Contents: June 2000, Volume 68, Issue 6        Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Host Response and Inflammation        Bacterial Infections        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Genomics        Errata Other Issues

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Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

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Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Uses Type IVB Pili To Enter Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells Xiao-Lian Zhang, Inez S. M. Tsui, Cecilia M. C. Yip, Ada W. Y. Fung, Danny K.-H. Wong, Xiaoyun Dai, Yanhua Yang, Jim Hackett, and Christina Morris Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3067-3073; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Induces Apoptosis Which Augments Bacterial Binding and Phosphatidylethanolamine Exposure on the Plasma Membrane Outer Leaflet Debora Barnett Foster, Maan Abul-Milh, Mario Huesca, and Clifford A. Lingwood Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3108-3115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions between Periodontal Bacteria and Human Oral Epithelial Cells: Fusobacterium nucleatum Adheres to and Invades Epithelial Cells Yiping W. Han, Wenyuan Shi, George T.-J. Huang, Susan Kinder Haake, No-Hee Park, Howard Kuramitsu, and Robert J. Genco Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3140-3146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterotoxicity and Cytotoxicity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Thermostable Direct Hemolysin in In Vitro Systems Francesco Raimondi, Joseph P. Y. Kao, Carla Fiorentini, Alessia Fabbri, Gianfranco Donelli, Nicoletta Gasparini, Armido Rubino, and Alessio Fasano Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3180-3185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Expression of a Mycoplasma gallisepticum Surface Antigen Recognized by a Monoclonal Antibody Capable of Inhibiting Both Growth and Metabolism Shigeto Yoshida, Ayumi Fujisawa, Yoshinari Tsuzaki, and Shuji Saitoh Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3186-3192; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intercellular Communication in Helicobacter pylori: luxS Is Essential for the Production of an Extracellular Signaling Molecule Mark H. Forsyth and Timothy L. Cover Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3193-3199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Brucella abortus and Its Closest Phylogenetic Relative, Ochrobactrum spp., Differ in Outer Membrane Permeability and Cationic Peptide Resistance J. Velasco, J. A. Bengoechea, K. Brandenburg, B. Lindner, U. Seydel, D. González, U. Zähringer, E. Moreno, and I. Moriyón Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3210-3218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcal Erythrogenic Toxin B Abrogates Fibronectin-Dependent Internalization of Streptococcus pyogenes by Cultured Mammalian Cells Michael S. Chaussee, Robert L. Cole, and Jos P. M. van Putten Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3226-3232; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Major Secreted Elastase Is Essential for Pathogenicity of Aeromonas hydrophila Alberto Cascón, Javier Yugueros, Alejandro Temprano, María Sánchez, Carmen Hernanz, José María Luengo, and Germán Naharro Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3233-3241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Listeriolysin O as a Reporter To Identify Constitutive and In Vivo-Inducible Promoters in the Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes Iharilalao Dubail, Patrick Berche, The European Listeria Genome Consortium, and Alain Charbit Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3242-3250; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterologous Expression of an Immunogenic Pneumococcal Type 3 Capsular Polysaccharide in Lactococcus lactis Christophe Gilbert, Karen Robinson, Richard W. F. Le Page, and Jeremy M. Wells Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3251-3260; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Lymphocyte Proliferation and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Secretion by MAb5, an Anti-Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Monoclonal Antibody Liwina T. Y. Pang, Winnie W. S. Kum, and Anthony W. Chow Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3261-3268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Listeria monocytogenes with Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells: an Electron Microscopic Study Lars Greiffenberg, Werner Goebel, Kwang Sik Kim, Justin Daniels, and Michael Kuhn Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3275-3279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CS22, a Novel Human Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Adhesin, Is Related to CS15 Mariana Pichel, Norma Binsztein, and Gloria Viboud Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3280-3285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of FimY as a Coactivator of Type 1 Fimbrial Expression in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Juliette K. Tinker and Steven Clegg Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3305-3313; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of Haemophilus ducreyi Lipooligosaccharide (LOS) Mutants Defective in Expression of Heptosyltransferase III and 1,4-Glucosyltransferase: Identification of LOS Glycoforms Containing Lactosamine Repeats Melanie J. Filiatrault, Bradford W. Gibson, Birgit Schilling, Shuhua Sun, Robert S. Munson, Jr., and Anthony A. Campagnari Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3352-3361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pilus-Mediated Adherence of Haemophilus influenzae to Human Respiratory Mucins Martin Kubiet, Reuben Ramphal, Allan Weber, and Arnold Smith Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3362-3367; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Organization and Function of Invasion Genes within Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pathogenicity Island 1, Including the prgH, prgI, prgJ, prgK, orgA, orgB, and orgC Genes Joanna R. Klein, Thomas F. Fahlen, and Bradley D. Jones Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3368-3376; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Response Regulator PhoP Is Important for Survival under Conditions of Macrophage-Induced Stress and Virulence in Yersinia pestis Petra C. F. Oyston, Nick Dorrell, Kerstin Williams, Shu-Rui Li, Michael Green, Richard W. Titball, and Brendan W. Wren Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3419-3425; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Afa/Dr Diffusely Adhering Escherichia coli C1845 Infection Promotes Selective Injuries in the Junctional Domain of Polarized Human Intestinal Caco-2/TC7 Cells Isabelle Peiffer, Anne-Béatrice Blanc-Potard, Marie-Françoise Bernet-Camard, Julie Guignot, Alain Barbat, and Alain L. Servin Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3431-3442; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Human Lactoferrin-Binding Protein in Gardnerella vaginalis Gregory P. Jarosik and Carol Beth Land Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3443-3447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Capsule Is a Virulence Determinant in the Pathogenesis of Pasteurella multocida M1404 (B:2) John D. Boyce and Ben Adler Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3463-3468; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Hemolysin of Moraxella bovis Using a Hemolysis-Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody F. Mark Billson, Colin Harbour, Wojtek P. Michalski, Jan M. Tennent, John R. Egerton, and Jennifer L. Hodgson Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3469-3474; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clostridium perfringens Iota Toxin: Binding Studies and Characterization of Cell Surface Receptor by Fluorescence-Activated Cytometry Bradley G. Stiles, Martha L. Hale, Jean-Christophe Marvaud, and Michel R. Popoff Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3475-3484; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Adhesion of Escherichia coli K88ac Fimbria to Its Receptor, Intestinal Mucin-Type Glycoproteins, by a Monoclonal Antibody Directed against a Variable Domain of the Fimbria Ronggai Sun, Timothy J. Anderson, Alan K. Erickson, Eric A. Nelson, and David H. Francis Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3509-3515; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Staphylococcus aureus Clumping Factor A in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Using a New Shuttle Vector Yok-Ai Que, Jacques-Antoine Haefliger, Patrick Francioli, and Philippe Moreillon Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3516-3522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Relatedness and Superantigen Expression in Group A Streptococcus Serotype M1 Isolates from Patients with Severe and Nonsevere Invasive Diseases Sonia Chatellier, Nahla Ihendyane, Rita G. Kansal, Farukh Khambaty, Hesham Basma, Anna Norrby-Teglund, Donald E. Low, Allison McGeer, and Malak Kotb Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3523-3534; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Cell Wall-Induced Arthritis: Chemical Composition and Tissue Distribution of Four Lactobacillus Strains Marja Rimpiläinen, Leena Lehtonen, Xiang Zhang, and Paavo Toivanen Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3535-3540; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Receptor Structure for F1C Fimbriae of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli A. Salam Khan, Bernhard Kniep, Tobias A. Oelschlaeger, Irma Van Die, Timo Korhonen, and Jörg Hacker Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3541-3547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to Thrombin-Induced Platelet Microbicidal Protein Is Associated with Alterations in Cytoplasmic Membrane Fluidity Arnold S. Bayer, Rajendra Prasad, Jyotsna Chandra, Anjni Koul, M. Smriti, Archana Varma, Ronald A. Skurray, Neville Firth, Melissa H. Brown, Su-Pin Koo, and Michael R. Yeaman Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3548-3553; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recruitment of CD55 and CD66e Brush Border-Associated Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Proteins by Members of the Afa/Dr Diffusely Adhering Family of Escherichia coli That Infect the Human Polarized Intestinal Caco-2/TC7 Cells Julie Guignot, Isabelle Peiffer, Marie-Françoise Bernet-Camard, Douglas M. Lublin, Christophe Carnoy, Steve L. Moseley, and Alain L. Servin Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3554-3563; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metalloprotease Is Not Essential for Vibrio vulnificus Virulence in Mice Chung-Ping Shao and Lien-I Hor Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3569-3573; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carcinoembryonic Antigen Family Receptor Specificity of Neisseria meningitidis Opa Variants Influences Adherence to and Invasion of Proinflammatory Cytokine-Activated Endothelial Cells Petra Muenzner, Christoph Dehio, Taku Fujiwara, Mark Achtman, Thomas F. Meyer, and Scott D. Gray-Owen Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3601-3607; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shigella flexneri IpaH7.8 Facilitates Escape of Virulent Bacteria from the Endocytic Vacuoles of Mouse and Human Macrophages Carmen M. Fernandez-Prada, David L. Hoover, Ben D. Tall, Antoinette B. Hartman, June Kopelowitz, and Malabi M. Venkatesan Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3608-3619; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An OmpA-Like Protein from Acinetobacter spp. Stimulates Gastrin and Interleukin-8 Promoters Ernest Ofori-Darko, Yana Zavros, Gabriele Rieder, Susan A. Tarlé, Mary Van Antwerp, and Juanita L. Merchant Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3657-3666; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Administration of Mycobacterial Cord Factor (Trehalose 6,6'-Dimycolate) Can Induce Lung and Liver Granulomas and Thymic Atrophy in Rabbits Naoko Hamasaki, Ko-Ichi Isowa, Kohachi Kamada, Yoshitake Terano, Takayuki Matsumoto, Tetsuo Arakawa, Kazuo Kobayashi, and Ikuya Yano Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3704-3709; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Shigella flexneri IpaC with Model Membranes Correlates with Effects on Cultured Cells Ngoc Tran, Alexa Barnoski Serfis, John C. Osiecki, Wendy L. Picking, Lisette Coye, Rebecca Davis, and William D. Picking Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3710-3715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Replacement of Histidine 340 with Alanine Inactivates the Group A Streptococcus Extracellular Cysteine Protease Virulence Factor Siddeswar Gubba, Vincent Cipriano, and James M. Musser Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3716-3719; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gamma Interferon Is Essential for Clearing Mycobacterium genavense Infection Stefan Ehlers and Elvira Richter Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3720-3723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stimulation of Bordetella pertussis Adenylate Cyclase Toxin Intoxication by Its Hemolysin Domain Masaaki Iwaki, Kazunari Kamachi, and Toshifumi Konda Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3727-3730; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhimurium and Dublin Can Lyse Macrophages by a Mechanism Distinct from Apoptosis Patricia R. Watson, Anne V. Gautier, Sue M. Paulin, A. Patricia Bland, Philip W. Jones, and Timothy S. Wallis Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3744-3747; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Specificity of Helicobacter pylori Cytotoxin Is Determined by a Short Region in the Polymorphic Midregion Xuhuai Ji, Thomas Fernandez, Daniela Burroni, Cristina Pagliaccia, John C. Atherton, Jean-Marc Reyrat, Rino Rappuoli, and John L. Telford Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3754-3757; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Constitutive Mutations of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Transcriptional Virulence Regulator phoP John S. Gunn, Robert K. Ernst, Andrea J. McCoy, and Samuel I. Miller Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3758-3762; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Functional cra Gene Is Required for Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence in BALB/c Mice James H. Allen, Maryjane Utley, Han van den Bosch, Piet Nuijten, Maarten Witvliet, Beth A. McCormick, Karen A. Krogfelt, Tine Rask Licht, Derek Brown, Michael Mauel, Mary P. Leatham, David C. Laux, and Paul S. Cohen Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3772-3775; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Collagen-Binding Adhesin Is a Virulence Factor in Staphylococcus aureus Keratitis Marcus N. Rhem, Elizabeth M. Lech, Joseph M. Patti, Damien McDevitt, Magnus Höök, Dan B. Jones, and Kirk R. Wilhelmus Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3776-3779; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Curli Loci of Shigella spp. Harry Sakellaris, Nerissa K. Hannink, Kumar Rajakumar, Dieter Bulach, Meredith Hunt, Chihiro Sasakawa, and Ben Adler Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3780-3783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduced Transendothelial Migration of Monocytes Infected by Coxiella burnetii Jérôme Dellacasagrande, Pierre A. Moulin, Catherine Guilianelli, Christian Capo, Didier Raoult, Georges E. Grau, and Jean-Louis Mege Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3784-3786; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Priming with Chlamydia trachomatis Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) DNA followed by MOMP ISCOM Boosting Enhances Protection and Is Associated with Increased Immunoglobulin A and Th1 Cellular Immune Responses Zhang Dong-Ji, Xi Yang, Caixia Shen, Hong Lu, Andrew Murdin, and Robert C. Brunham Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3074-3078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extending the CD4+ T-Cell Epitope Specificity of the Th1 Immune Response to an Antigen Using a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Delivery Vehicle Richard Lo-Man, Jan P. M. Langeveld, Edith Dériaud, Muguette Jehanno, Marie Rojas, Jean-Marie Clément, Robert H. Meloen, Maurice Hofnung, and Claude Leclerc Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3079-3089; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protection against Virulent Mycobacterium avium Infection following DNA Vaccination with the 35-Kilodalton Antigen Is Accompanied by Induction of Gamma Interferon-Secreting CD4+ T Cells Ela Martin, Arun T. Kamath, James A. Triccas, and Warwick J. Britton Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3090-3096; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Vaccination against Tuberculosis: Expression of a Ubiquitin-Conjugated Tuberculosis Protein Enhances Antimycobacterial Immunity Giovanni Delogu, Angela Howard, Frank M. Collins, and Sheldon L. Morris Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3097-3102; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Preexisting Immunity to Salmonella on the Immune Response to Recombinant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Expressing a Porphyromonas gingivalis Hemagglutinin James J. Kohler, Latha B. Pathangey, Sheila R. Gillespie, and Thomas A. Brown Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3116-3120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mucosal and Systemic Immune Responses to Chimeric Fimbriae Expressed by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Vaccine Strains Huaiqing Chen and Dieter M. Schifferli Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3129-3139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of an Immunodominant ABC Transporter in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections James P. Burnie, Ruth C. Matthews, Tracey Carter, Elaine Beaulieu, Michael Donohoe, Caroline Chapman, Peter Williamson, and Samantha J. Hodgetts Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3200-3209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Murine Cytotoxic T Cells That Kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis Celio L. Silva and Douglas B. Lowrie Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3269-3274; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of Protective Antigen as a Novel Approach To Enhance Vaccine Efficacy of Brucella abortus Strain RB51 Ramesh Vemulapalli, Yongqun He, Silvio Cravero, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Stephen M. Boyle, and Gerhardt G. Schurig Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3286-3289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Brucella abortus Strain RB51 as a Vector for Heterologous Protein Expression and Induction of Specific Th1 Type Immune Responses Ramesh Vemulapalli, Yongqun He, Stephen M. Boyle, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, and Gerhardt G. Schurig Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3290-3296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigenic Equivalence of Human T-Cell Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific RD1-Encoded Protein Antigens ESAT-6 and Culture Filtrate Protein 10 and to Mixtures of Synthetic Peptides Sandra M. Arend, Annemieke Geluk, Krista E. van Meijgaarden, Jaap T. van Dissel, Michael Theisen, Peter Andersen, and Tom H. M. Ottenhoff Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3314-3321; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immune Response to an 18-Kilodalton Outer Membrane Antigen Identifies Lipoprotein 20 as a Helicobacter pylori Vaccine Candidate Jacqueline Keenan, Jane Oliaro, Neil Domigan, Howard Potter, Geoff Aitken, Randall Allardyce, and Justin Roake Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3337-3343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody Is Required for Protection against Virulent but Not Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Stephen J. McSorley and Marc K. Jenkins Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3344-3348; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immune Response against a Cross-Reactive Epitope on the Heat Shock Protein 60 Homologue of Helicobacter pylori Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Takako Osaki, Masanori Kai, Haruhiko Taguchi, and Shigeru Kamiya Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3448-3454; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of Protection in Mice and Necrotizing Bronchointerstitial Pneumonia with Bronchiolitis in Guinea Pigs Immunized with Vaccines Directed against the hsp60 Molecule of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Oliver C. Turner, Alan D. Roberts, Anthony A. Frank, Susan W. Phalen, David M. McMurray, Jean Content, Olivier Denis, Sushila D'Souza, Audrey Tanghe, Kris Huygen, and Ian M. Orme Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3674-3679; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Pertussis Toxin Encoded by ptx Genes from Bordetella bronchiseptica To Model the Effects of Antigenic Drift of Pertussis Toxin on Antibody Neutralization Sally Z. Hausman and Drusilla L. Burns Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3763-3767; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Adhesion Molecule Deficiencies Increase Porphyromonas gingivalis-Induced Alveolar Bone Loss in Mice Pamela J. Baker, Lisa DuFour, Mark Dixon, and Derry C. Roopenian Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3103-3107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection of Macrophage-Like THP-1 Cells with Mycobacterium avium Results in a Decrease in Their Ability to Phosphorylate Nucleolin Rodolfo C. Garcia, Elena Banfi, and Maria G. Pittis Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3121-3128; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Leukocyte Entry into the Brain by the Selectin Blocker Fucoidin Decreases Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Levels but Increases IL-8 Levels in Cerebrospinal Fluid during Experimental Pneumococcal Meningitis in Rabbits Christian Østergaard, Runa Vavia Yieng-Kow, Thomas Benfield, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Frank Espersen, and Jens D. Lundgren Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3153-3157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-6 Induces Early Gamma Interferon Production in the Infected Lung but Is Not Required for Generation of Specific Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Bernadette M. Saunders, Anthony A. Frank, Ian M. Orme, and Andrea M. Cooper Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3322-3326; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Interleukin-1, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Interleukin-6 in Human Peripheral Blood Leukocytes Exposed to Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Agent or Recombinant Major Surface Protein P44 Hyung-Yong Kim and Yasuko Rikihisa Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3394-3402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Jejunal Brush Border Microvillous Alterations in Giardia muris-Infected Mice: Role of T Lymphocytes and Interleukin-6 K. G.-E. Scott, M. R. Logan, G. M. Klammer, D. A. Teoh, and A. G. Buret Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3412-3418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Investigation into the Mechanism of Gamma Interferon-Mediated Inhibition of Toxoplasma gondii in Murine Astrocytes Sandra K. Halonen and Louis M. Weiss Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3426-3430; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Interleukin-18 (IL-18) during Lethal Shock: Decreased Lipopolysaccharide Sensitivity but Normal Superantigen Reaction in IL-18-Deficient Mice Peter Hochholzer, Grayson B. Lipford, Hermann Wagner, Klaus Pfeffer, and Klaus Heeg Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3502-3508; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gram-Positive Bacteria Are Potent Inducers of Monocytic Interleukin-12 (IL-12) while Gram-Negative Bacteria Preferentially Stimulate IL-10 Production Christina Hessle, Bengt Andersson, and Agnes E. Wold Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3581-3586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Innate Immune Responses in Children and Adults with Shigellosis Rubhana Raqib, S. M. Shahjahan Mia, Firdausi Qadri, Tanfis I. Alam, Nur H. Alam, Ashish K. Chowdhury, Minnie M. Mathan, and Jan Andersson Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3620-3629; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pyrogenic Toxin Superantigen Site Specificity in Toxic Shock Syndrome and Food Poisoning in Animals Patrick M. Schlievert, Lynn M. Jablonski, Manuela Roggiani, Ingrid Sadler, Scott Callantine, David T. Mitchell, Douglas H. Ohlendorf, and Gregory A. Bohach Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3630-3634; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Interleukin 6 by Human Smooth Muscle Cells following Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae Jürgen Rödel, Marcus Woytas, Annemarie Groh, Karl-Hermann Schmidt, Matthias Hartmann, Marc Lehmann, and Eberhard Straube Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3635-3641; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Listeria monocytogenes-Infected Human Dendritic Cells: Uptake and Host Cell Response Annette Kolb-Mäurer, Ivaylo Gentschev, Hans-Werner Fries, Franz Fiedler, Eva-Bettina Bröcker, Eckhart Kämpgen, and Werner Goebel Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3680-3688; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptors Confer Responsiveness to Lipopolysaccharide from Porphyromonas gingivalis in Human Gingival Fibroblasts Kouich Tabeta, Kazuhisa Yamazaki, Sachiko Akashi, Kensuke Miyake, Hidefumi Kumada, Toshio Umemoto, and Hiromasa Yoshie Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3731-3735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Microgravity as a Novel Environmental Signal Affecting Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence Cheryl A. Nickerson, C. Mark Ott, Sarah J. Mister, Brian J. Morrow, Lisa Burns-Keliher, and Duane L. Pierson Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3147-3152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SspA Is Required for Lethal Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infections in Calves but Is Not Essential for Diarrhea Renée M. Tsolis, L. Garry Adams, Michael J. Hantman, Christina A. Scherer, Tyler Kimbrough, Robert A. Kingsley, Thomas A. Ficht, Samuel I. Miller, and Andreas J. Bäumler Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3158-3163; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue Displays Pathogenic Properties Different from Those of T. pallidum subsp. pallidum Konrad Wicher, Victoria Wicher, Frank Abbruscato, and Robert E. Baughn Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3219-3225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence of Commonality between Canine and Human Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains That Express papG Allele III James R. Johnson, Timothy T. O'Bryan, David A. Low, Gerald Ling, Parissa Delavari, Claudine Fasching, Thomas A. Russo, Ulrike Carlino, and Adam L. Stell Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3327-3336; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Model of Infected Burn Wounds Using Escherichia coli O18:K1:H7 for the Study of Gram-Negative Bacteremia and Sepsis Nathan A. Busch, Emily M. Zanzot, Paul M. Loiselle, Edward A. Carter, Jennifer E. Allaire, Martin L. Yarmush, and H. Shaw Warren Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3349-3351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cooperation between Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Intermediates in Killing of Rhodococcus equi by Activated Macrophages Patricia A. Darrah, Mary K. Hondalus, Quiping Chen, Harry Ischiropoulos, and David M. Mosser Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3587-3593; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monitoring Bioluminescent Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Living Mice Using a Novel luxABCDE Construct Kevin P. Francis, Danny Joh, Carolyn Bellinger-Kawahara, Matthew J. Hawkinson, Tony F. Purchio, and Pamela R. Contag Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3594-3600; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of EspB in Experimental Human Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Infection Carol O. Tacket, Marcelo B. Sztein, Genevieve Losonsky, Akio Abe, B. Brett Finlay, Barry P. McNamara, George T. Fantry, Stephen P. James, James P. Nataro, Myron M. Levine, and Michael S. Donnenberg Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3689-3695; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation of waaN Reduces Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-Induced Enteritis and Net Secretion of Type III Secretion System 1-Dependent Proteins Patricia R. Watson, Annette Benmore, Shahid A. Khan, Philip W. Jones, Duncan J. Maskell, and Timothy S. Wallis Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3768-3771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Naturally Acquired and Vaccine-Elicited Antibodies Block Erythrocyte Cytoadherence of the Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein Pascal Michon, Tresa Fraser, and John H. Adams Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3164-3171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Binding of Candida albicans to Small Intestinal Mucin and Its Role in Adherence to Mucosal Epithelial Cells Louis de Repentigny, Francine Aumont, Karine Bernard, and Pierre Belhumeur Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3172-3179; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Local Anticandidal Immune Responses in a Rat Model of Vaginal Infection by and Protection against Candida albicans Flavia de Bernardis, Giorgio Santoni, Maria Boccanera, Elisabetta Spreghini, Daniela Adriani, Luisella Morelli, and Antonio Cassone Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3297-3304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adhesion of Aspergillus Species to Extracellular Matrix Proteins: Evidence for Involvement of Negatively Charged Carbohydrates on the Conidial Surface Julie A. Wasylnka and Margo M. Moore Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3377-3384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Schistosoma mansoni Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase, a Novel Egg Antigen: Immunological Properties of the Recombinant Protein and Identification of a T-Cell Epitope Hiroko Asahi, Ahmed Osman, Rosemary M. Cook, Philip T. LoVerde, and Miguel J. Stadecker Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3385-3393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Subdominant CD8+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (CTL) Epitope from the Plasmodium yoelii Circumsporozoite Protein Induces CTLs That Eliminate Infected Hepatocytes from Culture Eileen D. Franke, Alessandro Sette, John Sacci, Jr., Scott Southwood, Giampietro Corradin, and Stephen L. Hoffman Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3403-3411; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Model for Sequestration of the Transmission Stages of Plasmodium falciparum: Adhesion of Gametocyte-Infected Erythrocytes to Human Bone Marrow Cells Nicola J. Rogers, Belinda S. Hall, Jacktone Obiero, Geoffrey A. T. Targett, and Colin J. Sutherland Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3455-3462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Hyphal Formation in Interactions of Candida albicans with Endothelial Cells Quynh T. Phan, Paul H. Belanger, and Scott G. Filler Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3485-3490; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Recombinant Baculovirus-Expressed Plasmodium falciparum Receptor-Binding Domain of Erythrocyte Binding Protein EBA-175 Biologically Mimics Native Protein Hong Liang, David L. Narum, Steven R. Fuhrmann, Tin Luu, and B. Kim Lee Sim Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3564-3568; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The SA85-1.1 Protein of the Trypanosoma cruzi trans-Sialidase Superfamily Is a Dominant T-Cell Antigen Amanda E. Millar and Stuart J. Kahn Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3574-3580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody Interactions with the Capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans Marta Feldmesser, Johanna Rivera, Yvonne Kress, Thomas R. Kozel, and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3642-3650; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Drastic Reduction of a Filarial Infection in Eosinophilic Interleukin-5 Transgenic Mice Coralie Martin, Laëtitia Le Goff, Marie-Noelle Ungeheuer, Phat N. Vuong, and Odile Bain Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3651-3656; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies against Thrombospondin-Related Anonymous Protein Do Not Inhibit Plasmodium Sporozoite Infectivity In Vivo Soren Gantt, Cathrine Persson, Keith Rose, Ashley J. Birkett, Ruben Abagyan, and Victor Nussenzweig Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3667-3673; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biosynthesis and Functions of Melanin in Sporothrix schenckii Rafael Romero-Martinez, Michael Wheeler, Antonieta Guerrero-Plata, Guadalupe Rico, and Haydée Torres-Guerrero Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3696-3703; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Do Kinetics of the Humoral Response to Cryptococcus neoformans Proteins during Murine Cryptococcosis Reflect Outcome? Segolene Neuville, Olivier Lortholary, and Francoise Dromer Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3724-3726; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Human Phagocytes with Pigmentless Aspergillus Conidia Bernhard Jahn, Fatima Boukhallouk, Johannes Lotz, Kim Langfelder, Gerhard Wanner, and Axel A. Brakhage Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3736-3739; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Administration of Endotoxin Associated with Lipopolysaccharide Tolerance Protects Mice against Fungal Infection Naïma Rayhane, Catherine Fitting, Olivier Lortholary, Francoise Dromer, and Jean-Marc Cavaillon Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3748-3753; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Anticryptococcal Protein Isolated from Human Serum Sridevi Sridhar, Mala Ahluwalia, Elmer Brummer, and David A. Stevens Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3787-3791; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Identification of Potential Vaccine and Drug Target Candidates by Expressed Sequence Tag Analysis and Immunoscreening of Onchocerca volvulus Larval cDNA Libraries Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski, Wilson Tawe, David B. Guiliano, Wenhong Lu, Jing Liu, Steven A. Williams, and Sara Lustigman Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3491-3501; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of 23 Immunogenic Pneumococcal Proteins Using Convalescent-Phase Serum Gregor Zysk, Roger J. M. Bongaerts, Elke ten Thoren, Gesina Bethe, Regine Hakenbeck, and Hans-Peter Heinz Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3740-3743; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Invasion and Intracellular Survival of Burkholderia cepacia Daniel W. Martin and Christian D. Mohr Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3792 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutations in the Extracellular Protein Secretion Pathway Genes (eps) Interfere with Rugose Polysaccharide Production in and Motility of Vibrio cholerae Afsar Ali, Judith A. Johnson, Augusto A. Franco, Daniel J. Metzger, Terry D. Connell, J. Glenn Morris, Jr., and Shanmuga Sozhamannan Infect. Immun. June 2000 68: 3792 [Full Text] [Reprints and Permissions]

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