-4962; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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CpG Motifs in Porphyromonas gingivalis DNA Stimulate Interleukin-6 Expression in Human Gingival Fibroblasts Akira Takeshita, Kenichi Imai, and Shigemasa Hanazawa Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4340-4345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Role for Interleukin-5 during Chronic Toxoplasma gondii Infection Yin Zhang and Eric Y. Denkers Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4383-4392; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor Interferes with Uptake of Lipopolysaccharide by Macrophages Aihao Ding, Nathalie Thieblemont, Jing Zhu, Fenyu Jin, Jenny Zhang, and Samuel Wright Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4485-4489; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reactivation of Latent Tuberculosis: Variations on the Cornell Murine Model Charles A. Scanga, V. P. Mohan, Heather Joseph, Keming Yu, John Chan, and JoAnne L. Flynn Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4531-4538; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Replication-Defective Adenovirus Infection Reduces Helicobacter felis Colonization in the Mouse in a Gamma Interferon- and Interleukin-12-Dependent Manner Bo Jiang, Manel Jordana, Zhou Xing, Fionna Smaill, Denis P. Snider, Rajka Borojevic, Darlene Steele-Norwood, Richard H. Hunt, and Kenneth Croitoru Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4539-4544; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, Interleukin-1, and Interleukin-6 in a Mouse Model of Group B Streptococcal Arthritis Luciana Tissi, Manuela Puliti, Roberta Barluzzi, Graziella Orefici, Christina von Hunolstein, and Francesco Bistoni Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4545-4550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polarization of the Immune Response to the Single Immunodominant Epitope of p38, a Major Schistosoma mansoni Egg Antigen, Generates Th1- or Th2-Type Cytokines and Granulomas Yiguang Chen and Dov L. Boros Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4570-4577; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Murine Splenocytes Induce Severe Gastritis and Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity and Suppress Bacterial Colonization in Helicobacter pylori-Infected SCID Mice Kathryn A. Eaton, Susan R. Ringler, and Stephen J. Danon Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4594-4602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exoenzyme S Stimulates Murine Lymphocyte Proliferation In Vitro Neil G. Barclay, Jason C. L. Spurrell, Tony F. Bruno, Douglas G. Storey, Donald E. Woods, and Christopher H. Mody Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4613-4619; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heat-Killed Streptococcus suis Capsular Type 2 Strains Stimulate Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin-6 Production by Murine Macrophages Mariela Segura, Jana Stankova, and Marcelo Gottschalk Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4646-4654; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dominance of Immunoglobulin G2c in the Antiphosphorylcholine Response of Rats Infected with Trichinella spiralis Philip J. Peters, Lucille F. Gagliardo, Elizabeth A. Sabin, Arin B. Betchen, Kaya Ghosh, Jeb B. Oblak, and Judith A. Appleton Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4661-4667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactoferrin-Lipid A-Lipopolysaccharide Interaction: Inhibition by Anti-Human Lactoferrin Monoclonal Antibody AGM 10.14 Domenico Caccavo, Antonella Afeltra, Salvatore Pece, Giuseppe Giuliani, Marina Freudenberg, Chris Galanos, and Emilio Jirillo Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4668-4672; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Control of Schistosome Infections by the SM1 Locus of the 5q31-q33 Region Is Linked to Differentiation of Type 2 Helper T Lymphocytes Virmondes Rodrigues, Jr., Karen Piper, Patricia Couissinier-Paris, Olivia Bacelar, Hélia Dessein, and Alain J. Dessein Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4689-4692; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Protein Phosphorylation and Pathogen Phagocytosis by Surfactant Protein A Trista L. Schagat, Michael James Tino, and Jo Rae Wright Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4693-4699; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pulmonary Outcome in Cystic Fibrosis Is Influenced Primarily by Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection and Immune Status and Only Modestly by Genotype Richard B. Parad, Craig J. Gerard, David Zurakowski, David P. Nichols, and Gerald B. Pier Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4744-4750; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

T-Cell Responses to Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum Antigens during the Course of Experimental Syphilis Infection Thomas W. Arroll, Arturo Centurion-Lara, Sheila A. Lukehart, and Wesley C. Van Voorhis Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4757-4763; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of a Rat Enteric Defensin Gene by Hemorrhagic Shock Michael R. Condon, Alejandro Viera, Michael D'Alessio, and Gill Diamond Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4787-4793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antiphosphorylcholine Antibody Levels Are Elevated in Humans with Periodontal Diseases Harvey A. Schenkein, John C. Gunsolley, Al M. Best, M. Travis Harrison, Chin-Lo Hahn, Jiuhua Wu, and John G. Tew Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4814-4818; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

-Chemokines Enhance Parasite Uptake and Promote Nitric Oxide-Dependent Microbiostatic Activity in Murine Inflammatory Macrophages Infected with Trypanosoma cruzi Júlio C. S. Aliberti, Fabiana S. Machado, Janeusa T. Souto, Ana P. Campanelli, Mauro M. Teixeira, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, and João S. Silva Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4819-4826; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Rat Genes Encoding Homologues of Human -Defensins Hong Peng Jia, Jesse N. Mills, Fariba Barahmand-Pour, Darryl Nishimura, Rama K. Mallampali, Guoshun Wang, Kerry Wiles, Brian F. Tack, Charles L. Bevins, and Paul B. McCray, Jr. Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4827-4833; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Observed Differences in Virulence-Associated Phenotypes between a Human Clinical Isolate and a Veterinary Isolate of Mycobacterium avium Kristin A. Birkness, W. Edward Swords, Pei-Hsiu Huang, Elizabeth H. White, Charlene S. Dezzutti, Renu B. Lal, and Frederick D. Quinn Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4895-4901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Complement Receptors in Uptake of Mycobacterium avium by Macrophages In Vivo: Evidence from Studies Using CD18-Deficient Mice Luiz E. Bermudez, Joseph Goodman, and Mary Petrofsky Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4912-4916; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Local Cytokines in Increased Gastric Expression of the Secretory Component in Helicobacter pylori Infection Ingela Ahlstedt, Catharina Lindholm, Hans Lönroth, Annika Hamlet, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, and Marianne Quiding-Järbrink Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4921-4925; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551 and H37Rv in Rabbits Evaluated by Lurie's Pulmonary Tubercle Count Method William R. Bishai, Arthur M. Dannenberg, Jr., Nikki Parrish, Rafael Ruiz, Ping Chen, Bernard C. Zook, Walter Johnson, James W. Boles, and M. Louise M. Pitt Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4931-4934; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Age-Associated Differences in Immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) and IgG2 Subclass Antibodies to Pneumococcal Polysaccharides following Vaccination Kathleen R. Lottenbach, ChrisAnna M. Mink, Stephen J. Barenkamp, Edwin L. Anderson, Sharon M. Homan, and Douglas C. Powers Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4935-4938; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Intranasal Administration of Synthetic Recombinant Peptide-Based Vaccine Protects Mice from Infection by Schistosoma mansoni T. Ben-Yedidia, R. Tarrab-Hazdai, D. Schechtman, and R. Arnon Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4360-4366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Defect in Interleukin-10 Leads to Enhanced Malarial Disease in Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi Infection in Mice Ching Li, Inés Corraliza, and Jean Langhorne Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4435-4442; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Idiotypic Analyses of the Antibody Response to Cryptococcus neoformans Glucuronoxylomannan-Protein Conjugate Vaccine in Autoimmune and Nonautoimmune Mice Gabriel Nussbaum, Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Jean Mukherjee, Manxia Fan, Arturo Casadevall, and Matthew D. Scharff Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4469-4476; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Leishmania gp63 with Cellular Receptors for Fibronectin Andrew Brittingham, Gang Chen, Bradford S. McGwire, Kwang-Poo Chang, and David M. Mosser Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4477-4484; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding of Rat and Human Surfactant Proteins A and D to Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia Martin J. Allen, Ronald Harbeck, Bruce Smith, Dennis R. Voelker, and Robert J. Mason Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4563-4569; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans Reduces T-Lymphocyte Proliferation by Reducing Phagocytosis, Which Can Be Restored with Anticapsular Antibody Rachel M. Syme, Tony F. Bruno, Thomas R. Kozel, and Christopher H. Mody Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4620-4627; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of White-Opaque Phenotypic Switching in Candida albicans by the Efg1p Morphogenetic Regulator Anja Sonneborn, Bernd Tebarth, and Joachim F. Ernst Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4655-4660; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Peptides That Mimic Epitopes on a Malarial Antigen from Random Peptide Libraries Displayed on Phage Christopher G. Adda, Leann Tilley, Robin F. Anders, and Michael Foley Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4679-4688; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions of Penicillium marneffei with Human Leukocytes In Vitro Yong Rongrungruang and Stuart M. Levitz Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4732-4736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of Filament Formation in Candida albicans by Polyamine Levels Ana B. Herrero, M. Carmen López, Susana García, Axel Schmidt, Frank Spaltmann, José Ruiz-Herrera, and Angel Dominguez Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4870-4878; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coinfection with Toxoplasma gondii Inhibits Antigen-Specific Th2 Immune Responses, Tissue Inflammation, and Parasitism in BALB/c Mice Infected with Leishmania major H. C. Santiago, M. A. P. Oliveira, E. A. Bambirra, A. M. C. Faria, L. C. C. Afonso, L. Q. Vieira, and R. T. Gazzinelli Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4939-4944; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Blood Mononuclear Cell Nitric Oxide Production and Plasma Cytokine Levels in Healthy Gabonese Children with Prior Mild or Severe Malaria Douglas J. Perkins, Peter G. Kremsner, Daniela Schmid, Mary A. Misukonis, Meghan A. Kelly, and J. Brice Weinberg Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4977-4981; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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The Autolysin-Encoding Gene (lytA) of Streptococcus pneumoniae Displays Restricted Allelic Variation despite Localized Recombination Events with Genes of Pneumococcal Bacteriophage Encoding Cell Wall Lytic Enzymes Adrian M. Whatmore and Christopher G. Dowson Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4551-4556; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a New Variable Sequence in the P1 Cytadhesin Gene of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Evidence for the Generation of Antigenic Variation by DNA Recombination between Repetitive Sequences Tsuyoshi Kenri, Rie Taniguchi, Yuko Sasaki, Norio Okazaki, Mitsuo Narita, Kinichi Izumikawa, Masao Umetsu, and Tsuguo Sasaki Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4557-4562; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Abundantly Expressed Novel and Conserved Genes from the Infective Larval Stage of Toxocara canis by an Expressed Sequence Tag Strategy Kevin K. A. Tetteh, Alex Loukas, Cindy Tripp, and Rick M. Maizels Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4771-4779; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The 102-Kilobase pgm Locus of Yersinia pestis: Sequence Analysis and Comparison of Selected Regions among Different Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Strains Carmen Buchrieser, Christophe Rusniok, Lionel Frangeul, Elisabeth Couve, Alain Billault, Frank Kunst, Elisabeth Carniel, and Philippe Glaser Infect. Immun. September 1999 67: 4851-4861; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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