Contents: July 2000, Volume 68, Issue 7        Bacterial Infections        Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Genomics Other Issues

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Bacterial Infections:

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Functional Analysis of Genes in the rfb Locus of Leptospira borgpetersenii Serovar Hardjo Subtype Hardjobovis Dieter M. Bulach, Thareerat Kalambaheti, Alejandro de la Peña-Moctezuma, and Ben Adler Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3793-3798; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selection of Recombinant Antibodies Specific for Pathogenic Streptococcus suis by Subtractive Phage Display Astrid de Greeff, Loek van Alphen, and Hilde E. Smith Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3949-3955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Virulence Genes and Clonality in Escherichia coli Strains That Cause Bacteremia in Cancer Patients Farida Hilali, Raymond Ruimy, Patrick Saulnier, Christian Barnabé, Chantal Lebouguénec, Michel Tibayrenc, and Antoine Andremont Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3983-3989; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibitory and Bactericidal Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Streptococcus pneumoniae on Other Inhabitants of the Upper Respiratory Tract Christopher D. Pericone, Karin Overweg, Peter W. M. Hermans, and Jeffrey N. Weiser Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3990-3997; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acquisition of Expression of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoU Cytotoxin Leads to Increased Bacterial Virulence in a Murine Model of Acute Pneumonia and Systemic Spread Markus Allewelt, Fadie T. Coleman, Martha Grout, Gregory P. Priebe, and Gerald B. Pier Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3998-4004; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Natural History of Streptococcus sanguinis in the Oral Cavity of Infants: Evidence for a Discrete Window of Infectivity Page W. Caufield, Ananda P. Dasanayake, Yihong Li, Yaping Pan, Jay Hsu, and J. Michael Hardin Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4018-4023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Cytokine Genes during Pneumococcal and Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Acute Otitis Media in the Rat Åsa Melhus and Allen F. Ryan Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4024-4031; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High Intracellular Level of Guanosine Tetraphosphate in Mycobacterium smegmatis Changes the Morphology of the Bacterium Anil K. Ojha, Tapan K. Mukherjee, and Dipankar Chatterji Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4084-4091; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Genes Required for Chronic Persistence of Brucella abortus in Mice Priscilla C. Hong, Renée M. Tsolis, and Thomas A. Ficht Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4102-4107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intracellular Trafficking of Brucella abortus in J774 Macrophages Graciela N. Arenas, Ana Sandra Staskevich, Alejandro Aballay, and Luis S. Mayorga Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4255-4263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ineffective Cellular Immune Response Associated with T-Cell Apoptosis in Susceptible Mycobacterium bovis BCG-Infected Mice Laurent Kremer, Jérôme Estaquier, Isabelle Wolowczuk, Franck Biet, Jean-Claude Ameisen, and Camille Locht Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4264-4273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding and Activation of Human Plasminogen by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Verónica Monroy, Angelica Amador, Blanca Ruiz, Patricia Espinoza-Cueto, Wendy Xolalpa, Raul Mancilla, and Clara Espitia Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4327-4330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cell-to-Cell Signaling Is Required for Virulence in a Model of Acute Pulmonary Infection James P. Pearson, Matthew Feldman, Barbara H. Iglewski, and Alice Prince Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4331-4334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Resistance to Listeria monocytogenes Infection Is Enhanced but Resistance to Staphylococcus aureus Infection Is Reduced in Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease in Mice Tomisato Miura, Daisuke Mizuki, Sanae Sasaki, Suguru Hasegawa, Hiroshi Sashinami, and Akio Nakane Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4340-4343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis:

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Identification of Three Essential Regulatory Gene Loci Governing Expression of Staphylococcus epidermidis Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin and Biofilm Formation Dietrich Mack, Holger Rohde, Sabine Dobinsky, Joachim Riedewald, Max Nedelmann, Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, Holger-A. Elsner, and Hubert H. Feucht Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3799-3807; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ruminant Gastrointestinal Cell Proliferation and Clearance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Bernadene A. Magnuson, Margaret Davis, Suzanna Hubele, Paula R. Austin, Indira T. Kudva, Christopher J. Williams, Carl W. Hunt, and Carolyn J. Hovde Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3808-3814; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coxiella burnetii Exhibits Morphological Change and Delays Phagolysosomal Fusion after Internalization by J774A.1 Cells Dale Howe and Louis P. Mallavia Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3815-3821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clostridium perfringens Iota-Toxin Requires Activation of Both Binding and Enzymatic Components for Cytopathic Activity Maryse Gibert, Laetitia Petit, Stephanie Raffestin, Akinobu Okabe, and Michel R. Popoff Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3848-3853; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Brucella abortus Catalase Jeong-a Kim, Zengyu Sha, and John E. Mayfield Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3861-3866; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of RNA Arbitrarily Primed-PCR Fingerprinting To Identify Vibrio cholerae Genes Differentially Expressed in the Host following Infection Amit Chakrabortty, Soumita Das, Sabita Majumdar, Kanchan Mukhopadhyay, Susanta Roychoudhury, and Keya Chaudhuri Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3878-3887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Lipopolysaccharide Structures of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Determine the Attachment of Human Mannose-Binding Lectin to Intact Organisms Marina Devyatyarova-Johnson, Ian H. Rees, Brian D. Robertson, Malcolm W. Turner, Nigel J. Klein, and Dominic L. Jack Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3894-3899; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia hermsii Contains Multiple, Antigen-Encoding Circular Plasmids That Are Homologous to the cp32 Plasmids of Lyme Disease Spirochetes Brian Stevenson, Stephen F. Porcella, Katrina L. Oie, Cecily A. Fitzpatrick, Sandra J. Raffel, Lori Lubke, Merry E. Schrumpf, and Tom G. Schwan Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3900-3908; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Pasteurella (Mannheimia) haemolytica Leukotoxin Causes Partial Attenuation of Virulence in a Calf Challenge Model Sarah K. Highlander, Natalie D. Fedorova, David M. Dusek, Roger Panciera, Laura E. Alvarez, and Carol Rinehart Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3916-3922; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of the Mycoplasma gallisepticum pvpA Gene Which Encodes a Putative Variable Cytadhesin Protein S. Boguslavsky, D. Menaker, I. Lysnyansky, T. Liu, S. Levisohn, R. Rosengarten, M. García, and D. Yogev Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3956-3964; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Subcellular Localization of the Legionella pneumophila IcmX Protein: a Factor Essential for Establishment of a Replicative Organelle in Eukaryotic Host Cells Miguelina Matthews and Craig R. Roy Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3971-3982; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Investigation of the Role of Type IV Aeromonas Pilus (Tap) in the Pathogenesis of Aeromonas Gastrointestinal Infection Sylvia M. Kirov, Timothy C. Barnett, Cynthia M. Pepe, Mark S. Strom, and M. John Albert Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4040-4048; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Importance of Holotoxin Assembly in Ptl-Mediated Secretion of Pertussis Toxin from Bordetella pertussis Karen M. Farizo, Theresa Huang, and Drusilla L. Burns Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4049-4054; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Phase Variation in Expression of Proteins Involved in Hemoglobin and Hemoglobin-Haptoglobin Binding by Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Leslie D. Cope, Zbynek Hrkal, and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4092-4101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationship between the Tsh Autotransporter and Pathogenicity of Avian Escherichia coli and Localization and Analysis of the tsh Genetic Region Charles M. Dozois, Maryvonne Dho-Moulin, Annie Brée, John M. Fairbrother, Clarisse Desautels, and Roy Curtiss, III Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4145-4154; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Putative Proteinase Maturation Protein A of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is a Conserved Surface Protein with Potential To Elicit Protective Immune Responses K. Overweg, A. Kerr, M. Sluijter, M. H. Jackson, T. J. Mitchell, A. P. J. M. de Jong, R. de Groot, and P. W. M. Hermans Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4180-4188; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Cell Invasion of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Florian Winner, Renate Rosengarten, and Christine Citti Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4238-4244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Locus for Streptolysin S Production by Group A Streptococcus Victor Nizet, Bernard Beall, Darrin J. Bast, Vivekananda Datta, Laurie Kilburn, Donald E. Low, and Joyce C. S. De Azavedo Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4245-4254; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Motility Is Required To Initiate Host Cell Invasion by Yersinia enterocolitica Glenn M. Young, Julie L. Badger, and Virginia L. Miller Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4323-4326; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adherence of Isogenic Flagellum-Negative Mutants of Helicobacter pylori and Helicobacter mustelae to Human and Ferret Gastric Epithelial Cells Marguerite Clyne, Tadhg Ocroinin, Sebastian Suerbaum, Christine Josenhans, and Brendan Drumm Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4335-4339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanical Fractionation Reveals Structural Requirements for Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Tir Insertion into Host Membranes Annick Gauthier, Myriam de Grado, and B. Brett Finlay Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4344-4348; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of the Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Toxin Amino Terminus: Identification of Amino Acids Essential for Cellular Vacuolation Dan Ye and Steven R. Blanke Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4354-4357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytocidal and Apoptotic Effects of the ClyA Protein from Escherichia coli on Primary and Cultured Monocytes and Macrophages Xin-He Lai, Ignacio Arencibia, Anders Johansson, Sun Nyunt Wai, Jan Oscarsson, Sotos Kalfas, Karl-Gösta Sundqvist, Yoshimitsu Mizunoe, Anders Sjöstedt, and Bernt Eric Uhlin Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4363-4367; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of AniA, the Major Anaerobically Induced Outer Membrane Protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Provides Protection against Killing by Normal Human Sera J. A. Cardinale and V. L. Clark Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4368-4369; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Delayed Mortality and Attenuated Thrombocytopenia Associated with Severe Malaria in Urokinase- and Urokinase Receptor-Deficient Mice Pierre Francois Piguet, Chen Da Laperrousaz, Christian Vesin, Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier, Giorgio Senaldi, and Georges Emile Grau Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3822-3829; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Measurement of T-Cell-Derived Antigen Binding Molecules and Immunoglobulin G Specific to Candida albicans Mannan in Sera of Patients with Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Colin H. Little, George M. Georgiou, Alex Marceglia, Henry Ogedgebe, Robert E. Cone, and Danielle Mazza Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3840-3847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low Interleukin-12 Activity in Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Adrian J. F. Luty, Douglas J. Perkins, Bertrand Lell, Ruprecht Schmidt-Ott, Leopold G. Lehman, Doris Luckner, Bernhard Greve, Peter Matousek, Klaus Herbich, Daniela Schmid, J. Brice Weinberg, and Peter G. Kremsner Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3909-3915; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Glycosaminoglycan Binding Domains in Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 of a Chondroitin Sulfate A-Adherent Parasite John C. Reeder, Anthony N. Hodder, James G. Beeson, and Graham V. Brown Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3923-3926; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning and Expression of Cu/Zn-Containing Superoxide Dismutase from Fasciola hepatica Tong-Soo Kim, Younghun Jung, Byoung-Kuk Na, Ki-Sun Kim, and Pyung-Rim Chung Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3941-3948; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxoplasma gondii Uses Sulfated Proteoglycans for Substrate and Host Cell Attachment Vern B. Carruthers, Sebastian Håkansson, Olivia K. Giddings, and L. David Sibley Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4005-4011; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Mediated Toxic Shock in Trypanosoma cruzi-Infected Interleukin 10-Deficient Mice Christoph Hölscher, Markus Mohrs, Wen Juan Dai, Gabriele Köhler, Bernhard Ryffel, Günter A. Schaub, Horst Mossmann, and Frank Brombacher Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4075-4083; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning and Expression of a Gene Encoding Cryptosporidium parvum Glycoproteins gp40 and gp15 Ana Maria Cevallos, Xiaoping Zhang, Matthew K. Waldor, Smitha Jaison, Xiaoyin Zhou, Saul Tzipori, Marian R. Neutra, and Honorine D. Ward Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4108-4116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Sequence Analysis of a Highly Polymorphic Cryptosporidium parvum Gene Encoding a 60-Kilodalton Glycoprotein and Characterization of Its 15- and 45-Kilodalton Zoite Surface Antigen Products William B. Strong, Jiri Gut, and Richard G. Nelson Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4117-4134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmodium chabaudi-Infected Erythrocytes Adhere to CD36 and Bind to Microvascular Endothelial Cells in an Organ-Specific Way Maria M. Mota, William Jarra, Elizabeth Hirst, Pradeep K. Patnaik, and Anthony A. Holder Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4135-4144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Abundant Larval Transcript-1 and -2 Genes of Brugia malayi Encode Stage-Specific Candidate Vaccine Antigens for Filariasis William F. Gregory, Agnes K. Atmadja, Judith E. Allen, and Rick M. Maizels Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4174-4179; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytopathogenic Effect of Trichomonas vaginalis on Human Vaginal Epithelial Cells Cultured In Vitro R. O. Gilbert, G. Elia, D. H. Beach, Suzanne Klaessig, and B. N. Singh Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4200-4206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Most Abundant Glycoprotein of Amebic Cyst Walls (Jacob) Is a Lectin with Five Cys-Rich, Chitin-Binding Domains Marta Frisardi, Sudip K. Ghosh, Jessica Field, Katrina Van Dellen, Rick Rogers, Phillips Robbins, and John Samuelson Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4217-4224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptococcus neoformans Is a Facultative Intracellular Pathogen in Murine Pulmonary Infection Marta Feldmesser, Yvonne Kress, Phyllis Novikoff, and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4225-4237; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies against Ribosomal Phosphoprotein P0 of Plasmodium falciparum Protect Mice against Challenge with Plasmodium yoelii Sanchita Chatterjee, Subhash Singh, Rashmi Sohoni, Nevil J. Singh, Akhil Vaidya, Carole Long, and Shobhona Sharma Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4312-4318; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Entamoeba histolytica Mitochondrion-Derived Organelle (Crypton) Contains Double-Stranded DNA and Appears To Be Bound by a Double Membrane Sudip Ghosh, Jessica Field, Rick Rogers, Mark Hickman, and John Samuelson Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4319-4322; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host and Tissue Specificity of Trichomonas vaginalis Is Not Mediated by Its Known Adhesion Proteins Maria Filippa Addis, Paola Rappelli, and Pier Luigi Fiori Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4358-4360; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Correlations between Antibody Immune Responses at Different Mucosal Effector Sites Are Controlled by Antigen Type and Dosage Dörthe Externest, Barbara Meckelein, M. Alexander Schmidt, and Andreas Frey Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3830-3839; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tuberculosis DNA Vaccine Encoding Ag85A Is Immunogenic and Protective When Administered by Intramuscular Needle Injection but Not by Epidermal Gene Gun Bombardment Audrey Tanghe, Olivier Denis, Bénédicte Lambrecht, Vinciane Motte, Thierry van den Berg, and Kris Huygen Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3854-3860; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of a Polarized Th1 Response by Insertion of Multiple Copies of a Viral T-Cell Epitope into Adenylate Cyclase of Bordetella pertussis Gilles Dadaglio, Zhora Moukrim, Richard Lo-Man, Valeria Sheshko, Peter Sebo, and Claude Leclerc Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3867-3872; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigen-Specific Responses to Diphtheria-Tetanus-Acellular Pertussis Vaccine in Human Infants Are Initially Th2 Polarized J. Rowe, C. Macaubas, T. M. Monger, B. J. Holt, J. Harvey, J. T. Poolman, P. D. Sly, and P. G. Holt Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3873-3877; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complementation of Brucella abortus RB51 with a Functional wboA Gene Results in O-Antigen Synthesis and Enhanced Vaccine Efficacy but No Change in Rough Phenotype and Attenuation Ramesh Vemulapalli, Yongqun He, Larissa S. Buccolo, Stephen M. Boyle, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, and Gerhardt G. Schurig Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3927-3932; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and HLA Restriction of Naturally Derived Th1-Cell Epitopes from the Secreted Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigen 85B Recognized by Antigen-Specific Human CD4+ T-Cell Lines Abu S. Mustafa, Fatema A. Shaban, Adnan T. Abal, Raja Al-Attiyah, Harald G. Wiker, Knut E. A. Lundin, Fredrik Oftung, and Kris Huygen Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3933-3940; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Beryllium, an Adjuvant That Promotes Gamma Interferon Production Julia Y. Lee, Olga Atochina, Benjamin King, Leslie Taylor, Merle Elloso, Phillip Scott, and Milton D. Rossman Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4032-4039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RgpA-Kgp Peptide-Based Immunogens Provide Protection against Porphyromonas gingivalis Challenge in a Murine Lesion Model Neil M. O'Brien-Simpson, Rita A. Paolini, and Eric C. Reynolds Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4055-4063; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Full Capacity of Recombinant Escherichia coli Heat-Stable Enterotoxin Fusion Proteins for Extracellular Secretion, Antigenicity, Disulfide Bond Formation, and Activity Isabelle Batisson, Maurice Der Vartanian, Brigitte Gaillard-Martinie, and Michel Contrepois Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4064-4074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lyme Arthritis Resolution with Antiserum to a 37-Kilodalton Borrelia burgdorferi Protein Sunlian Feng, Emir Hodzic, and Stephen W. Barthold Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4169-4173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Protection in Rabbits against Host-Adapted and Cultivated Borrelia burgdorferi following Infection-Derived Immunity or Immunization with Outer Membrane Vesicles or Outer Surface Protein A Ellen S. Shang, Cheryl I. Champion, Xiao-Yang Wu, Jonathan T. Skare, David R. Blanco, James N. Miller, and Michael A. Lovett Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4189-4199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Human Cationic Antimicrobial Protein (hCAP-18) Is Expressed in the Epithelium of Human Epididymis, Is Present in Seminal Plasma at High Concentrations, and Is Attached to Spermatozoa Johan Malm, Ole Sørensen, Terese Persson, Margareta Frohm-Nilsson, Bengt Johansson, Anders Bjartell, Hans Lilja, Mona Ståhle-Bäckdahl, Niels Borregaard, and Arne Egesten Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4297-4302; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adjuvant Activity of a Nontoxic Mutant of Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin on Systemic and Mucosal Immune Responses Elicited against a Heterologous Antigen Carried by a Live Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Vaccine Strain Heloisa C. R. Guillobel, Joana I. Carinhanha, Lucia Cárdenas, John D. Clements, Darcy F. de Almeida, and Luís C. S. Ferreira Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4349-4353; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Long-Term Immunological Memory Induced by Recombinant Oral Salmonella Vaccine Vectors James J. Kohler, Latha Pathangey, Adnan Hasona, Ann Progulske-Fox, and Thomas A. Brown Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4370-4373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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The CXC Chemokines Gamma Interferon (IFN-)-Inducible Protein 10 and Monokine Induced by IFN- Are Released during Severe Melioidosis Fanny N. Lauw, Andrew J. H. Simpson, Jan M. Prins, Sander J. H. van Deventer, Wipada Chaowagul, Nicholas J. White, and Tom van der Poll Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3888-3893; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Peptidoglycan and Lipoteichoic Acid from Staphylococcus aureus Induce Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, Interleukin 6 (IL-6), and IL-10 Production in Both T Cells and Monocytes in a Human Whole Blood Model J. E. Wang, P. F. Jørgensen, M. Almlöf, C. Thiemermann, S. J. Foster, A. O. Aasen, and R. Solberg Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 3965-3970; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Estradiol and Progesterone on Susceptibility and Early Immune Responses to Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in the Female Reproductive Tract Charu Kaushic, Fan Zhou, Andrew D. Murdin, and Charles R. Wira Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4207-4216; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of 2-Integrin Adhesion Molecule Expression and Pulmonary Infection with Pasteurella haemolytica on Cytokine Gene Expression in Cattle Haa-Yung Lee, Marcus E. Kehrli, Jr., Kim A. Brogden, Jack M. Gallup, and Mark R. Ackermann Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4274-4281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement for NF-B in Transcriptional Activation of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein 1 by Chlamydia pneumoniae in Human Endothelial Cells Robert E. Molestina, Richard D. Miller, Alex B. Lentsch, Julio A. Ramirez, and James T. Summersgill Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4282-4288; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CXC Chemokine Receptor CXCR2 Is Essential for Protective Innate Host Response in Murine Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia Wan C. Tsai, Robert M. Strieter, Borna Mehrad, Michael W. Newstead, Xianying Zeng, and Theodore J. Standiford Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4289-4296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Modulates Lymphoepithelial Cell Interactions Leading to Epithelial Cell Damage through Fas/Fas Ligand Interactions Jide Wang, Xuejun Fan, Catharina Lindholm, Michael Bennett, Joe O'Connoll, Fergus Shanahan, Edward G. Brooks, Victor E. Reyes, and Peter B. Ernst Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4303-4311; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Mice Deficient in Phagocyte Oxidase or Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Rila Banerjee, Juan Anguita, and Erol Fikrig Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4361-4362; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Identification of ragAB as a Temperature-Regulated Operon of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 Using Differential Display of Randomly Primed RNA William A. Bonass, Philip D. Marsh, Rimondia S. Percival, Joseph Aduse-Opoku, Shirley A. Hanley, Deirdre A. Devine, and Michael A. Curtis Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4012-4017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Genomics of Helicobacter pylori: Analysis of the Outer Membrane Protein Families Richard A. Alm, James Bina, Beth M. Andrews, Peter Doig, Robert E. W. Hancock, and Trevor J. Trust Infect. Immun. July 2000 68: 4155-4168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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