Contents: March 2001, Volume 69, Issue 3        Minireviews        Molecular Genomics        Host Response and Inflammation        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Letters        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Virulence Functions of Autotransporter Proteins Ian R. Henderson and James P. Nataro Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1231-1243; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 4, 6B, 8, and 18C Capsular Polysaccharide Gene Clusters Sheng-Mei Jiang, Lei Wang, and Peter R. Reeves Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1244-1255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

cDNA Array Analysis of Altered Gene Expression in Human Endothelial Cells in Response to Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection Brian K. Coombes and James B. Mahony Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1420-1427; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acid-Induced Gene Expression in Helicobacter pylori: Study in Genomic Scale by Microarray Sunny Ang, Cha-Ze Lee, Konan Peck, Michelle Sindici, Udayakumar Matrubutham, Martin A. Gleeson, and Jin-Town Wang Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1679-1686; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

exl, an Exchangeable Genetic Island in Neisseria meningitidis C. M. Kahler, E. Blum, Y. K. Miller, D. Ryan, T. Popovic, and D. S. Stephens Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1687-1696; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NmeSI Restriction-Modification System Identified by Representational Difference Analysis of a Hypervirulent Neisseria meningitidis Strain Aldert Bart, Yvonne Pannekoek, Jacob Dankert, and Arie van der Ende Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1816-1820; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Composition and Gene Expression of the cag Pathogenicity Island in Helicobacter pylori Strains Isolated from Gastric Carcinoma and Gastritis Patients in Costa Rica Alessandra Occhialini, Armelle Marais, Maria Urdaci, Rafaela Sierra, Nubia Muñoz, Antonello Covacci, and Francis Mégraud Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1902-1908; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Vibrio cholerae Pathogenicity Islands in Sixth and Seventh Pandemic Strains David K. R. Karaolis, Ruiting Lan, James B. Kaper, and Peter R. Reeves Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1947-1952; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Role of T Cells and Gamma Interferon during Induction of Hypersensitivity to Lipopolysaccharide by Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 in Mice Martin M. Dinges and Patrick M. Schlievert Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1256-1264; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Synergistically Increase Expression of Human Endothelial Adhesion Molecules through Activation of NF-B and p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Pathways Hubertus P. A. Jersmann, Charles S. T. Hii, Judith V. Ferrante, and Antonio Ferrante Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1273-1279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fas (CD95)-Fas Ligand Interactions Are Responsible for Monocyte Apoptosis Occurring as a Result of Phagocytosis and Killing of Staphylococcus aureus J. Baran, K. Weglarczyk, M. Mysiak, K. Guzik, M. Ernst, H.-D. Flad, and J. Pryjma Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1287-1297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Caspase 3 Abrogates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Nitric Oxide Production by Preventing Activation of NF-B and c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase/Stress-Activated Protein Kinase in RAW 264.7 Murine Macrophage Cells Dipshikha Chakravortty, Yutaka Kato, Tsuyoshi Sugiyama, Naoki Koide, Mya Mya Mu, Tomoaki Yoshida, and Takashi Yokochi Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1315-1321; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

C-Terminal Invariable Domain of VlsE May Not Serve as Target for Protective Immune Response against Borrelia burgdorferi Fang Ting Liang, Mary B. Jacobs, and Mario T. Philipp Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1337-1343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-8 and Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 Regulation in Oral Epithelial Cells by Selected Periodontal Bacteria: Multiple Effects of Porphyromonas gingivalis via Antagonistic Mechanisms George T.-J. Huang, Daniel Kim, Jonathan K.-H. Lee, Howard K. Kuramitsu, and Susan Kinder Haake Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1364-1372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alveolar Macrophage Deactivation in Murine Septic Peritonitis: Role of Interleukin 10 Raju C. Reddy, Gina H. Chen, Michael W. Newstead, Tom Moore, Xianying Zeng, Kazuhiro Tateda, and Theodore J. Standiford Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1394-1401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salivary Histatin 5 Is an Inhibitor of Both Host and Bacterial Enzymes Implicated in Periodontal Disease Heloisa Gusman, James Travis, Eva J. Helmerhorst, Jan Potempa, Robert F. Troxler, and Frank G. Oppenheim Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1402-1408; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis 19-Kilodalton Lipoprotein Inhibits Mycobacterium smegmatis-Induced Cytokine Production by Human Macrophages In Vitro Frank A. Post, Claudia Manca, Olivier Neyrolles, Bernhard Ryffel, Douglas B. Young, and Gilla Kaplan Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1433-1439; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Signaling by Toll-Like Receptor 2 and 4 Agonists Results in Differential Gene Expression in Murine Macrophages Matthew Hirschfeld, Janis J. Weis, Vladimir Toshchakov, Cindy A. Salkowski, M. Joshua Cody, Dawn C. Ward, Nilofer Qureshi, Suzanne M. Michalek, and Stefanie N. Vogel Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1477-1482; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella enterica Serovar Dublin Induce Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand Expression by Normal Mouse and Human Osteoblasts Emily H. Alexander, Jennifer L. Bento, Francis M. Hughes, Jr., Ian Marriott, Michael C. Hudson, and Kenneth L. Bost Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1581-1586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rat Mannose-Binding Protein A Binds CD14 Hirofumi Chiba, Hitomi Sano, Daisuke Iwaki, Seiji Murakami, Hiroaki Mitsuzawa, Toru Takahashi, Masanori Konishi, Hiroki Takahashi, and Yoshio Kuroki Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1587-1592; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Non-Major Histocompatibility Complex Control of Antibody Isotype and Th1 versus Th2 Cytokines during Experimental Infection of Mice with Mycobacterium avium Vijaya Nagabhushanam and Christina Cheers Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1708-1713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of C-Reactive Protein in the Human Respiratory Tract Jane M. Gould and Jeffrey N. Weiser Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1747-1754; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Adhesion Molecules in Synovia of Patients with Treatment-Resistant Lyme Arthritis Evren Akin, John Aversa, and Allen C. Steere Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1774-1780; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aberrant Macrophage and Neutrophil Population Dynamics and Impaired Th1 Response to Listeria monocytogenes in Colony-Stimulating Factor 1-Deficient Mice Indira Guleria and Jeffrey W. Pollard Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1795-1807; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Critical Role of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in Immune Clearance of Rickettsial Infection David H. Walker, Juan P. Olano, and Hui-Min Feng Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1841-1846; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interference between Host Resistance to Listeria monocytogenes Infection and Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Responses in Mice Daisuke Mizuki, Tomisato Miura, Sanae Sasaki, Mayuko Mizuki, Hiroo Madarame, and Akio Nakane Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1883-1888; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with Mature Human Macrophage Opacity Proteins Influence Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines Benjamin L. Makepeace, Peter J. Watt, John E. Heckels, and Myron Christodoulides Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1909-1913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase Expression in Endothelial Cells by Heat-Inactivated Streptococcus pneumoniae Uwe Michel, Rita Zobotke, Michael Mäder, and Roland Nau Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1914-1916; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Legionella pneumophila Suppresses Interleukin-12 Production by Macrophages Kazuto Matsunaga, Thomas W. Klein, Catherine Newton, Herman Friedman, and Yoshimasa Yamamoto Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1929-1933; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recognition of Multiple Antibody Epitopes throughout Borrelia burgdorferi p66, a Candidate Adhesin, in Patients with Early or Late Manifestations of Lyme Disease Hyacinthe Ntchobo, Holly Rothermel, Wambui Chege, Allen C. Steere, and Jenifer Coburn Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1953-1956; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Expression of Chemokine Genes in Human Dermal Microvascular Endothelial Cell Lines Infected with Orientia tsutsugamushi Nam-Hyuk Cho, Seung-Yong Seong, Myung-Sik Choi, and Ik-Sang Kim Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1265-1272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Loci of Streptococcus mitis That Mediate Binding to Human Platelets Barbara A. Bensing, Craig E. Rubens, and Paul M. Sullam Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1373-1380; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) Tir Receptor Molecule Does Not Undergo Full Modification When Introduced into Host Cells by EPEC-Independent Mechanisms Brendan Kenny and Jonathan Warawa Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1444-1453; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Vacuolation Caused by Vibrio cholerae Hemolysin Paula Figueroa-Arredondo, John E. Heuser, Natalia S. Akopyants, J. Hiroshi Morisaki, Silvia Giono-Cerezo, Fernando Enríquez-Rincón, and Douglas E. Berg Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1613-1624; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coiling Phagocytosis of Borrelia burgdorferi by Primary Human Macrophages Is Controlled by CDC42Hs and Rac1 and Involves Recruitment of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein and Arp2/3 Complex Stefan Linder, Christiane Heimerl, Volker Fingerle, Martin Aepfelbacher, and Bettina Wilske Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1739-1746; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polarized Entry of Uropathogenic Afa/Dr Diffusely Adhering Escherichia coli Strain IH11128 into Human Epithelial Cells: Evidence for 51 Integrin Recognition and Subsequent Internalization through a Pathway Involving Caveolae and Dynamic Unstable Microtubules Julie Guignot, Marie-Françoise Bernet-Camard, Christian Poüs, Laure Plançon, Chantal Le Bouguenec, and Alain L. Servin Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1856-1868; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Increases Human Cerebral Endothelial Cell Gb3 and Sensitivity to Shiga Toxin Patricia B. Eisenhauer, Prasoon Chaturvedi, Richard E. Fine, Andrew J. Ritchie, Jordan S. Pober, Thomas G. Cleary, and David S. Newburg Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1889-1894; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Alginate O Acetylation in Resistance of Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Opsonic Phagocytosis Gerald B. Pier, Fadie Coleman, Martha Grout, Michael Franklin, and Dennis E. Ohman Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1895-1901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Neutrophils and Their Products Induce Shiga Toxin Production by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Patrick L. Wagner, David W. K. Acheson, and Matthew K. Waldor Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1934-1937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Induction of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 by Helicobacter pylori Involves NF-B Naoki Mori, Atsuhisa Ueda, Romas Geleziunas, Akihiro Wada, Toshiya Hirayama, Teizo Yoshimura, and Naoki Yamamoto Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1280-1286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Implication of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in T84 Cell Responses to Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Infection Dorota Czerucka, Stéphanie Dahan, Baharia Mograbi, Bernard Rossi, and Patrick Rampal Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1298-1305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Canine Feces as a Reservoir of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli James R. Johnson, Adam L. Stell, and Parissa Delavari Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1306-1314; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Listeria monocytogenes-Infected Phagocytes Can Initiate Central Nervous System Infection in Mice Douglas A. Drevets, Todd A. Jelinek, and Nancy E. Freitag Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1344-1350; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Administration of Formaldehyde-Killed Recombinant Bacteria Expressing a Mimic of the Shiga Toxin Receptor Protects Mice from Fatal Challenge with Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli James C. Paton, Trisha J. Rogers, Renato Morona, and Adrienne W. Paton Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1389-1393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Murine Model for Lymphocytic Tropism by Borrelia burgdorferi David W. Dorward and Ralph S. Larson Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1428-1432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Lactoferrin and Peptides Derived from Its N Terminus Are Highly Effective against Infections with Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria P. H. Nibbering, E. Ravensbergen, M. M. Welling, L. A. van Berkel, P. H. C. van Berkel, E. K. J. Pauwels, and J. H. Nuijens Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1469-1476; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium avium Invades the Intestinal Mucosa Primarily by Interacting with Enterocytes Felix J. Sangari, Joseph Goodman, Mary Petrofsky, Peter Kolonoski, and Luiz E. Bermudez Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1515-1520; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Haemophilus somnus Induces Apoptosis in Bovine Endothelial Cells In Vitro Matt J. Sylte, Lynette B. Corbeil, Thomas J. Inzana, and Charles J. Czuprynski Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1650-1660; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adoptive Transfer of CD4+ T Cells Specific for Subunit A of Helicobacter pylori Urease Reduces H. pylori Stomach Colonization in Mice in the Absence of Interleukin-4 (IL-4)/IL-13 Receptor Signaling Bernadette Lucas, Dirk Bumann, Anna Walduck, Jan Koesling, Leyla Develioglu, Thomas F. Meyer, and Toni Aebischer Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1714-1721; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Group Organisms in Human and Mouse Joint Tissue by Reverse Transcriptase PCR: Prevalence in Diseased Synovial Tissue Suggests Lack of Specific Association with Rheumatoid Arthritis Karen E. Kempsell, Charles J. Cox, Andrew A. McColm, Julie A. Bagshaw, Richard Reece, Douglas J. Veale, Paul Emery, John D. Isaacs, J. S. Hill Gaston, and J. Scott Crowe Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1821-1831; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha on Host Immune Response in Chronic Persistent Tuberculosis: Possible Role for Limiting Pathology Vellore P. Mohan, Charles A. Scanga, Keming Yu, Holly M. Scott, Kathryn E. Tanaka, Enders Tsang, Ming Chih Tsai, JoAnne L. Flynn, and John Chan Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1847-1855; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Experimental Model of Human Body Louse Infection Using Green Fluorescent Protein-Expressing Bartonella quintana Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Michael F. Minnick, Hubert Lepidi, Eric Salvo, and Didier Raoult Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1876-1879; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pheromone Cross-Inhibition between Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis Michael Otto, Hartmut Echner, Wolfgang Voelter, and Friedrich Götz Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1957-1960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selection of Virulence-Associated Determinants of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 by In Vivo Complementation Hilde E. Smith, Herma Buijs, Henk J. Wisselink, Norbert Stockhofe-Zurwieden, and Mari A. Smits Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1961-1966; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Biofilm Formation in a Hydrodynamic Environment by Novel FimH Variants and Ramifications for Virulence Mark A. Schembri and Per Klemm Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1322-1328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clostridium difficile Toxins Disrupt Epithelial Barrier Function by Altering Membrane Microdomain Localization of Tight Junction Proteins A. Nusrat, C. von Eichel-Streiber, J. R. Turner, P. Verkade, J. L. Madara, and C. A. Parkos Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1329-1336; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characterization of Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin J, a Novel Superantigen John K. McCormick, Alexa A. Pragman, John C. Stolpa, Donald Y. M. Leung, and Patrick M. Schlievert Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1381-1388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

VraA (BBI16) Protein of Borrelia burgdorferi Is a Surface-Exposed Antigen with a Repetitive Motif That Confers Partial Protection against Experimental Lyme Borreliosis Maria Labandeira-Rey, Elizabeth A. Baker, and Jonathan T. Skare Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1409-1419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Lysogenic Bacteriophage and Phage-Associated Toxin from Group A Streptococci during Coculture with Human Pharyngeal Cells Thomas B. Broudy, Vijaykumar Pancholi, and Vincent A. Fischetti Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1440-1443; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription of Candidate Virulence Genes of Haemophilus ducreyi during Infection of Human Volunteers Robert E. Throm and Stanley M. Spinola Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1483-1487; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DsrA-Deficient Mutant of Haemophilus ducreyi Is Impaired in Its Ability To Infect Human Volunteers Cliffton T. H. Bong, Robert E. Throm, Kate R. Fortney, Barry P. Katz, Antoinette F. Hood, Christopher Elkins, and Stanley M. Spinola Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1488-1491; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of a Novel Staphylococcus aureus Serine Protease Operon Samantha B. Reed, Carla A. Wesson, Linda E. Liou, William R. Trumble, Patrick M. Schlievert, Gregory A. Bohach, and Kenneth W. Bayles Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1521-1527; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Implication of the Structure of the Helicobacter pylori cag Pathogenicity Island in Induction of Interleukin-8 Secretion C. Audibert, C. Burucoa, B. Janvier, and J. L. Fauchère Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1625-1629; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutagenesis and Functional Reconstitution of Chlamydial Major Outer Membrane Proteins: VS4 Domains Are Not Required for Pore Formation but Modify Channel Function E. S. Hughes, K. M. Shaw, and R. H. Ashley Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1671-1678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Pore-Forming Cytolysin Orthologue TlyA Possesses In Vitro Hemolytic Activity and Has a Role in Colonization of the Gastric Mucosa M. Celeste Martino, Richard A. Stabler, Zun W. Zhang, Michael J. G. Farthing, Brendan W. Wren, and Nick Dorrell Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1697-1703; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Second Extracellular Collagen-Like Protein Made by Group A Streptococcus: Control of Production at the Level of Translation Slawomir Lukomski, Kazumitsu Nakashima, Iman Abdi, Vincent J. Cipriano, Bobby J. Shelvin, Edward A. Graviss, and James M. Musser Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1729-1738; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Genetic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Bordetella bronchiseptica Pertactin Karen B. Register Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1917-1921; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Hemin Receptor Molecule ChuA Is Influenced by RfaH in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain 536 Gábor Nagy, Ulrich Dobrindt, Maren Kupfer, Levente Emödy, Helge Karch, and Jörg Hacker Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1924-1928; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Cytolethal Distending Toxin and Hemolysin Is Not Required for Pustule Formation by Haemophilus ducreyi in Human Volunteers Royden S. Young, Kate R. Fortney, Valentina Gelfanova, Carrie L. Phillips, Barry P. Katz, Antoinette F. Hood, Jo L. Latimer, Robert S. Munson, Jr., Eric J. Hansen, and Stanley M. Spinola Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1938-1942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neutralization of Shiga Toxins Stx1, Stx2c, and Stx2e by Recombinant Bacteria Expressing Mimics of Globotriose and Globotetraose Adrienne W. Paton, Renato Morona, and James C. Paton Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1967-1970; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Safety and Immunogenicity of Improved Shigella O-Specific Polysaccharide-Protein Conjugate Vaccines in Adults in Israel Justen H. Passwell, Efrat Harlev, Shai Ashkenazi, Chiayung Chu, Dan Miron, Reut Ramon, Naheed Farzan, Joseph Shiloach, Dolores A. Bryla, Fathy Majadly, Robin Roberson, John B. Robbins, and Rachel Schneerson Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1351-1357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characteristics of a Protective Monoclonal Antibody against Serotype A and C Lipooligosaccharides from Moraxella catarrhalis Wei-Gang Hu, Jing Chen, John C. McMichael, and Xin-Xing Gu Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1358-1363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Changes in Heat Shock Protein-, Lipoarabinomannan-, and Purified Protein Derivative-Specific Immunoglobulin G1 and G2 Isotype Responses during Bovine Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infection Ad P. Koets, Victor P. M. G. Rutten, Masja de Boer, Douwe Bakker, Peter Valentin-Weigand, and Willem van Eden Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1492-1498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Biological and Adjuvant Activities of Cholera Toxin and Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin Hybrids Christal C. Bowman and John D. Clements Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1528-1535; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mucosal Immune Responses and Protection against Tetanus Toxin after Intranasal Immunization with Recombinant Lactobacillus plantarum Corinne Grangette, Heide Müller-Alouf, Denise Goudercourt, Marie-Claude Geoffroy, Mireille Turneer, and Annick Mercenier Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1547-1553; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Neisseria meningitidis Transferrin Binding Protein A Protects against Experimental Meningococcal Infection David West, Karen Reddin, Mary Matheson, Robert Heath, Simon Funnell, Michael Hudson, Andrew Robinson, and Andrew Gorringe Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1561-1567; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serological Basis for Use of Meningococcal Serogroup C Conjugate Vaccines in the United Kingdom: Reevaluation of Correlates of Protection Ray Borrow, Nick Andrews, David Goldblatt, and Elizabeth Miller Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1568-1573; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of a Whole Genome Approach To Identify Vaccine Molecules Affording Protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection Theresa M. Wizemann, Jon H. Heinrichs, John E. Adamou, Alice L. Erwin, Charles Kunsch, Gil H. Choi, Steven C. Barash, Craig A. Rosen, H. Robert Masure, Elaine Tuomanen, Anthony Gayle, Yambasu A. Brewah, William Walsh, Philip Barren, Raju Lathigra, Mark Hanson, Solomon Langermann, Syd Johnson, and Scott Koenig Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1593-1598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immune Response to Infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans Travis M. Gooding, Paul D. R. Johnson, Dianne E. Campbell, John A. Hayman, Elizabeth L. Hartland, Andrew S. Kemp, and Roy M. Robins-Browne Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1704-1707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal and Spatial Arrangement of Lymphocytes within Lung Granulomas Induced by Aerosol Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero, Oliver C. Turner, Joanne Turner, Peter Marietta, Jason V. Brooks, and Ian M. Orme Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1722-1728; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Natural Killer Cells Mediate Killing of Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv via Granule-Independent Mechanisms Kevin J. Brill, Qing Li, Rhonda Larkin, David H. Canaday, David R. Kaplan, W. Henry Boom, and Richard F. Silver Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1755-1765; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inflammation and Clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis in Enteric and Nonenteric Mucosae Joseph U. Igietseme, John L. Portis, and Linda L. Perry Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1832-1840; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Passive Antibody to Bartonella henselae Protects against Clinical Disease following Homologous Challenge but Does Not Prevent Bacteremia in Cats Kathy L. O'Reilly, Katy A. Parr, Tracy P. Brown, Belinda Tedder-Ferguson, and Daniel T. Scholl Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1880-1882; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acapsular Pasteurella multocida B:2 Can Stimulate Protective Immunity against Pasteurellosis John D. Boyce and Ben Adler Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1943-1946; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Circumvention of Herd Immunity during an Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease Could Be Correlated to Escape Mutation in the porA Gene of Neisseria meningitidis Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Edouard Bichier, Anne Perrocheau, and Jean-Michel Alonso Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1971-1973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Interleukin-12 Promotes Pathologic Liver Changes and Death in Mice Coinfected with Schistosoma mansoni and Toxoplasma gondii Maria Ilma Araujo, Susan K. Bliss, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Ana Alcaraz, Eric Y. Denkers, and Edward J. Pearce Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1454-1462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reciprocal Immunomodulatory Effects of Gamma Interferon and Interleukin-4 on Filaria-Induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness Rajeev K. Mehlotra, Laurie R. Hall, Musa A. Haxhiu, and Eric Pearlman Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1463-1468; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunomodulatory Role of Interleukin-10 in Visceral Leishmaniasis: Defective Activation of Protein Kinase C-Mediated Signal Transduction Events Sandip Bhattacharyya, Sanjukta Ghosh, Patti L. Jhonson, Syamal K. Bhattacharya, and Subrata Majumdar Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1499-1507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Antigen Costimulation Influences T-Cell Activation in Response to Cryptococcus neoformans Donatella Pietrella, Stefano Perito, Francesco Bistoni, and Anna Vecchiarelli Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1508-1514; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficacy of Two Alternate Vaccines Based on Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 1 in an Aotus Challenge Trial Anthony W. Stowers, Vittoria Cioce, Richard L. Shimp, Mark Lawson, George Hui, Olga Muratova, David C. Kaslow, Robin Robinson, Carole A. Long, and Louis H. Miller Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1536-1546; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytokine Networking in Lungs of Immunocompetent Mice in Response to Inhaled Aspergillus fumigatus Joan K. Brieland, Craig Jackson, Fred Menzel, David Loebenberg, Anthony Cacciapuoti, Judy Halpern, Stephen Hurst, Tony Muchamuel, Reno Debets, Rob Kastelein, Tatyana Churakova, John Abrams, Roberta Hare, and Anne O'Garra Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1554-1560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Infection with Ascaris lumbricoides Is Associated with Suppression of the Interleukin-2 Response to Recombinant Cholera Toxin B Subunit following Vaccination with the Live Oral Cholera Vaccine CVD 103-HgR Philip J. Cooper, Martha Chico, Carlos Sandoval, Ivan Espinel, Angel Guevara, Myron M. Levine, George E. Griffin, and Thomas B. Nutman Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1574-1580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cysteine Protease Secreted by Paragonimus westermani Attenuates Effector Functions of Human Eosinophils Stimulated with Immunoglobulin G Myeong Heon Shin, Hirohito Kita, Hae Young Park, and Ju Young Seoh Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1599-1604; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Immunization with SAG1 and Nontoxic Mutant Heat-Labile Enterotoxins Protects Mice against Toxoplasma gondii C. Bonenfant, I. Dimier-Poisson, F. Velge-Roussel, D. Buzoni-Gatel, G. Del Giudice, R. Rappuoli, and D. Bout Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1605-1612; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Marrow-Derived CD40-Positive Cells Are Required for Mice To Clear Cryptosporidium parvum Infection Anthony R. Hayward, Mary Cosyns, Michelle Jones, and Esther M. Ponnuraj Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1630-1634; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptosporidium parvum-Specific Mucosal Immune Response in C57BL/6 Neonatal and Gamma Interferon-Deficient Mice: Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Protection Sonia Lacroix, Roselyne Mancassola, Muriel Naciri, and Fabrice Laurent Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1635-1642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-12- and Gamma Interferon-Dependent Protection against Malaria Conferred by CpG Oligodeoxynucleotide in Mice Robert A. Gramzinski, Denise L. Doolan, Martha Sedegah, Heather L. Davis, Arthur M. Krieg, and Stephen L. Hoffman Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1643-1649; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Intestinal Epithelial Cell Receptor Recognized by the Cryptosporidium parvum Sporozoite Ligand CSL Rebecca C. Langer, Deborah A. Schaefer, and Michael W. Riggs Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1661-1670; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Epitopes Shared by Taenia crassiceps and Taenia solium Confer Protection against Murine T. crassiceps Cysticercosis along with a Prominent T1 Response Andrea Toledo, Gladis Fragoso, Gabriela Rosas, Marisela Hernández, Goar Gevorkian, Fernando López-Casillas, Beatriz Hernández, Gonzalo Acero, Mirna Huerta, Carlos Larralde, and Edda Sciutto Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1766-1773; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of WdPKS1, a Gene Involved in Dihydroxynaphthalene Melanin Biosynthesis and Virulence in Wangiella (Exophiala) dermatitidis Bin Feng, Xu Wang, Melinda Hauser, Sarah Kaufmann, Simone Jentsch, Gerhard Haase, Jeffery M. Becker, and Paul J. Szaniszlo Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1781-1794; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptococcus neoformans Induces Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1 (MIP-1) and MIP-1 in Human Microglia: Role of Specific Antibody and Soluble Capsular Polysaccharide David Goldman, Xianyuan Song, Ryuhei Kitai, Arturo Casadevall, Meng-Liang Zhao, and Sunhee C. Lee Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1808-1815; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epitope Mapping of trans-Sialidase from Trypanosoma cruzi Reveals the Presence of Several Cross-Reactive Determinants Tamara A. Pitcovsky, Juan Mucci, Paula Alvarez, M. Susana Leguizamón, Oscar Burrone, Pedro M. Alzari, and Oscar Campetella Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1869-1875; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variant-Specific Surface Protein Switching in Giardia lamblia T. E. Nash, H. T. Luján, M. R. Mowatt, and J. T. Conrad Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1922-1923; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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Serological Responses to Cryptosporidium Infection T. B. Muller, F. J. Frost, G. F. Craun, R. L. Calderon, Cynthia L. Chappell, Pablo C. Okhuysen, and Sara M. Dann Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1974-1975; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Clonal Associations among Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Various Sites of Infection Mary C. Booth, Lisa M. Pence, Param Mahasreshti, Michelle C. Callegan, and Michael S. Gilmore Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1976 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection on Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice Erwin Blessing, Sanae Nagano, Lee Ann Campbell, Michael E. Rosenfeld, and Cho-Chou Kuo Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1976 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG Expressing Pertussis Toxin Subunit S1 Induces Protection against an Intracerebral Challenge with Live Bordetella pertussis in Mice Ivan P. Nascimento, Waldely O. Dias, Rogerio P. Mazzantini, Eliane N. Miyaji, Marcia Gamberini, Wagner Quintilio, Vera C. Gebara, Diva F. Cardoso, Paulo L. Ho, Isaias Raw, Nathalie Winter, Brigitte Gicquel, Rino Rappuoli, and Luciana C. C. Leite Infect. Immun. March 2001 69: 1976 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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