To see an article, click its [Full Text], [Abstract] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.

Host Response and Inflammation:

Abul F. M. W. Islam, Nathan D. Moss, Yung Dai, Murray S. R. Smith, Andrew M. Collins, and Graham D. F. Jackson

Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Biliary Factors Enhance Invasion of Salmonella enteritidis in a Rat Model
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 1-5. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. Jukka O. Laine, David S. Grass, and Timo J. Nevalainen

Resistance of Transgenic Mice Expressing Human Group II Phospholipase A2 to Escherichia coli Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 87-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ramya Gopinath, L. E. Hanna, V. Kumaraswami, V. Perumal, V. Kavitha, V. Vijayasekaran, and Thomas B. Nutman

Perturbations in Eosinophil Homeostasis following Treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 93-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gill Diamond, Vicki Kaiser, Janice Rhodes, John P. Russell, and Charles L. Bevins

Transcriptional Regulation of -Defensin Gene Expression in Tracheal Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 113-119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vincent Aubert, Dominik Schneeberger, Alain Sauty, Judith Winter, Peter Sperisen, John-David Aubert, and François Spertini

Induction of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin-8 Gene Expression in Bronchial Epithelial Cells by Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 120-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rikke Louise Vinther Skjøt, Thomas Oettinger, Ida Rosenkrands, Pernille Ravn, Inger Brock, Susanne Jacobsen, and Peter Andersen

Comparative Evaluation of Low-Molecular-Mass Proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Identifies Members of the ESAT-6 Family as Immunodominant T-Cell Antigens
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 214-220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael O. Eze, Liang Yuan, Robert M. Crawford, Chrysanthi M. Paranavitana, Ted L. Hadfield, Apurba K. Bhattacharjee, Richard L. Warren, and David L. Hoover

Effects of Opsonization and Gamma Interferon on Growth of Brucella melitensis 16M in Mouse Peritoneal Macrophages In Vitro
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 257-263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David LaVerda, Lisa N. Albanese, Paul E. Ruther, Sandra G. Morrison, Richard P. Morrison, Kevin A. Ault, and Gerald I. Byrne

Seroreactivity to Chlamydia trachomatis Hsp10 Correlates with Severity of Human Genital Tract Disease
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 303-309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sabine Krüger, Ernst Brandt, Matthias Klinger, Stefan Krüger, and Burkhard Kreft

Interleukin-8 Secretion of Cortical Tubular Epithelial Cells Is Directed to the Basolateral Environment and Is Not Enhanced by Apical Exposure to Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 328-334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Collins Batsirai Chiwakata, Christoph Josef Hemmer, and Manfred Dietrich

High Levels of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase mRNA Are Associated with Increased Monocyte Counts in Blood and Have a Beneficial Role in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 394-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

Peter Kuhnert, Bénédicte Heyberger-Meyer, Jacques Nicolet, and Joachim Frey

Characterization of PaxA and Its Operon: a Cohemolytic RTX Toxin Determinant from Pathogenic Pasteurella aerogenes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 6-12. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jere W. McBride, Xue-jie Yu, and David H. Walker

Glycosylation of Homologous Immunodominant Proteins of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 13-18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel W. Martin and Christian D. Mohr

Invasion and Intracellular Survival of Burkholderia cepacia
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 24-29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea Battistoni, Francesca Pacello, Silvia Folcarelli, Maria Ajello, Giovanna Donnarumma, Rita Greco, Maria Grazia Ammendolia, Danièle Touati, Giuseppe Rotilio, and Piera Valenti

Increased Expression of Periplasmic Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase Enhances Survival of Escherichia coli Invasive Strains within Nonphagocytic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 30-37. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Oswald, H. Schmidt, S. Morabito, H. Karch, O. Marchès, and A. Caprioli

Typing of Intimin Genes in Human and Animal Enterohemorrhagic and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Characterization of a New Intimin Variant
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 64-71. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Jeyaseelan, S. L. Hsuan, M. S. Kannan, B. Walcheck, J. F. Wang, M. E. Kehrli, E. T. Lally, G. C. Sieck, and S. K. Maheswaran

Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen 1 Is a Receptor for Pasteurella haemolytica Leukotoxin in Bovine Leukocytes
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 72-79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Terri S. Hamrick, Edward A. Havell, John R. Horton, and Paul E. Orndorff

Host and Bacterial Factors Involved in the Innate Ability of Mouse Macrophages To Eliminate Internalized Unopsonized Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 125-132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne M. Berry and James C. Paton

Additive Attenuation of Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Mutation of the Genes Encoding Pneumolysin and Other Putative Pneumococcal Virulence Proteins
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 133-140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jérôme Dellacasagrande, Eric Ghigo, Christian Capo, Didier Raoult, and Jean-Louis Mege

Coxiella burnetii Survives in Monocytes from Patients with Q Fever Endocarditis: Involvement of Tumor Necrosis Factor
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 160-164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Auli Paananen, Raimo Mikkola, Timo Sareneva, Sampsa Matikainen, Maria Andersson, Ilkka Julkunen, Mirja S. Salkinoja-Salonen, and Tuomo Timonen

Inhibition of Human NK Cell Function by Valinomycin, a Toxin from Streptomyces griseus in Indoor Air
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 165-169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Addison K. May, Thomas G. Gleason, Robert G. Sawyer, and Timothy L. Pruett

Contribution of Escherichia coli Alpha-Hemolysin to Bacterial Virulence and to Intraperitoneal Alterations in Peritonitis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 176-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vincent B. Young, Kimberly A. Knox, and David B. Schauer

Cytolethal Distending Toxin Sequence and Activity in the Enterohepatic Pathogen Helicobacter hepaticus
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 184-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

József Vasi, Lars Frykberg, Lena E. Carlsson, Martin Lindberg, and Bengt Guss

M-Like Proteins of Streptococcus dysgalactiae
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 294-302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yanping Wu, Jennifer H. McQuiston, Andrew Cox, Todd D. Pack, and Thomas J. Inzana

Molecular Cloning and Mutagenesis of a DNA Locus Involved in Lipooligosaccharide Biosynthesis in Haemophilus somnus
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 310-319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel J. Kwak, Nancy H. Augustine, Wellington G. Borges, Joanna L. Joyner, Wayne F. Green, and Harry R. Hill

Intracellular and Extracellular Cytokine Production by Human Mixed Mononuclear Cells in Response to Group B Streptococci
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 320-327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. Suchland, Daniel D. Rockey, John P. Bannantine, and Walter E. Stamm

Isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis That Occupy Nonfusogenic Inclusions Lack IncA, a Protein Localized to the Inclusion Membrane
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 360-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Omar S. Harb and Yousef Abu Kwaik

Characterization of a Macrophage-Specific Infectivity Locus (milA) of Legionella pneumophila
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 368-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vlademir V. Cantarelli, Akira Takahashi, Yukihiro Akeda, Kenichi Nagayama, and Takeshi Honda

Interaction of Enteropathogenic or Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli with HeLa Cells Results in Translocation of Cortactin to the Bacterial Adherence Site
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 382-386. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara H. Miller and Thomas M. Shinnick

Evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genes Involved in Resistance to Killing by Human Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 387-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brigitte A. Cowell, David Y. Chen, Dara W. Frank, Amy J. Vallis, and Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig

ExoT of Cytotoxic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Prevents Uptake by Corneal Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 403-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yixin P. Tang and Michael H. Malamy

Isolation of Bacteroides fragilis Mutants with In Vivo Growth Defects by Using Tn4400', a Modified Tn4400 Transposition System, and a New Screening Method
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 415-419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsute Chen, Hong Dong, Yixin P. Tang, Mary M. Dallas, Michael H. Malamy, and Margaret J. Duncan

Identification and Cloning of Genes from Porphyromonas gingivalis after Mutagenesis with a Modified Tn4400 Transposon from Bacteroides fragilis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 420-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Rui Appelberg, Irene S. Leal, Teresa F. Pais, Jorge Pedrosa, and Manuela Flórido

Differences in Resistance of C57BL/6 and C57BL/10 Mice to Infection by Mycobacterium avium Are Independent of Gamma Interferon
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 19-23. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chikashi Oshima, Kazuichi Okazaki, Yumi Matsushima, Mitsutaka Sawada, Tsutomu Chiba, Kiyoyuki Takahashi, Hiroshi Hiai, Tomoya Katakai, Shinpei Kasakura, and Tohru Masuda

Induction of Follicular Gastritis following Postthymectomy Autoimmune Gastritis in Helicobacter pylori-Infected BALB/c Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 100-106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heike Kotarsky, Anette Thern, Gunnar Lindahl, and Ulf Sjöbring

Strain-Specific Restriction of the Antiphagocytic Property of Group A Streptococcal M Proteins
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 107-112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David L. Lakey, Rama K. R. Voladri, Kathryn M. Edwards, Cynthia Hager, Buka Samten, Robert S. Wallis, Peter F. Barnes, and Douglas S. Kernodle

Enhanced Production of Recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens in Escherichia coli by Replacement of Low-Usage Codons
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 233-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antoine Gross, Annie Terraza, Safia Ouahrani-Bettache, Jean-Pierre Liautard, and Jacques Dornand

In Vitro Brucella suis Infection Prevents the Programmed Cell Death of Human Monocytic Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 342-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

M. Vercammen, T. Scorza, K. Huygen, J. De Braekeleer, R. Diet, D. Jacobs, E. Saman, and H. Verschueren

DNA Vaccination with Genes Encoding Toxoplasma gondii Antigens GRA1, GRA7, and ROP2 Induces Partially Protective Immunity against Lethal Challenge in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 38-45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

De-Qiao Chen, Bala Krishna Kolli, Nagendra Yadava, Hong Gang Lu, Alice Gilman-Sachs, Daniel A. Peterson, and Kwang-Poo Chang

Episomal Expression of Specific Sense and Antisense mRNAs in Leishmania amazonensis: Modulation of gp63 Level in Promastigotes and Their Infection of Macrophages In Vitro
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 80-86. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sunil K. Joshi, Ashima Bharadwaj, Shyama Chatterjee, and V. S. Chauhan

Analysis of Immune Responses against T- and B-Cell Epitopes from Plasmodium falciparum Liver-Stage Antigen 1 in Rodent Malaria Models and Malaria-Exposed Human Subjects in India
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 141-150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven M. Singer and Theodore E. Nash

T-Cell-Dependent Control of Acute Giardia lamblia Infections in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 170-175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel F. Hoft, Anita R. Schnapp, Christopher S. Eickhoff, and Stanford T. Roodman

Involvement of CD4⁺ Th1 Cells in Systemic Immunity Protective against Primary and Secondary Challenges with Trypanosoma cruzi
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 197-204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Adams, G. D. H. Turner, G. B. Nash, K. Micklem, C. I. Newbold, and A. G. Craig

Differential Binding of Clonal Variants of Plasmodium falciparum to Allelic Forms of Intracellular Adhesion Molecule 1 Determined by Flow Adhesion Assay
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 264-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henry W. Murray and Sharmaine Delph-Etienne

Roles of Endogenous Gamma Interferon and Macrophage Microbicidal Mechanisms in Host Response to Chemotherapy in Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 288-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luz E. Cano, Lúcia M. Singer-Vermes, Tania A. Costa, José O. Mengel, Cynthia F. Xidieh, Celina Arruda, Denise C. André, Celidéia A. C. Vaz, Eva Burger, and Vera L. G. Calich

Depletion of CD8⁺ T Cells In Vivo Impairs Host Defense of Mice Resistant and Susceptible to Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 352-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen J. Rogerson, James G. Beeson, Chisale G. Mhango, Fraction K. Dzinjalamala, and Malcolm E. Molyneux

Plasmodium falciparum Rosette Formation Is Uncommon in Isolates from Pregnant Women
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 391-393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl B. Seydel, Sara J. Smith, and Samuel L. Stanley, Jr.

Innate Immunity to Amebic Liver Abscess Is Dependent on Gamma Interferon and Nitric Oxide in a Murine Model of Disease
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 400-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chandrasekharam N. Nagineni, Barbara Detrick, and John J. Hooks

Toxoplasma gondii Infection Induces Gene Expression and Secretion of Interleukin 1 (IL-1), IL-6, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, and Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 by Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 407-410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Pietro Mastroeni, C. Simmons, R. Fowler, C. E. Hormaeche, and G. Dougan

Igh-6^/ (B-Cell-Deficient) Mice Fail To Mount Solid Acquired Resistance to Oral Challenge with Virulent Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Show Impaired Th1 T-Cell Responses to Salmonella Antigens
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 46-53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lakshmi Krishnan, Chantal J. Dicaire, Girishchandra B. Patel, and G. Dennis Sprott

Archaeosome Vaccine Adjuvants Induce Strong Humoral, Cell-Mediated, and Memory Responses: Comparison to Conventional Liposomes and Alum
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 54-63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shin-Ichi Yokota, Ken-Ichi Amano, Yoshiko Shibata, Mizuho Nakajima, Miyuki Suzuki, Shunji Hayashi, Nobuhiro Fujii, and Takashi Yokochi

Two Distinct Antigenic Types of the Polysaccharide Chains of Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharides Characterized by Reactivity with Sera from Humans with Natural Infection
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 151-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hua Su, Ronald Messer, William Whitmire, Scott Hughes, and Harlan D. Caldwell

Subclinical Chlamydial Infection of the Female Mouse Genital Tract Generates a Potent Protective Immune Response: Implications for Development of Live Attenuated Chlamydial Vaccine Strains
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 192-196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thames E. Pickett, Marcela F. Pasetti, James E. Galen, Marcelo B. Sztein, and Myron M. Levine

In Vivo Characterization of the Murine Intranasal Model for Assessing the Immunogenicity of Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Strains as Live Mucosal Vaccines and as Live Vectors
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 205-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward T. Ryan, Thomas I. Crean, Sims K. Kochi, Manohar John, Angel A. Luciano, Kevin P. Killeen, Karl E. Klose, and Stephen B. Calderwood

Development of a glnA Balanced Lethal Plasmid System for Expression of Heterologous Antigens by Attenuated Vaccine Vector Strains of Vibrio cholerae
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 221-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Aidoo, Ajit Lalvani, Sarah C. Gilbert, Jiang Ting Hu, Pierre Daubersies, Nicole Hurt, Hilton C. Whittle, Pierre Druihle, and Adrian V. S. Hill

Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitopes for HLA-B53 and Other HLA Types in the Malaria Vaccine Candidate Liver-Stage Antigen 3
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 227-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pablo A. García-Ojeda, Martha E. Monser, Leonard J. Rubinstein, Harold J. Jennings, and Kathryn E. Stein

Murine Immune Response to Neisseria meningitidis Group C Capsular Polysaccharide: Analysis of Monoclonal Antibodies Generated in Response to a Thymus-Independent Antigen and a Thymus-Dependent Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 239-246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tümay Basar, Pierre Guermonprez, Marie Rojas, and Claude Leclerc

Delivery of CD8⁺ T-Cell Epitopes into Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Antigen Presentation Pathway by Bordetella pertussis Adenylate Cyclase: Delineation of Cell Invasive Structures and Permissive Insertion Sites
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 247-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wenbin Tuo, Guy H. Palmer, Travis C. McGuire, Daming Zhu, and Wendy C. Brown

Interleukin-12 as an Adjuvant Promotes Immunoglobulin G and Type 1 Cytokine Recall Responses to Major Surface Protein 2 of the Ehrlichial Pathogen Anaplasma marginale
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 270-280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Martin, Daniel J. Metzger, Suzanne M. Michalek, Terry D. Connell, and Michael W. Russell

Comparative Analysis of the Mucosal Adjuvanticity of the Type II Heat-Labile Enterotoxins LT-IIa and LT-IIb
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 281-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aharona Glatman-Freedman, Aron J. Mednick, Nikoletta Lendvai, and Arturo Casadevall

Clearance and Organ Distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in the Presence and Absence of LAM-Binding Immunoglobulin M
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 335-341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dianne C. Webb and Allan W. Cripps

A P5 Peptide That Is Homologous to Peptide 10 of OprF from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Enhances Clearance of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae from Acutely Infected Rat Lung in the Absence of Detectable Peptide-Specific Antibody
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 377-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert D. Gilmore, Jr. and Joseph Piesman

Inhibition of Borrelia burgdorferi Migration from the Midgut to the Salivary Glands following Feeding by Ticks on OspC-Immunized Mice
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 411-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

James R. Johnson, Michael Kuskowski;, Erick Denamur, Jacques Elion, and Bertrand Picard

Clonal Origin, Virulence Factors, and Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 424-425. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Diane M. Retallack, Elizabeth L. Heinecke, Reta Gibbons, George S. Deepe, Jr., and Jon P. Woods

The URA5 Gene Is Necessary for Histoplasma capsulatum Growth during Infection of Mouse and Human Cells
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author's Correction:

Arie van der Ende, Zhi-Jun Pan, Aldert Bart, René W. M. van der Hulst, Monique Feller, Shu-dong Xiao, Guido N. J. Tytgat, and Jacob Dankert

cagA-Positive Helicobacter pylori Populations in China and The Netherlands Are Distinct
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roland Brosch, Wolfgang J. Phillipp, Evangelos Stavropoulos, M. Joseph Colston, Stewart T. Cole, and Stephen V. Gordon

Genomic Analysis Reveals Variation between Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and the Attenuated M. tuberculosis H37Ra Strain
Infect. Immun. 2000 68: 427. [Full Text] [PDF]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.