Contents: February 2000, Volume 68, Issue 2        Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Genomics Other Issues

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Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

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A Peptide Permease Mutant of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Resistant to the Toxic Peptides Glutathione and S-Nitrosoglutathione Renee M. Green, Anjali Seth, and Nancy D. Connell Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 429-436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Mycoplasma arthritidis Membrane Lipoprotein MAA1 Leigh Rice Washburn, Elizabeth J. Miller, and Keith E. Weaver Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 437-442; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cleavage of a Recombinant Human Immunoglobulin A2 (IgA2)-IgA1 Hybrid Antibody by Certain Bacterial IgA1 Proteases Bernard W. Senior, James I. Dunlop, Margaret R. Batten, Mogens Kilian, and Jenny M. Woof Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 463-469; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the Helicobacter pylori ureI Gene Is Required for Acidic pH Activation of Cytoplasmic Urease David R. Scott, Elizabeth A. Marcus, David L. Weeks, Adrian Lee, Klaus Melchers, and George Sachs Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 470-477; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of vuuA, a Gene Encoding the Vibrio vulnificus Ferric Vulnibactin Receptor Athena C. D. Webster and Christine M. Litwin Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 526-534; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neisseria meningitidis Expressing Transferrin Binding Proteins of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Can Utilize Porcine Transferrin for Growth David J. Litt, Helen M. Palmer, and S. Peter Borriello Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 550-557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation, Affinity Purification, and Identification of Piglet Small Intestine Mucosa Receptor for Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K88ac+ Fimbriae Lin Fang, Zhibo Gan, and Ronald R. Marquardt Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 564-569; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Interactions with Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Nathalie Charland, Victor Nizet, Craig E. Rubens, Kwang Sik Kim, Sonia Lacouture, and Marcelo Gottschalk Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 637-643; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of an Antigen Localized to an Apparent Septum within Dividing Chlamydiae W. J. Brown and D. D. Rockey Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 708-715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzymatic Properties of Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase IV Produced by the Periodontal Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis and Its Participation in Virulence Yumi Kumagai, Kiyoshi Konishi, Tomoharu Gomi, Hisao Yagishita, Ayako Yajima, and Masanosuke Yoshikawa Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 716-724; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Absence of SpeB Production in Virulent Large Capsular Forms of Group A Streptococcal Strain 64 Roberta Raeder, Evlambia Harokopakis, Susan Hollingshead, and Michael D. P. Boyle Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 744-751; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of the Genes Encoding Antigen 85A and Antigen 85B of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv: Effect on Growth in Culture and in Macrophages Lisa Y. Armitige, Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Audrey R. Wanger, and Steven J. Norris Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 767-778; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of a Gene Cluster of Enterococcus faecalis Involved in Polysaccharide Biosynthesis Yi Xu, Kavindra V. Singh, Xiang Qin, Barbara E. Murray, and George M. Weinstock Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 815-823; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Heterogeneity within Cultured Cells on Bacterial Invasion: Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Entry into MDCK cells by Using a Green Fluorescent Protein-Labelled Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Receptor A. Alev Gerçeker, Tanweer Zaidi, Peter Marks, David E. Golan, and Gerald B. Pier Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 861-870; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

GAA Trinucleotide Repeat Region Regulates M9/pMGA Gene Expression in Mycoplasma gallisepticum Li Liu, Kevin Dybvig, Victor S. Panangala, Vicky L. van Santen, and Christopher T. French Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 871-876; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Mycobacterium ulcerans Toxin, Mycolactone, Causes Apoptosis in Guinea Pig Ulcers and Tissue Culture Cells Kathleen M. George, Lisa Pascopella, Diane M. Welty, and P. L. C. Small Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 877-883; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Mutants That Show Enhanced Trafficking across Polarized T84 Epithelial Monolayers Sylvia Hopper, J. Scott Wilbur, Brandi L. Vasquez, Jason Larson, Susan Clary, Ian J. Mehr, H. S. Seifert, and Magdalene So Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 896-905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of the Immunoglobulin A1 Protease on Neisseria gonorrhoeae Trafficking across Polarized T84 Epithelial Monolayers Sylvia Hopper, Brandi Vasquez, Alex Merz, Susan Clary, J. Scott Wilbur, and Magdalene So Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 906-911; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Operon for the Sorbitol (Glucitol) Phosphoenolpyruvate:Sugar Phosphotransferase System in Streptococcus mutans David A. Boyd, Tracy Thevenot, Markus Gumbmann, Allen L. Honeyman, and Ian R. Hamilton Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 925-930; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Conservation of the Polysaccharide Biosynthetic Protein WbpM and Its Homologues in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Other Medically Significant Bacteria Lori L. Burrows, Robert V. Urbanic, and Joseph S. Lam Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 931-936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of a New Variant of Toxin-Coregulated Pilus Protein (TcpA) in a Toxigenic Non-O1/Non-O139 Strain of Vibrio cholerae Bisweswar Nandi, Ranjan K. Nandy, Ana C. P. Vicente, and Asoke C. Ghose Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 948-952; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Capsular Polysaccharide Is a Major Complement Resistance Factor in Lipopolysaccharide O Side Chain-Deficient Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates Dolores Álvarez, Susana Merino, Juan M. Tomás, Vicente J. Benedí, and Sebastián Albertí Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 953-955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Allelic Forms of the Aureolysin Gene (aur) within Staphylococcus aureus Artur Sabat, Klaudia Kosowska, Knud Poulsen, Andrzej Kasprowicz, Agnieszka Sekowska, Bertus van den Burg, James Travis, and Jan Potempa Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 973-976; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Listeriolysin O in Cell-to-Cell Spread of Listeria monocytogenes Margaret M. Gedde, Darren E. Higgins, Lewis G. Tilney, and Daniel A. Portnoy Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 999-1003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Urease as a Virulence Factor in Experimental Cryptococcosis Gary M. Cox, Jean Mukherjee, Garry T. Cole, Arturo Casadevall, and John R. Perfect Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 443-448; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement for CD4+ T Lymphocytes in Host Resistance against Cryptococcus neoformans in the Central Nervous System of Immunized Mice Kent L. Buchanan and Hester A. Doyle Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 456-462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Cell Adhesion Site of Trypanosoma cruzi Metacyclic Stage Surface Glycoprotein gp82 Patricio M. Manque, Daniel Eichinger, Maria A. Juliano, Luiz Juliano, Jorge E. Araya, and Nobuko Yoshida Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 478-484; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

T-Cell Epitopes and Human Leukocyte Antigen Restriction Elements of an Immunodominant Antigen of Blastomyces dermatitidis W. L. Chang, R. G. Audet, B. D. Aizenstein, L. H. Hogan, R. I. DeMars, and B. S. Klein Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 502-510; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Defective Hyphal Development and Avirulence Caused by a Deletion of the SSK1 Response Regulator Gene in Candida albicans José Antonio Calera, Xiao-Jiong Zhao, and Richard Calderone Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 518-525; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Early Induction of Interleukin-12 by Human Monocytes Exposed to Cryptococcus neoformans Mannoproteins Lucia Pitzurra, Robert Cherniak, Monica Giammarioli, Stefano Perito, Francesco Bistoni, and Anna Vecchiarelli Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 558-563; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adherence of Platelets to Candida Species In Vivo R. Robert, S. Nail, A. Marot-Leblond, J. Cottin, M. Miegeville, S. Quenouillere, C. Mahaza, and J. M. Senet Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 570-576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Major Cell Surface Antigen of Coccidioides immitis Which Elicits Both Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses Chiung-Yu Hung, Neil M. Ampel, Lara Christian, Kalpathi R. Seshan, and Garry T. Cole Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 584-593; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Leishmania infantum Recombinant Antigen Which Elicits Interleukin 10 Production by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis Isabelle Suffia, Bernard Ferrua, Xavier Stien, Baharia Mograbi, Pierre Marty, Deborah Rousseau, Konstantina Fragaki, and Joanna Kubar Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 630-636; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Reproductive Hormones on Experimental Vaginal Candidiasis Paul L. Fidel, Jr., Jessica Cutright, and Chad Steele Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 651-657; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical and Immunological Characterization of MP65, a Major Mannoprotein Antigen of the Opportunistic Human Pathogen Candida albicans Maria J. Gomez, Bruno Maras, Alessandra Barca, Roberto La Valle, Donatella Barra, and Antonio Cassone Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 694-701; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Priming of a -Galactosidase (-GAL)-Specific Type 1 Response in BALB/c Mice Infected with -GAL-Transfected Leishmania major Hrishekesh R. Chakkalath, Afzal A. Siddiqui, Anuraj H. Shankar, Deborah E. Dobson, Stephen M. Beverley, and Richard G. Titus Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 809-814; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Persistent Cryptococcus neoformans Pulmonary Infection in the Rat Is Associated with Intracellular Parasitism, Decreased Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression, and Altered Antibody Responsiveness to Cryptococcal Polysaccharide David L. Goldman, Sunhee C. Lee, Aron J. Mednick, Lya Montella, and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 832-838; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Analysis of Antibody Responses against HSP60, Invariant Surface Glycoprotein 70, and Variant Surface Glycoprotein Reveals a Complex Antigen-Specific Pattern of Immunoglobulin Isotype Switching during Infection by Trypanosoma brucei Magdalena Radwanska, Stefan Magez, Alain Michel, Benoît Stijlemans, Maurice Geuskens, and Etienne Pays Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 848-860; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotypic Switching in Candida glabrata Involves Phase-Specific Regulation of the Metallothionein Gene MT-II and the Newly Discovered Hemolysin Gene HLP Salil A. Lachke, Thyagarajan Srikantha, Luong K. Tsai, Karla Daniels, and David R. Soll Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 884-895; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Candida albicans-Derived -1,2-Linked Mannooligosaccharides Induce Desensitization of Macrophages Thierry Jouault, Chantal Fradin, Pierre-André Trinel, and Daniel Poulain Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 965-968; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of the Roles of Calcineurin in Physiology and Virulence in Serotype D and Serotype A Strains of Cryptococcus neoformans M. Cristina Cruz, Rey A. L. Sia, Michael Olson, Gary M. Cox, and Joseph Heitman Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 982-985; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Increased Escherichia coli Phagocytosis in Neutrophils That Have Transmigrated across a Cultured Intestinal Epithelium Paul Hofman, Marjorie Piche, Dariush Farahi Far, Gaëlle Le Negrate, Eric Selva, Luce Landraud, Annie Alliana-Schmid, Patrice Boquet, and Bernard Rossi Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 449-455; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Chemokine Genes in Murine Macrophages Infected with Orientia tsutsugamushi Nam-Hyuk Cho, Seung-Yong Seong, Myung-Suk Huh, Tae-Hee Han, Young-Sang Koh, Myung-Sik Choi, and Ik-Sang Kim Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 594-602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD4+ T-Cell Subsets That Mediate Immunological Memory to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Mice Peter Andersen and Birgitte Smedegaard Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 621-629; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Serotype-Specific Polysaccharide in the Resistance of Streptococcus mutans to Phagocytosis by Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes Hiromasa Tsuda, Yoshihisa Yamashita, Kuniaki Toyoshima, Noboru Yamaguchi, Takahiko Oho, Yoshio Nakano, Kengo Nagata, and Toshihiko Koga Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 644-650; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytokine Expression and Production by Purified Helicobacter pylori Urease in Human Gastric Epithelial Cells Toshihito Tanahashi, Masakazu Kita, Tadashi Kodama, Yoshio Yamaoka, Naoki Sawai, Tomoyuki Ohno, Shoji Mitsufuji, Ya-Ping Wei, Kei Kashima, and Jiro Imanishi Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 664-671; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mannose-Binding Lectin Binds to a Range of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms and Promotes Complement Deposition Olaf Neth, Dominic L. Jack, Alister W. Dodds, Helen Holzel, Nigel J. Klein, and Malcolm W. Turner Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 688-693; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Nonpathogenic Bacteria In Vitro: Evidence of NK Cells as Primary Targets D. Haller, S. Blum, C. Bode, W. P. Hammes, and E. J. Schiffrin Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 752-759; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter felis Infection Is Associated with Lymphoid Follicular Hyperplasia and Mild Gastritis but Normal Gastric Secretory Function in Cats Kenneth W. Simpson, Dalit Strauss-Ayali, Eugenio Scanziani, Reinhard K. Straubinger, Patrick L. McDonough, Alix F. Straubinger, Yung-Fu Chang, Cynzia Domeneghini, Naila Arebi, and John Calam Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 779-790; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationship of Blood Group Determinants on Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide with Host Lewis Phenotype and Inflammatory Response Michael A. Heneghan, Ciaran F. McCarthy, and Anthony P. Moran Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 937-941; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phagocytosed Bordetella pertussis Fails To Survive in Human Neutrophils Derrick H. Lenz, Christine L. Weingart, and Alison A. Weiss Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 956-959; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Monocyte Receptors Involved in Tumor Necrosis Factor Responses to Group B Streptococcal Products Maria Cuzzola, Giuseppe Mancuso, Concetta Beninati, Carmelo Biondo, Christina von Hunolstein, Graziella Orefici, Terje Espevik, Trude H. Flo, and Giuseppe Teti Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 994-998; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Genital Antibody Responses in Mice after Intranasal Infection with an Attenuated Candidate Vector Strain of Bordetella pertussis Nathalie Mielcarek, Inger Nordström, Franco D. Menozzi, Camille Locht, and Jan Holmgren Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 485-491; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Cowdria ruminantium Antigens That Stimulate Proliferation of Lymphocytes from Cattle Immunized by Infection and Treatment or with Inactivated Organisms Mirinda Van Kleef, Nico J. Gunter, Henriette Macmillan, Basil A. Allsopp, Varda Shkap, and Wendy C. Brown Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 603-614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence of Severe Destructive Lyme Arthritis in Hamsters Vaccinated with Outer Surface Protein A and Challenged with Borrelia burgdorferi Cindy L. Croke, Erik L. Munson, Steven D. Lovrich, John A. Christopherson, Monica C. Remington, Douglas M. England, Steven M. Callister, and Ronald F. Schell Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 658-663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mucosally Induced Immunoglobulin E-Associated Inflammation in the Respiratory Tract Jerry W. Simecka, Raymond J. Jackson, Hiroshi Kiyono, and Jerry R. McGhee Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 672-679; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus sobrinus Antigens That React to Salivary Antibodies Induced by Tonsillar Application of Formalin-Killed S. sobrinus in Rabbits Takaki Fukuizumi, Hiromasa Inoue, Toshiyuki Tsujisawa, and Choji Uchiyama Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 725-731; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression and Immunogenicity of Hemagglutinin A from Porphyromonas gingivalis in an Avirulent Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Vaccine Strain Emil Kozarov, Naohisa Miyashita, Jacob Burks, Karen Cerveny, Thomas A. Brown, William P. McArthur, and Ann Progulske-Fox Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 732-739; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitope of the Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein Also Modulates the Efficiency of Receptor-Ligand Interaction with Hepatocytes Dharmendar Rathore and Thomas F. McCutchan Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 740-743; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunogenicity of the B Monomer of Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Toxin Expressed on the Surface of Streptococcus gordonii Susanna Ricci, Donata Medaglini, Catherine M. Rush, Alessandro Marcello, Samuele Peppoloni, Riccardo Manganelli, Giorgio Palú, and Gianni Pozzi Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 760-766; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ESAT-6 Subunit Vaccination against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lise Brandt, Martin Elhay, Ida Rosenkrands, Erik B. Lindblad, and Peter Andersen Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 791-795; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Immunization of Mice with a Mixture of the Pneumococcal Proteins PsaA and PspA Is Highly Protective against Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae David E. Briles, Eddie Ades, James C. Paton, Jacquelyn S. Sampson, George M. Carlone, Robert C. Huebner, Anni Virolainen, Edwin Swiatlo, and Susan K. Hollingshead Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 796-800; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutants of Listeria monocytogenes Defective in In Vitro Invasion and Cell-to-Cell Spreading Still Invade and Proliferate in Hepatocytes of Neutropenic Mice Rui Appelberg and Irene S. Leal Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 912-914; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acquired Immunity to Chlamydia pneumoniae Is Dependent on Gamma Interferon in Two Mouse Strains That Initially Differ in This Respect after Primary Challenge Jenni M. Vuola, Vuokko Puurula, Marjukka Anttila, P. Helena Mäkelä, and Nina Rautonen Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 960-964; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Immunization with Toxoplasma gondii SAG1 Induces Protective Cells into Both NALT and GALT Compartments F. Velge-Roussel, P. Marcelo, A. C. Lepage, D. Buzoni-Gatel, and D. T. Bout Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 969-972; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimizing the Germfree Mouse Model for In Vivo Evaluation of Oral Vibrio cholerae Vaccine and Vector Strains Thomas I. Crean, Manohar John, Stephen B. Calderwood, and Edward T. Ryan Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 977-981; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Lambda Phage S and R Gene Products in an Inducible Lysis System for Vibrio cholerae- and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-Based DNA Vaccine Delivery Systems Vivek Jain and John J. Mekalanos Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 986-989; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MTSA-10, the Product of the Rv3874 Gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Elicits Tuberculosis-Specific, Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity in Guinea Pigs Roberto Colangeli, John S. Spencer, Pablo Bifani, Alan Williams, Konstantin Lyashchenko, Marc A. Keen, Preston J. Hill, John Belisle, and Maria Laura Gennaro Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 990-993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Host Cellular Immune Response to Pneumococcal Lung Infection in Mice Aras Kadioglu, Neill A. Gingles, Kate Grattan, Alison Kerr, Tim J. Mitchell, and Peter W. Andrew Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 492-501; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acquired, but Not Innate, Immune Responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae Are Compromised by Neutralization of CD40L Young-il Hwang, Moon H. Nahm, David E. Briles, David Thomas, and Jeffrey M. Purkerson Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 511-517; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nonpolar Inactivation of the Hypervariable Streptococcal Inhibitor of Complement Gene (sic) in Serotype M1 Streptococcus pyogenes Significantly Decreases Mouse Mucosal Colonization Slawomir Lukomski, Nancy P. Hoe, Iman Abdi, Jacqueline Rurangirwa, Parichher Kordari, Mengyao Liu, Shu-Jun Dou, Gerald G. Adams, and James M. Musser Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 535-542; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of an Effector Strain of Streptococcus mutans for Replacement Therapy of Dental Caries J. D. Hillman, T. A. Brooks, S. M. Michalek, C. C. Harmon, J. L. Snoep, and C. C. van der Weijden Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 543-549; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neutrophils Play a Protective Nonphagocytic Role in Systemic Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Mice Jorge Pedrosa, Bernadette M. Saunders, Rui Appelberg, Ian M. Orme, Manuel T. Silva, and Andrea M. Cooper Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 577-583; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Matrix Metalloproteinases Contribute to Brain Damage in Experimental Pneumococcal Meningitis Stephen L. Leib, David Leppert, John Clements, and Martin G. Täuber Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 615-620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epitope Mapping of Immunogenic and Adhesive Structures in Repetitive Domains of Mycoplasma bovis Variable Surface Lipoproteins K. Sachse, J. H. Helbig, I. Lysnyansky, C. Grajetzki, W. Müller, E. Jacobs, and D. Yogev Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 680-687; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inflammatory Mediators in Dengue Virus Infection in Children: Interleukin-8 and Its Relationship to Neutrophil Degranulation M. Juffrie, G. M. van der Meer, C. E. Hack, K. Haasnoot, Sutaryo, A. J. P. Veerman, and L. G. Thijs Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 702-707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alkyl Hydroperoxide Reductases C and D Are Major Antigens Constitutively Expressed by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Ingrid Olsen, Liv J. Reitan, Gudmund Holstad, and Harald G. Wiker Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 801-808; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of a Role of Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 1 Toxin from Escherichia coli in Bacterial Pathogenicity and Host Cytokine Response in Infected Germfree Piglets S. Fournout, C. M. Dozois, M. Odin, C. Desautels, S. Pérès, F. Hérault, F. Daigle, C. Segafredo, J. Laffitte, E. Oswald, J. M. Fairbrother, and I. P. Oswald Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 839-847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Immunodominant Antigens from Helicobacter pylori and Evaluation of Their Reactivities with Sera from Patients with Different Gastroduodenal Pathologies Brigitte Kimmel, Armin Bosserhoff, Rainer Frank, Roy Gross, Werner Goebel, and Dagmar Beier Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 915-920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of the Virulence of a Streptococcus pneumoniae Neuraminidase-Deficient Mutant in Nasopharyngeal Colonization and Development of Otitis Media in the Chinchilla Model H. H. Tong, L. E. Blue, M. A. James, and T. F. DeMaria Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 921-924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of Urease-Negative Mutants of Yersinia enterocolitica Serotypes O:3 and O:8: Role of Urease in Virulence and Arthritogenicity Christel Gripenberg-Lerche, Lijuan Zhang, Päivi Ahtonen, Paavo Toivanen, and Mikael Skurnik Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 942-947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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The tprK Gene Is Heterogeneous among Treponema pallidum Strains and Has Multiple Alleles Arturo Centurion-Lara, Charmie Godornes, Christa Castro, Wesley C. Van Voorhis, and Sheila A. Lukehart Infect. Immun. February 2000 68: 824-831; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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