Contents: December 2000, Volume 68, Issue 12        Minireviews        Host Response and Inflammation        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Genomics        Letters        Errata        Author's Correction Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Host-Pathogen Interactions: Basic Concepts of Microbial Commensalism, Colonization, Infection, and Disease Arturo Casadevall and Liise-anne Pirofski Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6511-6518; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Human Lactoferrin Interacts with Soluble CD14 and Inhibits Expression of Endothelial Adhesion Molecules, E-Selectin and ICAM-1, Induced by the CD14-Lipopolysaccharide Complex S. Baveye, E. Elass, D. G. Fernig, C. Blanquart, J. Mazurier, and D. Legrand Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6519-6525; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunomodulatory Role of Endogenous Interleukin-18 in Gamma Interferon-Mediated Resolution of Replicative Legionella pneumophila Lung Infection Joan K. Brieland, Craig Jackson, Steve Hurst, David Loebenberg, Tony Muchamuel, Reno Debets, Rob Kastelein, Tatyana Churakova, John Abrams, Roberta Hare, and Anne O'Garra Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6567-6573; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sialylation of Lipooligosaccharide Cores Affects Immunogenicity and Serum Resistance of Campylobacter jejuni Patricia Guerry, Cheryl P. Ewing, Thomas E. Hickey, Martina M. Prendergast, and Anthony P. Moran Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6656-6662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-10 Modulates Proinflammatory Cytokines in the Human Monocytic Cell Line THP-1 Stimulated with Borrelia burgdorferi Lipoproteins P. K. Murthy, Vida A. Dennis, Barbara L. Lasater, and Mario T. Philipp Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6663-6669; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent Inhibits Superoxide Anion Generation by Human Neutrophils Jason Mott and Yasuko Rikihisa Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6697-6703; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection of Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages with Chlamydia trachomatis Induces Apoptosis of T Cells: a Potential Mechanism for Persistent Infection Michael C. Jendro, Tobias Deutsch, Britta Körber, Lars Köhler, Jens G. Kuipers, Birgit Krausse-Opatz, Jürgen Westermann, Elke Raum, and Henning Zeidler Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6704-6711; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanisms of Intracellular Killing of Rickettsia conorii in Infected Human Endothelial Cells, Hepatocytes, and Macrophages Hui-Min Feng and David H. Walker Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6729-6736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gamma Interferon Influences Intestinal Epithelial Hyperplasia Caused by Lawsonia intracellularis Infection in Mice David G. E. Smith, Suzanne C. Mitchell, Tony Nash, and Susan Rhind Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6737-6743; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of CD14 and 2-Integrins in Activating Cells with Soluble and Particulate Lipopolysaccharides and Mannuronic Acid Polymers Trude H. Flo, Liv Ryan, Lars Kilaas, Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk, Robin R. Ingalls, Anders Sundan, Douglas T. Golenbock, and Terje Espevik Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6770-6776; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytokine Induction by Streptococcus mutans and Pulpal Pathogenesis Chin-Lo Hahn, Al M. Best, and John G. Tew Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6785-6789; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the Nitric Oxide Synthase 2 Gene Is Not Essential for Early Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Murine Lung Andrea M. Cooper, John E. Pearl, Jason V. Brooks, Stefan Ehlers, and Ian M. Orme Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6879-6882; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-1 Receptor Type I Gene-Deficient Mice Are Less Susceptible to Staphylococcus epidermidis Biomaterial-Associated Infection than Are Wild-Type Mice Jaap Jan Boelens, Tom van der Poll, Sebastian A. J. Zaat, Jean L. A. N. Murk, Jan J. Weening, and Jacob Dankert Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6924-6931; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetically Determined Disparate Innate and Adaptive Cell-Mediated Immune Responses to Pulmonary Mycobacterium bovis BCG Infection in C57BL/6 and BALB/c Mice Julia Wakeham, Jun Wang, and Zhou Xing Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6946-6953; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dose-Dependent Activation of Lymphocytes in Endotoxin-Induced Airway Inflammation Roland Larsson, David Rocksén, Bo Lilliehöök, Åsa Jonsson, and Anders Bucht Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6962-6969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium bovis-Infected Cervine Alveolar Macrophages Secrete Lymphoreactive Lipid Antigens Frank E. Aldwell, Bridget L. Dicker, Fernanda M. Da Silva Tatley, Martin F. Cross, Simon Liggett, Colin G. Mackintosh, and J. Frank T. Griffin Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7003-7009; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Alteration in Intestinal Epithelial Cell Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 3 (TLR3) and TLR4 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Elke Cario and Daniel K. Podolsky Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7010-7017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Mycobacterium bovis BCG Auxotrophic Mutant That Protects Guinea Pigs against M. bovis and Hematogenous Spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis without Sensitization to Tuberculin Mark A. Chambers, Ann Williams, Dolores Gavier-Widén, Adam Whelan, Graham Hall, Philip D. Marsh, Barry R. Bloom, William R. Jacobs, and R. Glyn Hewinson Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7094-7099; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reactivity of Rheumatic Fever and Scarlet Fever Patients' Sera with Group A Streptococcal M Protein, Cardiac Myosin, and Cardiac Tropomyosin: a Retrospective Study Kevin F. Jones, Stephen S. Whitehead, Madeleine W. Cunningham, and Vincent A. Fischetti Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7132-7136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Effect of -Oligosaccharide Phenotype of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Strain MS11 on Invasion of Chang Conjunctival, HEC-1-B Endometrial, and ME-180 Cervical Cells Susie Y. Minor, Asesh Banerjee, and Emil C. Gotschlich Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6526-6534; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Campylobacter jejuni Cytolethal Distending Toxin Mediates Release of Interleukin-8 from Intestinal Epithelial Cells Thomas E. Hickey, Annette L. McVeigh, Daniel A. Scott, Ronda E. Michielutti, Alyssa Bixby, Shannon A. Carroll, A. Louis Bourgeois, and Patricia Guerry Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6535-6541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of the scl Gene Encoding a Group A Streptococcus Extracellular Protein Virulence Factor with Similarity to Human Collagen Slawomir Lukomski, Kazumitsu Nakashima, Iman Abdi, Vincent J. Cipriano, Robin M. Ireland, Sean D. Reid, Gerald G. Adams, and James M. Musser Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6542-6553; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Siderophore Receptor Required for Ferric Ornibactin Uptake in Burkholderia cepacia P. A. Sokol, P. Darling, S. Lewenza, C. R. Corbett, and C. D. Kooi Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6554-6560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Capsule Impedes Adhesion to and Invasion of Epithelial Cells by Klebsiella pneumoniae Hany Sahly, Rainer Podschun, Tobias A. Oelschlaeger, Michael Greiwe, Haralambos Parolis, David Hasty, Jörn Kekow, Uwe Ullmann, Itzhak Ofek, and Shlomo Sela Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6744-6749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hemin-Binding Surface Protein from Bartonella quintana James A. Carroll, Sherry A. Coleman, Laura S. Smitherman, and Michael F. Minnick Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6750-6757; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Invasion Is Repressed in the Presence of Bile A. M. Prouty and J. S. Gunn Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6763-6769; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Sequence and Comparison of Virulence Plasmids from Rhodococcus equi ATCC 33701 and 103 Shinji Takai, Stephen A. Hines, Tsutomu Sekizaki, Vivian M. Nicholson, Debra A. Alperin, Makoto Osaki, Daisuke Takamatsu, Mutsu Nakamura, Kayo Suzuki, Nobuko Ogino, Tsutomu Kakuda, Hanhong Dan, and John F. Prescott Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6840-6847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterologously Expressed Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin-Binding Proteins Are Sufficient for Invasion of Host Cells Bhanu Sinha, Patrice Francois, Yok-Ai Que, Muzaffar Hussain, Christine Heilmann, Philippe Moreillon, Daniel Lew, Karl-Heinz Krause, Georg Peters, and Mathias Herrmann Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6871-6878; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Internalization of Cytolethal Distending Toxin from Haemophilus ducreyi Ximena Cortes-Bratti, Esteban Chaves-Olarte, Teresa Lagergård, and Monica Thelestam Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6903-6911; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essential Role for the Legionella pneumophila Rep Helicase Homologue in Intracellular Infection of Mammalian Cells Omar S. Harb and Yousef Abu Kwaik Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6970-6978; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Mycobacterial Surface Proteins Released into Subcellular Compartments of Infected Macrophages Wandy L. Beatty and David G. Russell Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6997-7002; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pyelonephritogenic Diffusely Adhering Escherichia coli EC7372 Harboring Dr-II Adhesin Carries Classical Uropathogenic Virulence Genes and Promotes Cell Lysis and Apoptosis in Polarized Epithelial Caco-2/TC7 Cells Julie Guignot, Jacqueline Breard, Marie-Françoise Bernet-Camard, Isabelle Peiffer, Bogdan J. Nowicki, Alain L. Servin, and Anne-Beatrice Blanc-Potard Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7018-7027; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phagosome Acidification Has Opposite Effects on Intracellular Survival of Bordetella pertussis and B. bronchiseptica Boris Schneider, Roy Gross, and Albert Haas Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7039-7048; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Nuclear Factor B and Induction of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase by Ureaplasma urealyticum in Macrophages Y.-H. Li, Z.-Q. Yan, J. Skov Jensen, K. Tullus, and A. Brauner Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7087-7093; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of an In Vivo Model for Study of Intestinal Invasion by Salmonella enterica in Chickens S. Aabo, J. P. Christensen, M. S. Chadfield, B. Carstensen, T. K. Jensen, M. Bisgaard, and J. E. Olsen Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7122-7125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inducible Expression of Enterococcus faecalis Aggregation Substance Surface Protein Facilitates Bacterial Internalization by Cultured Enterocytes Carol L. Wells, Elizabeth A. Moore, Julie A. Hoag, Helmut Hirt, Gary M. Dunny, and Stanley L. Erlandsen Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7190-7194; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Localization of Dysfunctional Tight Junctions in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-Infected Epithelial Layers Mark A. Jepson, Hélène B. Schlecht, and Carla B. Collares-Buzato Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7202-7208; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Leishmania major Reaches Distant Cutaneous Sites Where It Persists Transiently while Persisting Durably in the Primary Dermal Site and Its Draining Lymph Node: a Study with Laboratory Mice Luc Nicolas, Sacha Sidjanski, Jean-Hervé Colle, and Geneviève Milon Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6561-6566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dual Role of Signaling Pathways Leading to Ca2+ and Cyclic AMP Elevation in Host Cell Invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi Elisabet V. Caler, Rory E. Morty, Barbara A. Burleigh, and Norma W. Andrews Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6602-6610; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies to Malaria Vaccine Candidates Pvs25 and Pvs28 Completely Block the Ability of Plasmodium vivax To Infect Mosquitoes Hajime Hisaeda, Anthony W. Stowers, Takafumi Tsuboi, William E. Collins, Jetsumon S. Sattabongkot, Natavadee Suwanabun, Motomi Torii, and David C. Kaslow Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6618-6623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tetracycline-Regulatable System To Tightly Control Gene Expression in the Pathogenic Fungus Candida albicans Hironobu Nakayama, Toshiyuki Mio, Shigehisa Nagahashi, Michiko Kokado, Mikio Arisawa, and Yuko Aoki Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6712-6719; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation of a Recombinant 65-Kilodalton Mannoprotein, a Major Antigen Target of Cell-Mediated Immune Response to Candida albicans Roberto La Valle, Silvia Sandini, Maria Jesus Gomez, Francesca Mondello, Giulia Romagnoli, Roberto Nisini, and Antonio Cassone Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6777-6784; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlation of Susceptibility of Immature Mice to Fungal Infection (Blastomycosis) and Effector Cell Function Ari Ganer, Elmer Brummer, and David A. Stevens Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6833-6839; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Released ATP Is an Extracellular Cytotoxic Mediator in Salivary Histatin 5-Induced Killing of Candida albicans Svetlana E. Koshlukova, Marcelo W. B. Araujo, Didi Baev, and Mira Edgerton Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6848-6856; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Allelic Variation in the Babesia bovis Merozoite Surface Antigen 1 (MSA-1) Locus and Identification of a Cross-Reactive Inhibition-Sensitive MSA-1 Epitope Carlos E. Suarez, Monica Florin-Christensen, Stephen A. Hines, Guy H. Palmer, Wendy C. Brown, and Terry F. McElwain Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6865-6870; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-18 (IL-18) Enhances Innate IL-12-Mediated Resistance to Toxoplasma gondii Guifang Cai, Robert Kastelein, and Christopher A. Hunter Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6932-6938; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phagocytic Uptake of Encephalitozoon cuniculi by Nonprofessional Phagocytes Sabine Couzinet, Elisabeth Cejas, Johannes Schittny, Peter Deplazes, Rainer Weber, and Stefan Zimmerli Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6939-6945; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Antibodies against a Purified Glucosylceramide from Cryptococcus neoformans Inhibit Cell Budding and Fungal Growth Marcio L. Rodrigues, Luiz R. Travassos, Kildare R. Miranda, Anderson J. Franzen, Sonia Rozental, Wanderley de Souza, Celuta S. Alviano, and Eliana Barreto-Bergter Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7049-7060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxoplasma gondii Homologue of Plasmodium Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Is Involved in Invasion of Host Cells Adrian B. Hehl, Christine Lekutis, Michael E. Grigg, Peter J. Bradley, Jean-François Dubremetz, Eduardo Ortega-Barria, and John C. Boothroyd Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7078-7086; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Repression of Hyphal Proteinase Expression by the Mitogen-Activated Protein (MAP) Kinase Phosphatase Cpp1p of Candida albicans Is Independent of the MAP Kinase Cek1p Klaus Schröppel, Katrin Sprößer, Malcolm Whiteway, David Y. Thomas, Martin Röllinghoff, and Csilla Csank Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7159-7161; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin 12 as an Adjuvant to WI-1 Adhesin Immunization Augments Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity, Shifts the Subclass Distribution of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies, and Enhances Protective Immunity to Blastomyces dermatitidis Infection Marcel Wüthrich, Beatriz E. Finkel-Jiminez, and Bruce S. Klein Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7172-7174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attachment of Toxoplasma gondii to a Specific Membrane Fraction of CHO Cells Chaitali Dutta, Jane Grimwood, and Lloyd H. Kasper Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7198-7201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Regulation of the Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA (Fimbrillin) Gene Hua Xie, Whasun O. Chung, Yoonsuk Park, and Richard J. Lamont Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6574-6579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

impA, a Gene Coding for an Inner Membrane Protein, Influences Colonial Morphology of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Keith P. Mintz and Paula M. Fives-Taylor Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6580-6586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epithelial Cell Adherence Mediated by the Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Tia Protein Joseph G. Mammarappallil and Eric A. Elsinghorst Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6595-6601; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Surfactant Protein A with Lipopolysaccharide and Regulation of Inflammatory Cytokines in the THP-1 Monocytic Cell Line Mingchen Song and David S. Phelps Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6611-6617; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica Genes Induced during Systemic Infection Amy Strohmeier Gort and Virginia L. Miller Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6633-6642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Cytadherence-Deficient, GapA-Negative Mycoplasma gallisepticum Strain R L. Papazisi, K. E. Troy, T. S. Gorton, X. Liao, and S. J. Geary Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6643-6649; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Urease Expression in Actinomyces naeslundii WVU45 Evangelia Morou-Bermudez and Robert A. Burne Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6670-6676; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of 11 pH-Regulated Genes in Borrelia burgdorferi Localizing to Linear Plasmids James A. Carroll, Rebecca M. Cordova, and Claude F. Garon Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6677-6684; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Mechanisms of Phase Variation of PorA in Neisseria meningitidis Arie van der Ende, Carla T. P. Hopman, and Jacob Dankert Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6685-6690; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vibrio cholerae Requires rpoS for Efficient Intestinal Colonization D. Scott Merrell, Anna D. Tischler, Sang Ho Lee, and Andrew Camilli Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6691-6696; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Porphyromonas gingivalis Receptor for the Streptococcus gordonii SspB Protein Whasun O. Chung, Donald R. Demuth, and Richard J. Lamont Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6758-6762; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Invasion Genes by csrA Craig Altier, Mitsu Suyemoto, and Sara D. Lawhon Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6790-6797; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Immunogenicity of Group A Streptococcus Culture Supernatant Proteins Benfang Lei, Stacy Mackie, Slawomir Lukomski, and James M. Musser Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6807-6818; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impaired Bone Resorption by Lipopolysaccharide In Vivo in Mice Deficient in the Prostaglandin E Receptor EP4 Subtype Yoko Sakuma, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Michio Suda, Yasato Komatsu, Akihiro Yasoda, Masako Miura, Ami Ozasa, Shuh Narumiya, Yukihiko Sugimoto, Atsushi Ichikawa, Fumitaka Ushikubi, and Kazuwa Nakao Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6819-6825; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Analysis of TnphoA Insertion Sites in Vibrio cholerae Mutants Defective in Rugose Polysaccharide Production Afsar Ali, Zahid Hayat Mahmud, J. Glenn Morris, Jr., Shanmuga Sozhamannan, and Judith A. Johnson Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6857-6864; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formation of Methyl Mercaptan from L-Methionine by Porphyromonas gingivalis Mamiko Yoshimura, Yoshio Nakano, Yoshihisa Yamashita, Takahiko Oho, Toshiyuki Saito, and Toshihiko Koga Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6912-6916; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Discrete Domains within Gonococcal Transferrin-Binding Protein A That Are Necessary for Ligand Binding and Iron Uptake Functions Ian C. Boulton, Mary Kate Yost, James E. Anderson, and Cynthia Nau Cornelissen Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6988-6996; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ClpC ATPase Is Required for Cell Adhesion and Invasion of Listeria monocytogenes Shamila Nair, Eliane Milohanic, and Patrick Berche Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7061-7068; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

OppA of Listeria monocytogenes, an Oligopeptide-Binding Protein Required for Bacterial Growth at Low Temperature and Involved in Intracellular Survival Elise Borezee, Elisabeth Pellegrini, and Patrick Berche Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7069-7077; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Arginine Finger Domain of ExoT Contributes to Actin Cytoskeleton Disruption and Inhibition of Internalization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Epithelial Cells and Macrophages L. Garrity-Ryan, B. Kazmierczak, R. Kowal, J. Comolli, A. Hauser, and J. N. Engel Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7100-7113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surface Protein Variation by Expression Site Switching in the Relapsing Fever Agent Borrelia hermsii Alan G. Barbour, Carol J. Carter, and Charles D. Sohaskey Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7114-7121; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

mig-14 Is a Horizontally Acquired, Host-Induced Gene Required for Salmonella enterica Lethal Infection in the Murine Model of Typhoid Fever Raphael H. Valdivia, Daniela M. Cirillo, Anthea K. Lee, Donna M. Bouley, and Stanley Falkow Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7126-7131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neutralizing Antibodies to Adenylate Cyclase Toxin Promote Phagocytosis of Bordetella pertussis by Human Neutrophils Christine L. Weingart, Paula S. Mobberley-Schuman, Erik L. Hewlett, Mary C. Gray, and Alison A. Weiss Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7152-7155; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

fbpABC Gene Cluster in Neisseria meningitidis Is Transcribed as an Operon Heng H. Khun, Vinay Deved, Howard Wong, and B. Craig Lee Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7166-7171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection on Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice Erwin Blessing, Sanae Nagano, Lee Ann Campbell, Michael E. Rosenfeld, and Cho-chou Kuo Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7195-7197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Protective and Nonprotective Epitopes from Amino Termini of M Proteins from Australian Aboriginal Isolates and Reference Strains of Group A Streptococci Evelyn R. Brandt, Terrence Teh, Wendy A. Relf, Rhonda I. Hobb, and Michael F. Good Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6587-6594; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Shigella flexneri Invasin Complex Subunit Vaccine K. Ross Turbyfill, Antoinette B. Hartman, and Edwin V. Oaks Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6624-6632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Roles for Bordetella Lipopolysaccharide Molecules during Respiratory Tract Infection Eric T. Harvill, Andrew Preston, Peggy A. Cotter, Andrew G. Allen, Duncan J. Maskell, and Jeff F. Miller Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6720-6728; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Protective Immunity against Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infection by a Vaccine Based on Major Outer Membrane Protein-Lipophilic Immune Response-Stimulating Complexes Joseph U. Igietseme and Andrew Murdin Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6798-6806; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Naive Human T Cells Develop into Th1 Effectors after Stimulation with Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Macrophages or Recombinant Ag85 Proteins Donna M. Russo, Natalia Kozlova, David L. Lakey, and Douglas Kernodle Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6826-6832; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of T-cell Response by Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin-Treated Epithelial Cells Luciene M. Lopes, Asher Maroof, Gordon Dougan, and Benjamin M. Chain Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6891-6895; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Expression and Production of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, Interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-8, Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1 (MIP-1), MIP-1, and Gamma Interferon-Inducible Protein 10 by Human Neutrophils Stimulated with Group B Meningococcal Outer Membrane Vesicles José A. Lapinet, Patrizia Scapini, Federica Calzetti, Oliver Pérez, and Marco A. Cassatella Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6917-6923; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunity to Murine Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Tract Reinfection Involves B Cells and CD4+ T Cells but Not CD8+ T Cells Sandra G. Morrison, Hua Su, Harlan D. Caldwell, and Richard P. Morrison Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6979-6987; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Early Induction of Gamma Interferon and Interleukin-10 Production in Draining Lymph Nodes from Mice Infected with Borrelia burgdorferi Frederic Ganapamo, Vida A. Dennis, and Mario T. Philipp Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7162-7165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Bactericidal Immune Responses following Vaccination with Acellular Pertussis Vaccines in Adults Christine L. Weingart, Wendy A. Keitel, Kathryn M. Edwards, and Alison A. Weiss Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7175-7179; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disease Outcome Subsequent to Primary and Secondary Urogenital Infection with Murine or Human Biovars of Chlamydia trachomatis Kyle H. Ramsey, Jennifer L. DeWolfe, and Rena D. Salyer Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7186-7189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Bacterial Pathogens Induce Abscess Formation by CD4+ T-Cell Activation via the CD28-B7-2 Costimulatory Pathway Arthur O. Tzianabos, Anil Chandraker, Wiltrud Kalka-Moll, Francesca Stingele, Victor M. Dong, Robert W. Finberg, Robert Peach, and Mohamed H. Sayegh Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6650-6655; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Maturation of Human Dendritic Cells by Cell Wall Skeleton of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin: Involvement of Toll-Like Receptors Shoutaro Tsuji, Misako Matsumoto, Osamu Takeuchi, Shizuo Akira, Ichiro Azuma, Akira Hayashi, Kumao Toyoshima, and Tsukasa Seya Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6883-6890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunopathologic Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Murine Mycobacterial Infection Are Dose Dependent Linda-Gail Bekker, Andre L. Moreira, Amy Bergtold, Sherry Freeman, Bernard Ryffel, and Gilla Kaplan Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6954-6961; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Rearrangements in the Flagellin Locus of an flaA Mutant of Campylobacter jejuni during Colonization of Chicken Ceca Piet J. M. Nuijten, Anton J. G. van den Berg, Ivan Formentini, Bernard A. M. van der Zeijst, and Anton A. C. Jacobs Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7137-7140; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human CD8+ T Cells Specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Secreted Antigens in Tuberculosis Patients and Healthy BCG-Vaccinated Controls in The Gambia Steven M. Smith, Michèl R. Klein, Adam S. Malin, Jackson Sillah, Kris Huygen, Peter Andersen, Keith P. W. J. McAdam, and Hazel M. Dockrell Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7144-7148; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell-Mediated Immune Response during Primary Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection S. Halme, J. Latvala, R. Karttunen, I. Palatsi, P. Saikku, and H.-M. Surcel Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7156-7158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of Hypervariable Junctions of Haemophilus influenzae Pilus Gene Clusters Timothy D. Read, Sarah W. Satola, and Monica M. Farley Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 6896-6902; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Variation among Type IV Pilin (bfpA) Genes from Diverse Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains T. Eric Blank, Hailang Zhong, Alison L. Bell, Thomas S. Whittam, and Michael S. Donnenberg Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7028-7038; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigenicity, Expression, and Molecular Characterization of Surface-Located Pullulanase of Streptococcus pneumoniae Roger J. M. Bongaerts, Hans-Peter Heinz, Ulrich Hadding, and Gregor Zysk Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7141-7143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Genes Present Specifically in a Virulent Strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae Yi-Chyi Lai, Shu-Li Yang, Hwei-Ling Peng, and Hwan-You Chang Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7149-7151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogeny of Vibrio cholerae Based on recA Sequence O. Colin Stine, Shanmuga Sozhamannan, Qing Gou, Siqen Zheng, J. Glenn Morris, Jr., and Judith A. Johnson Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7180-7185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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Murine Models of Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Tract Infection: Use of Mouse Pneumonitis Strain versus Human Strains Servaas A. Morré, Joseph M. Lyons, James I. Ito, Jr., and Richard P. Morrison Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7209-7211; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Outer Surface Protein A and Arthritis in Hamsters Dennis L. Parenti, Ronald F. Schell, Steven M. Callister, and Steven D. Lovrich Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7212-7213; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Polymorphism of Repeated Regions of Pertactin in Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, and Bordetella bronchiseptica Caroline Boursaux-Eude and Nicole Guiso Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7214 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phase Variation in H Type I and Lewis a Epitopes of Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide Ben J. Appelmelk, M. Celeste Martino, Eveline Veenhof, Mario A. Monteiro, Janneke J. Maaskant, Riccardo Negrini, Frank Lindh, Malcolm Perry, Giuseppe Del Giudice, and Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7214 [Full Text] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Analysis of the F Antigen-Specific papA Alleles of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Using a Novel Multiplex PCR-Based Assay James R. Johnson, Adam L. Stell, Flemming Scheutz, Timothy T. O'Bryan, Thomas A. Russo, Ulrike B. Carlino, Caludine Fasching, Justine Kavle, Linda van Dijk, and Wim Gaastra Infect. Immun. December 2000 68: 7215 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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