Contents: December 2001, Volume 69, Issue 12        Minireviews        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Host Response and Inflammation        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Genomics        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Errata        Author's Correction Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Roles of DNA Adenine Methylation in Regulating Bacterial Gene Expression and Virulence David A. Low, Nathan J. Weyand, and Michael J. Mahan Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7197-7204; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Characterization of Receptor-Mediated Signal Transduction by Escherichia coli Type IIa Heat-Labile Enterotoxin in the Polarized Human Intestinal Cell Line T84 Susan Wimer-Mackin, Randall K. Holmes, Anne A. Wolf, Wayne I. Lencer, and Michael G. Jobling Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7205-7212; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Macrophage Gamma Interferon Decreases Gene Expression but Not Replication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Analysis of the Host-Pathogen Reciprocal Influence on Transcription in a Comparison of Strains H37Rv and CMT97 Giulia Cappelli, Pietro Volpe, Alessandro Sanduzzi, Alessandra Sacchi, Vittorio Colizzi, and Francesca Mariani Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7262-7270; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Epithelial Cell Death Including Apoptosis by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Expressing Bundle-Forming Pili Maan Abul-Milh, Ying Wu, Bedy Lau, Clifford A. Lingwood, and Debora Barnett Foster Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7356-7364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Protein That Is Indispensable for Virulence and Intracellular Replication Tahar van der Straaten, Angela van Diepen, Kitty Kwappenberg, Sjaak van Voorden, Kees Franken, Riny Janssen, Johannes G. Kusters, Donald L. Granger, and Jaap T. van Dissel Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7413-7418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus pneumoniae PstS Production Is Phosphate Responsive and Enhanced during Growth in the Murine Peritoneal Cavity Carlos J. Orihuela, Jeremy Mills, Christopher W. Robb, Corey J. Wilson, David A. Watson, and David W. Niesel Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7565-7571; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Arginine-143 of Yersinia enterocolitica YopP Crucially Determines Isotype-Related NF-B Suppression and Apoptosis Induction in Macrophages Klaus Ruckdeschel, Kathleen Richter, Oliver Mannel, and Jürgen Heesemann Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7652-7662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Brucella abortus Genes Identified following Constitutive Growth and Macrophage Infection Linda Eskra, Aurea Canavessi, Merriann Carey, and Gary Splitter Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7736-7742; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epithelial Cells Infected with Chlamydophila pneumoniae (Chlamydia pneumoniae) Are Resistant to Apoptosis Krishnaraj Rajalingam, Hesham Al-Younes, Anne Müller, Thomas F. Meyer, Agnes J. Szczepek, and Thomas Rudel Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7880-7888; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Koala Biovar of Chlamydia pneumoniae Infects Human and Koala Monocytes and Induces Increased Uptake of Lipids In Vitro Katie A. Coles, Peter Timms, and David W. Smith Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7894-7897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Exaggerated Proinflammatory and Th1 Responses in the Absence of / T Cells after Infection with Listeria monocytogenes Marianne J. Skeen, Emily P. Rix, Molly M. Freeman, and H. Kirk Ziegler Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7213-7223; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of 6-Hydroxydopamine on Host Resistance against Listeria monocytogenes Infection Tomisato Miura, Tsuyoshi Kudo, Akitomo Matsuki, Kenji Sekikawa, Yoh-Ichi Tagawa, Yoichiro Iwakura, and Akio Nakane Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7234-7241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Innate Defense Mechanisms in Endotoxemia and Polymicrobial Septic Peritonitis Bernd Echtenacher, Marina A. Freudenberg, Robert S. Jack, and Daniela N. Männel Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7271-7276; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzyme Degradation and Proinflammatory Activity in Arthritogenic and Nonarthritogenic Eubacterium aerofaciens Cell Walls Xiang Zhang, Marja Rimpiläinen, Egle Simelyte, and Paavo Toivanen Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7277-7284; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Classical Pathway of Complement Activation in Experimentally Induced Polymicrobial Peritonitis Ilhan Celik, Cordula Stover, Marina Botto, Steffen Thiel, Sotiria Tzima, Dieter Künkel, Mark Walport, Wilfried Lorenz, and Wilhelm Schwaeble Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7304-7309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Chaperonin 60.1 Is a More Potent Cytokine Stimulator than Chaperonin 60.2 (Hsp 65) and Contains a CD14-Binding Domain Jo C. Lewthwaite, Anthony R. M. Coates, Peter Tormay, Mahavir Singh, Paolo Mascagni, Stephen Poole, Michael Roberts, Lindsay Sharp, and Brian Henderson Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7349-7355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Protection from Chronic Chlamydia trachomatis Urogenital Disease in Mice and Its Regulation by Oxygen Free Radicals K. H. Ramsey, I. M. Sigar, S. V. Rana, J. Gupta, S. M. Holland, and G. I. Byrne Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7374-7379; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Fimbriae and Their Peptides Activate Human Gingival Epithelial Cells through Toll-Like Receptor 2 Yasuyuki Asai, Yoshinori Ohyama, Keika Gen, and Tomohiko Ogawa Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7387-7395; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mouse Strain-Dependent Chemokine Regulation of the Genital Tract T Helper Cell Type 1 Immune Response Toni Darville, Charles W. Andrews, Jr., James D. Sikes, Patrick L. Fraley, Leah Braswell, and Roger G. Rank Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7419-7424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses to Borrelia burgdorferi Antigens in Patients with Culture-Positive Early Lyme Disease Austin Vaz, Lisa Glickstein, Jodie A. Field, Gail McHugh, Vijay K. Sikand, Nitin Damle, and Allen C. Steere Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7437-7444; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Sequence and Kinetics of Proinflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Secretion Induced by Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Winnie W. S. Kum, Scott B. Cameron, Ryan W. Y. Hung, Shirin Kalyan, and Anthony W. Chow Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7544-7549; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Response to Infection: the Role of CpG DNA in Induction of Cyclooxygenase 2 and Nitric Oxide Synthase 2 in Murine Macrophages Dipak K. Ghosh, Mary A. Misukonis, Charles Reich, David S. Pisetsky, and J. Brice Weinberg Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7703-7710; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamic Changes in Neutrophil Defensins during Endotoxemia M. E. Klut, B. A. Whalen, and J. C. Hogg Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7793-7799; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Different Type 1 Fimbrial Genes and Tropisms of Commensal and Potentially Pathogenic Actinomyces spp. with Different Salivary Acidic Proline-Rich Protein and Statherin Ligand Specificities Tong Li, Massoud Kheir Khah, Snjezana Slavnic, Ingegerd Johansson, and Nicklas Strömberg Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7224-7233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus pneumoniae Causes Experimental Meningitis following Intranasal and Otitis Media Infections via a Nonhematogenous Route Andrea Marra and Daniel Brigham Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7318-7325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence that Mycobacterial PE_PGRS Proteins Are Cell Surface Constituents That Influence Interactions with Other Cells Michael J. Brennan, Giovanni Delogu, Yiping Chen, Stoyan Bardarov, Jordan Kriakov, Mohammad Alavi, and William R. Jacobs, Jr. Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7326-7333; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antioxidant Enzyme Expression in Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Identification of an Atypical Form of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase Bradley E. Britigan, Rachel A. Miller, Daniel J. Hassett, Michael A. Pfaller, Michael L. McCormick, and George T. Rasmussen Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7396-7401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette Guérin on In Vitro Induction of CD1 Molecules in Human Adherent Mononuclear Cells Anna Giuliani, Salvatore P. Prete, Grazia Graziani, Angelo Aquino, Alessandra Balduzzi, Masahiko Sugita, Michael B. Brenner, Elena Iona, Lanfranco Fattorini, Graziella Orefici, Steven A. Porcelli, and Enzo Bonmassar Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7461-7470; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Locus Confers Protection against Aerogenic Challenge of Both Clinical and Laboratory Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mice Charles A. Scanga, Vellore P. Mohan, Kathryn Tanaka, David Alland, JoAnne L. Flynn, and John Chan Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7711-7717; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia pneumoniae Infects and Multiplies in Lymphocytes In Vitro Shusaku Haranaga, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Herman Friedman, Shin-ichi Izumi, and Yoshimasa Yamamoto Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7753-7759; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Genetic Divergence and Fitness between Two Subclones of Helicobacter pylori Britta Björkholm, Annelie Lundin, Anna Sillén, Karen Guillemin, Nina Salama, Carlos Rubio, Jeffrey I. Gordon, Per Falk, and Lars Engstrand Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7832-7838; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Pullorum Persists in Splenic Macrophages and in the Reproductive Tract during Persistent, Disease-Free Carriage in Chickens P. Wigley, A. Berchieri, Jr., K. L. Page, A. L. Smith, and P. A. Barrow Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7873-7879; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection of Synovial Fibroblasts in Culture by Yersinia enterocolitica and Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis: Ultrastructural Investigation with Respect to the Pathogenesis of Reactive Arthritis Almut Meyer-Bahlburg, Jörg Brinkhoff, Veit Krenn, Karlheinz Trebesius, Jürgen Heesemann, and Hans-Iko Huppertz Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7915-7921; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Limited Mycobacterial Infection of the Liver as a Consequence of Its Microanatomical Structure Causing Restriction of Mycobacterial Growth to Professional Phagocytes Peter Seiler, Reto A. Schwendener, Silke Bandermann, Volker Brinkmann, Leander Grode, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, and Peter Aichele Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7922-7926; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Chlamydia pneumoniae Persistence in HEp-2 Cells Treated with Gamma Interferon Laura G. Pantoja, Richard D. Miller, Julio A. Ramirez, Robert E. Molestina, and James T. Summersgill Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7927-7932; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Phenotypic and Genomic Analyses of the Mycobacterium avium Complex Reveal Differences in Gastrointestinal Invasion and Genomic Composition Jeffery A. McGarvey and Luiz E. Bermudez Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7242-7249; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Suilysin in Streptococcus suis Isolated from Different Diseases of Pigs and Characterization of the Genetic Basis of Suilysin Absence Samantha J. King, Peter J. Heath, Inmaculada Luque, Carmen Tarradas, Christopher G. Dowson, and Adrian M. Whatmore Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7572-7582; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Codon Optimization of Gene Fragments Encoding Plasmodium falciparum Merzoite Proteins Enhances DNA Vaccine Protein Expression and Immunogenicity in Mice David L. Narum, Sanjai Kumar, William O. Rogers, Steven R. Fuhrmann, Hong Liang, Miranda Oakley, Alem Taye, B. Kim Lee Sim, and Stephen L. Hoffman Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7250-7253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Immunization with Recombinant Ascaris suum 14-Kilodalton Antigen Coupled with Cholera Toxin B Subunit Induces Protective Immunity to A. suum Infection in Mice Naotoshi Tsuji, Kayo Suzuki, Harue Kasuga-Aoki, Yasunobu Matsumoto, Takeshi Arakawa, Kenji Ishiwata, and Takashi Isobe Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7285-7292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD8+-T-Cell Depletion Ameliorates Circulatory Shock in Plasmodium berghei-Infected Mice Wun-Ling Chang, Steven P. Jones, David J. Lefer, Tomas Welbourne, Guang Sun, Lijia Yin, Hodaka Suzuki, Jian Huang, D. Neil Granger, and Henri C. van der Heyde Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7341-7348; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulence of Leishmania infantum Is Expressed as a Clonal and Dominant Phenotype in Experimental Infections Yves Jean-François Garin, Annie Sulahian, Francine Pratlong, Pascale Meneceur, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Eric Prina, Jean-Pierre Dedet, and Francis Derouin Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7365-7373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nippocystatin, a Cysteine Protease Inhibitor from Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, Inhibits Antigen Processing and Modulates Antigen-Specific Immune Response Teruki Dainichi, Yoichi Maekawa, Kazunari Ishii, Tianqian Zhang, Baher Fawzy Nashed, Tohru Sakai, Miwa Takashima, and Kunisuke Himeno Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7380-7386; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Gamma Interferon in the Pathogenesis of Severe Schistosomiasis in Interleukin-4-Deficient Mice Anne Camille La Flamme, Elisabeth A. Patton, and Edward J. Pearce Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7445-7452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Gamma Interferon Production In Vitro Predict the Pace of the In Vivo Response to Leishmania amazonensis in Healthy Volunteers M. M. L. Pompeu, C. Brodskyn, M. J. Teixeira, J. Clarêncio, J. Van Weyenberg, I. C. B. Coelho, S. A. Cardoso, A. Barral, and M. Barral-Netto Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7453-7460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gravidity-Dependent Production of Antibodies That Inhibit Binding of Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes to Placental Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan during Pregnancy Iona O'Neil-Dunne, Rajeshwara N. Achur, Sean T. Agbor-Enoh, Manojkumar Valiyaveettil, Ramachandra S. Naik, Christian F. Ockenhouse, Ainong Zhou, Rosette Megnekou, Rose Leke, Diane W. Taylor, and D. Channe Gowda Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7487-7492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

WdChs2p, a Class I Chitin Synthase, Together with WdChs3p (Class III) Contributes to Virulence in Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis Zheng Wang, Li Zheng, Hongbo Liu, Qingfeng Wang, Melinda Hauser, Sarah Kauffman, Jeffery M. Becker, and Paul J. Szaniszlo Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7517-7526; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Glucan and Surface Protein BAD1 in Complement Activation by Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast Mason X. Zhang, Tristan T. Brandhorst, Thomas R. Kozel, and Bruce S. Klein Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7559-7564; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High Prevalence of Human Antibodies to Recombinant Duffy Binding-Like Domains of the Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 in Semi-Immune Adults Compared to That in Nonimmune Children Raphael M. Oguariri, Steffen Borrmann, Mo-Quen Klinkert, Peter G. Kremsner, and Jürgen F. J. Kun Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7603-7609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential Role for Extracellular Glutathione-Dependent Ferric Reductase in Utilization of Environmental and Host Ferric Compounds by Histoplasma capsulatum Michelle M. Timmerman and Jon P. Woods Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7671-7678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural Analysis and Antibody Response to the Extracellular Glutathione S-Transferases from Onchocerca volvulus Alexandra Sommer, Manfred Nimtz, Harald S. Conradt, Norbert Brattig, Kay Boettcher, Peter Fischer, Rolf D. Walter, and Eva Liebau Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7718-7728; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-4 Receptor-Stat6 Signaling in Murine Infections with a Tissue-Dwelling Nematode Parasite L. Spencer, L. Shultz, and T. V. Rajan Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7743-7752; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmodium falciparum Genotypes, Low Complexity of Infection, and Resistance to Subsequent Malaria in Participants in the Asembo Bay Cohort Project Oralee H. Branch, Shannon Takala, Simon Kariuki, Bernard L. Nahlen, Margaret Kolczak, William Hawley, and Altaf A. Lal Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7783-7792; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

How Giardia Swim and Divide Sudip Ghosh, Marta Frisardi, Rick Rogers, and John Samuelson Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7866-7872; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxoplasma gondii Infection of Neurons Induces Neuronal Cytokine and Chemokine Production, but Gamma Interferon- and Tumor Necrosis Factor-Stimulated Neurons Fail To Inhibit the Invasion and Growth of T. gondii D. Schlüter, M. Deckert, H. Hof, and K. Frei Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7889-7893; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Blockade of Caspases Inhibits Amebic Liver Abscess Formation in a Mouse Model of Disease Le Yan and Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7911-7914; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Overlapping Epitopes in the Repetitive Unit of the Shed Acute-Phase Antigen from Trypanosoma cruzi Enhance Its Immunogenic Properties Paula Alvarez, M. Susana Leguizamón, Carlos A. Buscaglia, Tamara A. Pitcovsky, and Oscar Campetella Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7946-7949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Innate Resistance to Babesia Infection Is Influenced by Genetic Background and Gender Irma Aguilar-Delfin, Mary J. Homer, Peter J. Wettstein, and David H. Persing Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7955-7958; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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In Vivo Genetic Analysis Indicates That PhoP-PhoQ and the Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2 Type III Secretion System Contribute Independently to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence Carmen R. Beuzón, Kate E. Unsworth, and David W. Holden Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7254-7261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nonimmune Binding of Human Immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG Fc by Distinct Sequence Segments of the EibF Cell Surface Protein of Escherichia coli Carol H. Sandt and Charles W. Hill Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7293-7303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fish Monocytes as a Model for Mycobacterial Host-Pathogen Interactions Sahar H. El-Etr, Ling Yan, and Jeffrey D. Cirillo Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7310-7317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phase Variation in the Helicobacter pylori Phospholipase A Gene and Its Role in Acid Adaptation Tone Tannæs, Niek Dekker, Geir Bukholm, Jetta J. E. Bijlsma, and Ben J. Appelmelk Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7334-7340; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Group A Streptococci Bind to Mucin and Human Pharyngeal Cells through Sialic Acid-Containing Receptors Patricia A. Ryan, Vijaykumar Pancholi, and Vincent A. Fischetti Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7402-7412; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification, Characterization, and Variable Expression of a Naturally Occurring Inhibitor Protein of IS1106 Transposase in Clinical Isolates of Neisseria meningitidis Paola Salvatore, Caterina Pagliarulo, Roberta Colicchio, Patrizia Zecca, Giuseppina Cantalupo, Maurizio Tredici, Alfredo Lavitola, Cecilia Bucci, Carmelo B. Bruni, and Pietro Alifano Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7425-7436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pathoadaptive Mutations That Enhance Virulence: Genetic Organization of the cadA Regions of Shigella spp. William A. Day, Jr., Reinaldo E. Fernández, and Anthony T. Maurelli Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7471-7480; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterial Protein HbhA Binds Human Complement Component C3 Stacey L. Mueller-Ortiz, Audrey R. Wanger, and Steven J. Norris Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7501-7511; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Independent Streptococcus gordonii SspA and SspB Functions in Coaggregation with Actinomyces naeslundii Paul G. Egland, Laurence D. Dû, and Paul E. Kolenbrander Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7512-7516; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of RgpA, RgpB, and Kgp Proteinases in Virulence of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 in a Murine Lesion Model Neil M. O'Brien-Simpson, Rita A. Paolini, Brigitte Hoffmann, Nada Slakeski, Stuart G. Dashper, and Eric C. Reynolds Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7527-7534; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Yersinia YopT Leads to Uncoupling of RhoA-Effector Interaction Isabel Sorg, Udo-Michael Goehring, Klaus Aktories, and Gudula Schmidt Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7535-7543; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Shiga Toxin-Encoding Temperate Bacteriophage of Shigella sonnei Eckhard Strauch, Rudi Lurz, and Lothar Beutin Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7588-7595; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification, Characterization, and Variation in Expression of Two Serologically Distinct O-Antigen Epitopes in Lipopolysaccharides of Campylobacter fetus Serotype A Strains Brian W. Brooks, Ruth H. Robertson, Cheryl L. Lutze-Wallace, and Wolfram Pfahler Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7596-7602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Adenine Methylase Is Essential for Viability and Plays a Role in the Pathogenesis of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Vibrio cholerae Steven M. Julio, Douglas M. Heithoff, Daniele Provenzano, Karl E. Klose, Robert L. Sinsheimer, David A. Low, and Michael J. Mahan Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7610-7615; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Thermoinduced Immunogenic Proteins Q1p42 and Hsp15 of Leptospira interrogans Jarlath E. Nally, Sergey Artiushin, and John F. Timoney Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7616-7624; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intra- and Interspecies Regulation of Gene Expression by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans LuxS Karen P. Fong, Whasun O. Chung, Richard J. Lamont, and Donald R. Demuth Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7625-7634; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pertussis Toxin and Lipopolysaccharide Influence Phagocytosis of Bordetella pertussis by Human Monocytes Lyndsay M. Schaeffer and Alison A. Weiss Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7635-7641; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phase Variation among Major Surface Antigens of Mycoplasma penetrans Kerstin Röske, Alain Blanchard, Isabelle Chambaud, Christine Citti, Jürgen H. Helbig, Marie-Christine Prevost, Renate Rosengarten, and Enno Jacobs Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7642-7651; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lysine and Polyamines Are Substrates for Transglutamination of Rho by the Bordetella Dermonecrotic Toxin Gudula Schmidt, Udo-Michael Goehring, Joerg Schirmer, Sandrine Uttenweiler-Joseph, Matthias Wilm, Mark Lohmann, Arnd Giese, Guenther Schmalzing, and Klaus Aktories Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7663-7670; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of a Staphylococcus aureus Exfoliative Toxin B Plasmid and Identification of a Novel ADP-Ribosyltransferase, EDIN-C Takayuki Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Hayashi, Hideto Takami, Makoto Ohnishi, Takahiro Murata, Keisuke Nakayama, Kayo Asakawa, Masaru Ohara, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, and Motoyuki Sugai Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7760-7771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression Analysis of the Yersiniabactin Receptor Gene fyuA and the Heme Receptor hemR of Yersinia enterocolitica In Vitro and In Vivo Using the Reporter Genes for Green Fluorescent Protein and Luciferase Christoph A. Jacobi, Sebastian Gregor, Alexander Rakin, and Jürgen Heesemann Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7772-7782; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Further Characterization of Complement Regulator-Acquiring Surface Proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi Peter Kraiczy, Christine Skerka, Volker Brade, and Peter F. Zipfel Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7800-7809; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of High-Density Array-Based Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis To Discover Novel Yersinia Virulence-Associated Genes A. V. Karlyshev, P. C. F. Oyston, K. Williams, G. C. Clark, R. W. Titball, E. A. Winzeler, and B. W. Wren Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7810-7819; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamic Nature of Host-Pathogen Interactions in Mycobacterium marinum Granulomas Donna M. Bouley, Nafisa Ghori, K. Lynne Mercer, Stanley Falkow, and Lalita Ramakrishnan Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7820-7831; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Localization of Functional Domains of the Mitogenic Toxin of Pasteurella multocida Gillian D. Pullinger, R. Sowdhamini, and Alistair J. Lax Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7839-7850; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of a Tetracycline-Inducible Promoter in Staphylococcus aureus In Vitro and In Vivo and Its Application in Demonstrating the Role of sigB in Microcolony Formation B. T. Bateman, N. P. Donegan, T. M. Jarry, M. Palma, and A. L. Cheung Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7851-7857; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

B Activity in Staphylococcus aureus Is Controlled by RsbU and an Additional Factor(s) during Bacterial Growth Marco Palma and Ambrose L. Cheung Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7858-7865; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attenuation of Virulence and Changes in Morphology in Candida albicans by Disruption of the N-Acetylglucosamine Catabolic Pathway Praveen Singh, Sharmistha Ghosh, and Asis Datta Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7898-7903; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synergistic Effects of Alpha-Toxin and Perfringolysin O in Clostridium perfringens-Mediated Gas Gangrene Milena M. Awad, Darren M. Ellemor, Richard L. Boyd, John J. Emmins, and Julian I. Rood Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7904-7910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of FliC and FliD Flagellar Proteins of Clostridium difficile in Adherence and Gut Colonization Albert Tasteyre, Marie-Claude Barc, Anne Collignon, Helene Boureau, and Tuomo Karjalainen Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7937-7940; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Adhesin of Escherichia coli F18 Fimbriae A. Smeds, K. Hemmann, M. Jakava-Viljanen, S. Pelkonen, H. Imberechts, and A. Palva Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7941-7945; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Nasal and Vaginal Vaccinations Have Differential Effects on Antibody Responses in Vaginal and Cervical Secretions in Humans Eva-Liz Johansson, Lotta Wassén, Jan Holmgren, Marianne Jertborn, and Anna Rudin Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7481-7486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulated Antigen Expression in Live Recombinant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Strongly Affects Colonization Capabilities and Specific CD4+-T-Cell Responses Dirk Bumann Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7493-7500; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Killed Leptospira borgpetersenii Vaccine Induces Potent Th1 Immunity Comprising Responses by CD4 and T Lymphocytes Brian M. Naiman, David Alt, Carole A. Bolin, Richard Zuerner, and Cynthia L. Baldwin Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7550-7558; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Overcome Splenic Dependency of Antibody Response to Pneumococcal Polysaccharides Mijke A. Breukels, Andre Zandvoort, Germie P. J. M. van den Dobbelsteen, Adrie van den Muijsenberg, Monique E. Lodewijk, Michel Beurret, Pieter A. Klok, Wim Timens, and Ger T. Rijkers Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7583-7587; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anti-Class II Monoclonal Antibody-Targeted Vibrio cholerae TcpA Pilin: Modulation of Serologic Response, Epitope Specificity, and Isotype Jia-Yan Wu, Ronald K. Taylor, and William F. Wade Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7679-7686; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immune Response Genes Modulate Serologic Responses to Vibrio cholerae TcpA Pilin Peptides Michael D. Meeks, Terri K. Wade, Ronald K. Taylor, and William F. Wade Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7687-7694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Cholera Vaccines Formulated with Toxin-Coregulated Pilin Peptide Plus Polymer Adjuvant in Mice Jia-Yan Wu, William F. Wade, and Ronald K. Taylor Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7695-7702; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Complement in Mycobacterium avium Pathogenesis: In Vivo and In Vitro Analyses of the Host Response to Infection in the Absence of Complement Component C3 Suzanne S. Bohlson, Jennifer A. Strasser, Jacquelyn J. Bower, and Jeffrey S. Schorey Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7729-7735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the sigB Operon in Staphylococcus epidermidis: Construction and Characterization of a sigB Deletion Mutant Stefanie Kies, Michael Otto, Cuong Vuong, and Friedrich Götz Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7933-7936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella DNA Adenine Methylase Mutants Elicit Protective Immune Responses to Homologous and Heterologous Serovars in Chickens E. L. Dueger, J. K. House, D. M. Heithoff, and M. J. Mahan Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7950-7954; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevention of Porphyromonas gingivalis-Induced Oral Bone Loss following Immunization with Gingipain R1 Frank C. Gibson, III and Caroline Attardo Genco Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7959-7963; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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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 2001 69: 7964 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Regulation of Acquired Immune Responses to Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a Study of Twins in West Africa Annette Jepson, Amanda Fowler, Winston Banya, Mahavir Singh, Steve Bennett, Hilton Whittle, and Adrian V. S. Hill Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7964 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Differential Modulation and Subsequent Blockade of Mitogenic Signaling and Cell Cycle Progression by Pasteurella multocida Toxin Brenda A. Wilson, Lyaylya R. Aminova, Virgilio G. Ponferrada, and Mengfei Ho Infect. Immun. December 2001 69: 7965 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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