Contents: April 2001, Volume 69, Issue 4        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Bacterial Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Molecular Genomics Other Issues

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Plasminogen Binding and Activation by Mycoplasma fermentans Amichai Yavlovich, Abd A.-R. Higazi, and Shlomo Rottem Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 1977-1982; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase-NO· by Lipoarabinomannan of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Mediated by MEK1-ERK, MKK7-JNK, and NF-B Signaling Pathways Edward D. Chan, Kristin R. Morris, John T. Belisle, Preston Hill, Linda K. Remigio, Patrick J. Brennan, and David W. H. Riches Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2001-2010; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flagellum of Legionella pneumophila Positively Affects the Early Phase of Infection of Eukaryotic Host Cells Claudia Dietrich, Klaus Heuner, Bettina C. Brand, Jörg Hacker, and Michael Steinert Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2116-2122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Vaccines Expressing a Fusion Product of Outer Surface Proteins A and C from Borrelia burgdorferi Induce Protective Antibodies Suitable for Prophylaxis but Not for Resolution of Lyme Disease Reinhard Wallich, Annette Siebers, Oliver Jahraus, Christiane Brenner, Thomas Stehle, and Markus M. Simon Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2130-2136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plesiomonas shigelloides Enters Polarized Human Intestinal Caco-2 Cells in an In Vitro Model System Christina Theodoropoulos, Toh Hee Wong, Mark O'Brien, and Deborah Stenzel Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2260-2269; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Induces Cell Death in Bovine Monocyte-Derived Macrophages by Early sipB-Dependent and Delayed sipB-Independent Mechanisms Renato L. Santos, Renée M. Tsolis, Andreas J. Bäumler, Roger Smith, III, and L. Garry Adams Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2293-2301; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody against Surface-Bound C5a Peptidase Is Opsonic and Initiates Macrophage Killing of Group B Streptococci Qi Cheng, Brian Carlson, Sub Pillai, Ron Eby, Lorri Edwards, Stephen B. Olmsted, and Patrick Cleary Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2302-2308; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-10 Stimulates Coxiella burnetii Replication in Human Monocytes through Tumor Necrosis Factor Down-Modulation: Role in Microbicidal Defect of Q Fever Eric Ghigo, Christian Capo, Didier Raoult, and Jean-Louis Mege Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2345-2352; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Protein Tyrosine Kinases by Coxiella burnetii: Role in Actin Cytoskeleton Reorganization and Bacterial Phagocytosis Sonia Meconi, Christian Capo, Maryse Remacle-Bonnet, Gilbert Pommier, Didier Raoult, and Jean-Louis Mege Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2520-2526; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Subcytocidal Attack by Staphylococcal Alpha-Toxin Activates NF-B and Induces Interleukin-8 Production Y. Dragneva, C. D. Anuradha, A. Valeva, A. Hoffmann, S. Bhakdi, and M. Husmann Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2630-2635; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Curli Fibers Mediate Internalization of Escherichia coli by Eukaryotic Cells U. Gophna, M. Barlev, R. Seijffers, T. A. Oelschlager, J. Hacker, and E. Z. Ron Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2659-2665; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Induced Apoptosis Involves Mitochondria and Stress-Activated Protein Kinases Verena Jendrossek, Heike Grassmé, Ilka Mueller, Florian Lang, and Erich Gulbins Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2675-2683; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intracellular Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis in Buccal Epithelial Cells Collected from Human Subjects Joel D. Rudney, Ruoqiong Chen, and Gerald J. Sedgewick Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2700-2707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretion of Listeriolysin by Brucella suis Inhibits Its Intramacrophagic Replication Stephan Köhler, Marion Layssac, Aroem Naroeni, Ivaylo Gentschev, Michael Rittig, and Jean-Pierre Liautard Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2753-2756; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Differential Regulation of Bvg-Activated Virulence Factors Plays a Role in Bordetella pertussis Pathogenicity Susan M. Kinnear, Ryan R. Marques, and Nicholas H. Carbonetti Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 1983-1993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus iniae Virulence Is Associated with a Distinct Genetic Profile Jeffrey D. Fuller, Darrin J. Bast, Victor Nizet, Donald E. Low, and Joyce C. S. de Azavedo Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 1994-2000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leukotriene B4 Augments Neutrophil Phagocytosis of Klebsiella pneumoniae Peter Mancuso, Patrick Nana-Sinkam, and Marc Peters-Golden Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2011-2016; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemokine-Dependent Neutrophil Recruitment in a Murine Model of Legionella Pneumonia: Potential Role of Neutrophils as Immunoregulatory Cells Kazuhiro Tateda, Thomas A. Moore, Michael W. Newstead, Wan C. Tsai, Xianying Zeng, Jane C. Deng, Gina Chen, Raju Reddy, Keizo Yamaguchi, and Theodore J. Standiford Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2017-2024; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduced Virulence of a Bordetella bronchiseptica Siderophore Mutant in Neonatal Swine Karen B. Register, Thomas F. Ducey, Susan L. Brockmeier, and David W. Dyer Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2137-2143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of the exoS Gene and Protein Expression in Soil and Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Michael W. Ferguson, Jill A. Maxwell, Timothy S. Vincent, Jack da Silva, and Joan C. Olson Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2198-2210; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Persistent Chlamydia trachomatis Infections Resist Apoptotic Stimuli Deborah Dean and Virginia C. Powers Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2442-2447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigastric Autoantibodies in Ferrets Naturally Infected with Helicobacter mustelae Tadhg Ó Cróinín, Marguerite Clyne, Ben J. Appelmelk, and Brendan Drumm Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2708-2713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Micrococcus luteus Teichuronic Acids Activate Human and Murine Monocytic Cells in a CD14- and Toll-Like Receptor 4-Dependent Manner Shuhua Yang, Shunji Sugawara, Toshihiko Monodane, Masahiro Nishijima, Yoshiyuki Adachi, Sachiko Akashi, Kensuke Miyake, Sumihiro Hase, and Haruhiko Takada Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2025-2030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synergistic Effect of Muramyldipeptide with Lipopolysaccharide or Lipoteichoic Acid To Induce Inflammatory Cytokines in Human Monocytic Cells in Culture Shuhua Yang, Riyoko Tamai, Sachiko Akashi, Osamu Takeuchi, Shizuo Akira, Shunji Sugawara, and Haruhiko Takada Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2045-2053; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Critical Role of CD14 for Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Cytokine Inhibitors during Sepsis with Failure To Alter Morbidity or Mortality Samuel J. Ebong, Sanna M. Goyert, Jean A. Nemzek, Jiyoun Kim, Gerald L. Bolgos, and Daniel G. Remick Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2099-2106; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Preexposure of Murine Macrophages to CpG Oligonucleotide Results in a Biphasic Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Response to Subsequent Lipopolysaccharide Challenge Traves D. Crabtree, Long Jin, Daniel P. Raymond, Shawn J. Pelletier, C. Webster Houlgrave, Thomas G. Gleason, Timothy L. Pruett, and Robert G. Sawyer Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2123-2129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Membrane-Associated Proteins of a Lipopolysaccharide-Deficient Mutant of Neisseria meningitidis Activate the Inflammatory Response through Toll-Like Receptor 2 Robin R. Ingalls, Egil Lien, and Douglas T. Golenbock Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2230-2236; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Micrococci and Peptidoglycan Activate TLR2MyD88IRAKTRAFNIKIKKNF-B Signal Transduction Pathway That Induces Transcription of Interleukin-8 Qiuling Wang, Roman Dziarski, Carsten J. Kirschning, Marta Muzio, and Dipika Gupta Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2270-2276; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Subsets of Enteric Bacteria Induce and Perpetuate Experimental Colitis in Rats and Mice Heiko C. Rath, Michael Schultz, René Freitag, Levinus A. Dieleman, Fengling Li, Hans-Jörg Linde, Jürgen Schölmerich, and R. Balfour Sartor Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2277-2285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of Expansion of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class Ib-Restricted Effector Cells following Recovery from Secondary Infection with the Intracellular Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes H. G. Archie Bouwer, Ronald A. Barry, and David J. Hinrichs Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2286-2292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stimulation of Dendritic Cells via CD40 Enhances Immune Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Caroline Demangel, Umaimainthan Palendira, Carl G. Feng, Andrew W. Heath, Andrew G. D. Bean, and Warwick J. Britton Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2456-2461; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Guillain-Barré Syndrome- and Miller Fisher Syndrome-Associated Campylobacter jejuni Lipopolysaccharides Induce Anti-GM1 and Anti-GQ1b Antibodies in Rabbits C. W. Ang, M. A. De Klerk, H. P. Endtz, B. C. Jacobs, J. D. Laman, F. G. A. van der Meché, and P. A. van Doorn Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2462-2469; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Down-Regulation of Interleukin-8 Secretion from Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Monocytes by Interleukin-4 and -10 but Not by Interleukin-13 Clara Ameixa and Jon S. Friedland Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2470-2476; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Chicken Mucosal Immune Response to Eimeria tenella and Eimeria maxima Infection by Quantitative Reverse Transcription-PCR Fabrice Laurent, Roselyne Mancassola, Sonia Lacroix, Rita Menezes, and Muriel Naciri Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2527-2534; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium bovis BCG-Induced Granuloma Formation Depends on Gamma Interferon and CD40 Ligand but Does Not Require CD28 Laura H. Hogan, Wes Markofski, Anja Bock, Brittany Barger, James D. Morrissey, and Matyas Sandor Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2596-2603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Resists Phagocytosis by Macrophages: Quantitative Assessment by Confocal Microscopy and Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting Nalini Ramarao and Thomas F. Meyer Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2604-2611; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gamma Interferon Prevents the Inhibitory Effects of Oxidative Stress on Host Responses to Escherichia coli Infection Michael J. Parmely, Fuan Wang, and Douglas Wright Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2621-2629; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proinflammatory and Proapoptotic Activities Associated with Bordetella pertussis Filamentous Hemagglutinin Tzvia Abramson, Hassya Kedem, and David A. Relman Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2650-2658; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gamma Interferon-Producing CD4+ T Lymphocytes in the Lung Correlate with Resistance to Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Alissa A. Chackerian, Thushara V. Perera, and Samuel M. Behar Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2666-2674; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gallinacin-3, an Inducible Epithelial -Defensin in the Chicken Chengquan Zhao, Tung Nguyen, Lide Liu, Randy E. Sacco, Kim A. Brogden, and Robert I. Lehrer Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2684-2691; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimycobacterial Agent Based on mRNA Encoding Human -Defensin 2 Enables Primary Macrophages To Restrict Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Kevin O. Kisich, Leonid Heifets, Michael Higgins, and Gill Diamond Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2692-2699; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Cell-Associated Chemokines after Endotoxin Administration to Healthy Humans Dariusz P. Olszyna, Evert De Jonge, Pascale E. P. Dekkers, Sander J. H. van Deventer, and Tom van der Poll Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2736-2738; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Mucosal Vaccination with Recombinantly Attenuated Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B and Protection in a Murine Model Bradley G. Stiles, Anthony R. Garza, Robert G. Ulrich, and James W. Boles Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2031-2036; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Protective Immunity against Streptococcus mutans Colonization after Mucosal Immunization with Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Expressing an S. mutans Adhesin under the Control of In Vivo-Inducible nirB Promoter Yan Huang, George Hajishengallis, and Suzanne M. Michalek Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2154-2161; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Endothelium by Borrelia burgdorferi In Vitro Enhances Transmigration of Specific Subsets of T Lymphocytes Edna I. Gergel and Martha B. Furie Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2190-2197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Monoclonal Antibodies against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipopolysaccharide Derived from Transgenic Mice Containing Megabase Human Immunoglobulin Loci Are Opsonic and Protective against Fatal Pseudomonas Sepsis Sonali Hemachandra, Kulwant Kamboj, Janna Copfer, Gerald Pier, Larry L. Green, and John R. Schreiber Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2223-2229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Responses and IgE-Associated Inflammation along the Respiratory Tract after Mucosal but Not Systemic Immunization Lisa M. Hodge, Mariarosaria Marinaro, Harlan P. Jones, Jerry R. McGhee, Hiroshi Kiyono, and Jerry W. Simecka Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2328-2338; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of De-O-Acetylated Meningococcal C Polysaccharide-Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine in Infancy: Reactogenicity, Immunogenicity, Immunologic Priming, and Bactericidal Activity against O-Acetylated and De-O-Acetylated Serogroup C Strains Peter Richmond, Ray Borrow, Jamie Findlow, Sarah Martin, Carol Thornton, Keith Cartwright, and Elizabeth Miller Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2378-2382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II-Independent Generation of Neutralizing Antibodies against T-Cell-Dependent Borrelia burgdorferi Antigens Presented by Dendritic Cells: Regulation by NK and T Cells M. Lamine Mbow, Nordin Zeidner, Robert D. Gilmore, Jr., Marc Dolan, Joseph Piesman, and Richard G. Titus Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2407-2415; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD8+ T Cells Have an Essential Role in Pulmonary Clearance of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae following Mucosal Immunization A. Ruth Foxwell, Jennelle M. Kyd, Guna Karupiah, and Allan W. Cripps Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2636-2642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resolution of Secondary Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Tract Infection in Immune Mice with Depletion of Both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells Sandra G. Morrison and Richard P. Morrison Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2643-2649; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Boosting Vaccine for Tuberculosis Jason V. Brooks, Anthony A. Frank, Marc A. Keen, John T. Bellisle, and Ian M. Orme Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2714-2717; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Saccharomyces boulardii Stimulates Intestinal Immunoglobulin A Immune Response to Clostridium difficile Toxin A in Mice Amir Qamar, Samer Aboudola, Michel Warny, Pierre Michetti, Charalabos Pothoulakis, J. Thomas LaMont, and Ciarán P. Kelly Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2762-2765; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Interactions of Surfactant Proteins A and D with Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Aspergillus fumigatus Martin J. Allen, Dennis R. Voelker, and Robert J. Mason Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2037-2044; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA from Protozoan Parasites Babesia bovis, Trypanosoma cruzi, and T. brucei Is Mitogenic for B Lymphocytes and Stimulates Macrophage Expression of Interleukin-12, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Nitric Oxide Lisl K. M. Shoda, Kimberly A. Kegerreis, Carlos E. Suarez, Isabel Roditi, Ricardo S. Corral, Gustavo M. Bertot, Junzo Norimine, and Wendy C. Brown Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2162-2171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Expression of the Gene Which Encodes a Tube Precipitin Antigen and Wall-Associated -Glucosidase of Coccidioides immitis Chiung-Yu Hung, Jieh-Juen Yu, Paul F. Lehmann, and Garry T. Cole Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2211-2222; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Regions of the Malaria Merozoite Surface Protein 1 of Plasmodium chabaudi Elicit Distinct T-Cell and Antibody Isotype Responses Stuart J. Quin and Jean Langhorne Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2245-2251; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stage-Dependent Role of Nitric Oxide in Control of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Michael Saeftel, Bernhard Fleischer, and Achim Hoerauf Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2252-2259; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Basis of Early Cytokine Response to Plasmodium falciparum Meike Hensmann and Dominic Kwiatkowski Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2364-2371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Profiles of Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG Antibodies against Defined Carbohydrate Epitopes in Sera of Schistosoma-Infected Individuals Determined by Surface Plasmon Resonance Alexandra van Remoortere, Govert J. van Dam, Cornelis H. Hokke, Dirk H. van den Eijnden, Irma van Die, and André M. Deelder Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2396-2401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of CD14 and Toll-Like Receptors in Activation of Human Monocytes by Aspergillus fumigatus Hyphae J. E. Wang, A. Warris, E. A. Ellingsen, P. F. Jørgensen, T. H. Flo, T. Espevik, R. Solberg, P. E. Verweij, and A. O. Aasen Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2402-2406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody Recognition of Rodent Malaria Parasite Antigens Exposed at the Infected Erythrocyte Surface: Specificity of Immunity Generated in Hyperimmune Mice Maria M. Mota, K. Neil Brown, Virgilio E. Do Rosário, Anthony A. Holder, and William Jarra Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2535-2541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulence of a Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole Carboxylase-Deficient Candida albicans Strain in an Immunosuppressed Murine Model of Systemic Candidiasis Matthew Donovan, Jon J. Schumuke, William A. Fonzi, Sheri L. Bonar, Karen Gheesling-Mullis, Gary S. Jacob, Vincent Jo Davisson, and Stanton B. Dotson Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2542-2548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rhoptry-Associated Protein 1-Binding Monoclonal Antibody Raised against a Heterologous Peptide Sequence Inhibits Plasmodium falciparum Growth In Vitro Rafael Moreno, Friederike Pöltl-Frank, Dietrich Stüber, Hugues Matile, Michael Mutz, Niklaus A. Weiss, and Gerd Pluschke Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2558-2568; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunological Studies of Chronic Ocular Toxoplasmosis: Up-Regulation of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I and Transforming Growth Factor and a Protective Role for Interleukin-6 R. E. Lyons, J. P. Anthony, D. J. P. Ferguson, N. Byrne, J. Alexander, F. Roberts, and C. W. Roberts Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2589-2595; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intracellular Crystal Formation as a Mechanism of Cytotoxicity in Murine Pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Marta Feldmesser, Yvonne Kress, and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2723-2727; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Role of Lung Surfactant Protein D in a Murine Model of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Taruna Madan, Uday Kishore, Mamta Singh, Peter Strong, Ejaj M. Hussain, Kenneth B. M. Reid, and P. Usha Sarma Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2728-2731; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trypanosome-Derived Oligopeptidase B Is Released into the Plasma of Infected Rodents, Where It Persists and Retains Full Catalytic Activity Rory E. Morty, John D. Lonsdale-Eccles, Reinhardt Mentele, Ennes A. Auerswald, and Theresa H. T. Coetzer Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2757-2761; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

HLA-A*01-Restricted Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Epitope from the Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein Anita Kumar, Sanjai Kumar, Thong P. Le, Scott Southwood, John Sidney, Joe Cohen, Alessandro Sette, and Stephen L. Hoffman Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2766-2771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Identification of New Genes Involved in the Virulence of Listeria monocytogenes by Signature-Tagged Transposon Mutagenesis Nicolas Autret, Iharilalao Dubail, Patrick Trieu-Cuot, Patrick Berche, and Alain Charbit Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2054-2065; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epitope Mapping of Monoclonal Antibodies Capable of Neutralizing Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor Type 1 of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli K. C. Meysick, M. Mills, and A. D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2066-2074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fibronectin Attachment Protein Homologue Mediates Fibronectin Binding by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis T. E. Secott, T. L. Lin, and C. C. Wu Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2075-2082; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Transcriptionally Active Gene Clusters of Major Outer Membrane Protein Multigene Family in Ehrlichia canis and E. chaffeensis Norio Ohashi, Yasuko Rikihisa, and Ahmet Unver Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2083-2091; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Type II Protein Secretion Is a Subset of the PilD-Dependent Processes That Facilitate Intracellular Infection by Legionella pneumophila Ombeline Rossier and Nicholas P. Cianciotto Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2092-2098; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Cell Surface Protein of Clostridium difficile with Adhesive Properties Anne-Judith Waligora, Claire Hennequin, Peter Mullany, Pierre Bourlioux, Anne Collignon, and Tuomo Karjalainen Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2144-2153; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Mycobacterial Phospholipids on Interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with Macrophages Lisa M. Thorson, Daniel Doxsee, Monisha G. Scott, Paul Wheeler, and Richard W. Stokes Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2172-2179; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spa33, a Cell Surface-Associated Subunit of the Mxi-Spa Type III Secretory Pathway of Shigella flexneri, Regulates Ipa Protein Traffic Raymond Schuch and Anthony T. Maurelli Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2180-2189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence that the Campylobacter fetus sap Locus Is an Ancient Genomic Constituent with Origins before Mammals and Reptiles Diverged Zheng-Chao Tu, Floyd E. Dewhirst, and Martin J. Blaser Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2237-2244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essential Role for Cellular Phosphoglucomutase in Virulence of Type 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae Gail G. Hardy, Ashalla D. Magee, Christy L. Ventura, Melissa J. Caimano, and Janet Yother Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2309-2317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Molecular Variants of Allele I of the Escherichia coli P Fimbrial Adhesin Gene papG James R. Johnson, Adam L. Stell, Nicholas Kaster, Claudine Fasching, and Timothy T. O'Bryan Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2318-2327; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunochemical and Biological Characterization of Three Capsular Polysaccharides from a Single Bacteroides fragilis Strain Wiltrud M. Kalka-Moll, Ying Wang, L. E. Comstock, Sylvia E. Gonzalez, Arthur O. Tzianabos, and Dennis L. Kasper Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2339-2344; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of HxuC Outer Membrane Protein in Utilization of Hemoglobin by Haemophilus influenzae Leslie D. Cope, Robert P. Love, Sarah E. Guinn, Andrei Gilep, Sergei Usanov, Ronald W. Estabrook, Zbynek Hrkal, and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2353-2363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Major Histocompatibility Complex on Bacterial Composition of Fecal Flora Paavo Toivanen, Jussi Vaahtovuo, and Erkki Eerola Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2372-2377; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flow Cytometric Determination of Panton-Valentine Leucocidin S Component Binding Valérie Gauduchon, Sandra Werner, Gilles Prévost, Henri Monteil, and Didier A. Colin Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2390-2395; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Polymorphic Outer Membrane Proteins of Chlamydia psittaci 6BC Regina J. Tanzer, David Longbottom, and Thomas P. Hatch Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2428-2434; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clostridium perfringens Iota-Toxin: Mapping of Receptor Binding and Ia Docking Domains on Ib Jean-Christophe Marvaud, Theresa Smith, Martha L. Hale, Michel R. Popoff, Leonard A. Smith, and Bradley G. Stiles Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2435-2441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SarS, a SarA Homolog Repressible by agr, Is an Activator of Protein A Synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus Ambrose L. Cheung, Katherine Schmidt, Brian Bateman, and Adhar C. Manna Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2448-2455; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mosaic Genes and Mosaic Chromosomes: Intra- and Interspecies Genomic Variation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Regine Hakenbeck, Nadège Balmelle, Beate Weber, Christophe Gardès, Wolfgang Keck, and Antoine de Saizieu Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2477-2486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Capsule in the Pathogenesis of Fowl Cholera Caused by Pasteurella multocida Serogroup A Jing Yeng Chung, Ian Wilkie, John D. Boyce, Kirsty M. Townsend, Alan J. Frost, Majid Ghoddusi, and Ben Adler Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2487-2492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Regulation of Divergent Capsule Biosynthesis and Transport Operon Promoters in Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis Yih-Ling Tzeng, John S. Swartley, Yoon K. Miller, Rachel E. Nisbet, Li-Jun Liu, Jay H. Ahn, and David S. Stephens Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2502-2511; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus parasanguis Fimbria-Associated Adhesin Fap1 Is Required for Biofilm Formation Eunice H. Froeliger and Paula Fives-Taylor Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2512-2519; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Haemophilus ducreyi Associates with Phagocytes, Collagen, and Fibrin and Remains Extracellular throughout Infection of Human Volunteers Margaret E. Bauer, Michael P. Goheen, Carisa A. Townsend, and Stanley M. Spinola Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2549-2557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

HtrA Homologue of Legionella pneumophila: an Indispensable Element for Intracellular Infection of Mammalian but Not Protozoan Cells Lisa L. Pedersen, Marina Radulic, Miljenko Doric, and Yousef Abu Kwaik Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2569-2579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation and Characterization of a Defined Mutant of Streptococcus suis Lacking Suilysin Andrew G. Allen, Steven Bolitho, Heather Lindsay, Shahid Khan, Clare Bryant, Pam Norton, Philip Ward, James Leigh, Jeremy Morgan, Helen Riches, Sarah Eastty, and Duncan Maskell Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2732-2735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Borrelia burgdorferi Proteins Whose Expression Is Similarly Affected by Culture Temperature and pH Ramesh Ramamoorthy and Dorothy Scholl-Meeker Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2739-2742; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence of Involvement of the Mannose Receptor in Adhesion of Borrelia burgdorferi to Monocyte/Macrophages Marina Cinco, Barbara Cini, Rossella Murgia, Gianni Presani, Mario Prodan, and Sandra Perticarari Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2743-2747; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Exported Proteins of the Oral Opportunistic Pathogen Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans by Using Alkaline Phosphatase Fusions John Ward, Julie Fletcher, Sean P. Nair, Michael Wilson, Rachel J. Williams, Stephen Poole, and Brian Henderson Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2748-2752; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Complete Nucleotide Sequence and Analysis of the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement from Rabbit Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli RDEC-1 Chengru Zhu, Tonia S. Agin, Simon J. Elliott, Laura A. Johnson, Timothy E. Thate, James B. Kaper, and Edgar C. Boedeker Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2107-2115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Chlamydia pneumoniae Polymorphic Membrane Protein Family Genes Jane Grimwood, Lynn Olinger, and Richard S. Stephens Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2383-2389; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus pyogenes and the Relationships between emm Type and Clone Mark C. Enright, Brian G. Spratt, Awdhesh Kalia, John H. Cross, and Debra E. Bessen Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2416-2427; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Stress-Responsive Genes in Streptococcus mutans by Differential Display Reverse Transcription-PCR Jean-San Chia, Ya-Yu Lee, Peng-Tu Huang, and Jen-Yang Chen Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2493-2501; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mu-Like Prophage in Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis Coding for Surface-Exposed Antigens Vega Masignani, Marzia Monica Giuliani, Hervé Tettelin, Maurizio Comanducci, Rino Rappuoli, and Vincenzo Scarlato Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2580-2588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete DNA Sequence and Comparative Analysis of the 50-Kilobase Virulence Plasmid of Salmonella enterica Serovar Choleraesuis Takeshi Haneda, Nobuhiko Okada, Noriko Nakazawa, Takatoshi Kawakami, and Hirofumi Danbara Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2612-2620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Gene Expression during Meningeal-Meningococcal Interaction: Evidence for Self-Defense and Early Release of Cytokines and Chemokines Damien B. Wells, Patrick J. Tighe, Karl G. Wooldridge, Karen Robinson, and Dlawer A. A. Ala' Aldeen Infect. Immun. April 2001 69: 2718-2722; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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