Contents: May 2001, Volume 69, Issue 5        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Molecular Genomics Other Issues

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Protection of Mice with a Tuberculosis Subunit Vaccine Based on a Fusion Protein of Antigen 85B and ESAT-6 Anja Weinreich Olsen, Laurens A. H. van Pinxteren, Limei Meng Okkels, Peter Birk Rasmussen, and Peter Andersen Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2773-2778; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Systemic Antifimbria and Antitoxin Antibody Responses in Egyptian Children and Adults by an Oral, Killed Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli plus Cholera Toxin B Subunit Vaccine Eric R. Hall, Thomas F. Wierzba, Christina Åhrén, Malla R. Rao, Samir Bassily, Wagdy Francis, Fouad Y. Girgis, Mohamed Safwat, Young J. Lee, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, John D. Clemens, and Stephen J. Savarino Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2853-2857; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Arg-Gingipain A DNA Vaccine Induces Protective Immunity against Infection by Porphyromonas gingivalis in a Murine Model Hideo Yonezawa, Kazuyuki Ishihara, and Katsuji Okuda Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2858-2864; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Search for Correlates of Protective Immunity Conferred by Anthrax Vaccine Shaul Reuveny, Moshe D. White, Yaakov Y. Adar, Yaron Kafri, Zeev Altboum, Yehusha Gozes, David Kobiler, Avigdor Shafferman, and Baruch Velan Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2888-2893; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement of Non-T Cells That Produce Gamma Interferon for Prevention of Reactivation of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in the Brain Hoil Kang and Yasuhiro Suzuki Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2920-2927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Immunization with Recombinant Streptococcus gordonii Expressing Porphyromonas gingivalis FimA Domains Ashu Sharma, Kiyonobu Honma, Richard T. Evans, Dennis E. Hruby, and Robert J. Genco Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2928-2934; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effective In Vitro Clearance of Porphyromonas gingivalis by Fc Receptor I (CD89) on Gingival Crevicular Neutrophils Tetsuo Kobayashi, Kouji Yamamoto, Noriko Sugita, Annemiek B. van Spriel, Susumu Kaneko, Jan G. J. van de Winkel, and Hiromasa Yoshie Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2935-2942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Immunization Enhances Clearance of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and Reduces Stimulation of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Production in the Murine Model of Otitis Media Albert Sabirov, Satoru Kodama, Takashi Hirano, Masashi Suzuki, and Goro Mogi Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2964-2971; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific Antibodies to Porphyromonas gingivalis Lys-Gingipain by DNA Vaccination Inhibit Bacterial Binding to Hemoglobin and Protect Mice from Infection Masae Kuboniwa, Atsuo Amano, Satoshi Shizukuishi, Ichiro Nakagawa, and Shigeyuki Hamada Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2972-2979; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Immunogenicity and Induction of Class Switching by Conjugation of Complement C3d to Pneumococcal Serotype 14 Capsular Polysaccharide Samuel T. Test, Joyce Mitsuyoshi, Charles C. Connolly, and Alexander H. Lucas Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3031-3040; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of a Tuberculosis DNA Vaccine Encoding Ag85 by Protein Boosting Audrey Tanghe, Sushila D'Souza, Valérie Rosseels, Olivier Denis, Thomas H. M. Ottenhoff, Wilfried Dalemans, Carl Wheeler, and Kris Huygen Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3041-3047; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigenic Variation of Anaplasma Marginale: Major Surface Protein 2 Diversity during Cyclic Transmission between Ticks and Cattle A. F. Barbet, Jooyoung Yi, Anna Lundgren, B. R. McEwen, E. F. Blouin, and K. M. Kocan Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3057-3066; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Passive Transfer of Immunoglobulin Y Antibody to Streptococcus mutans Glucan Binding Protein B Can Confer Protection against Experimental Dental Caries Daniel J. Smith, William F. King, and Ronald Godiska Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3135-3142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attenuated Shigella flexneri 2a guaBA Strain CVD 1204 Expressing Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) CS2 and CS3 Fimbriae as a Live Mucosal Vaccine against Shigella and ETEC Infection Zeev Altboum, Eileen M. Barry, Genevieve Losonsky, James E. Galen, and Myron M. Levine Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3150-3158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extensive Mycobacterium bovis BCG Infection of Liver Parenchymal Cells in Immunocompromised Mice John W. Mills, Lynn Ryan, Ronald LaCourse, and Robert J. North Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3175-3180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

C-Terminal Invariable Domain of VlsE Is Immunodominant but Its Antigenicity Is Scarcely Conserved among Strains of Lyme Disease Spirochetes Fang Ting Liang, Lisa C. Bowers, and Mario T. Philipp Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3224-3231; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccination against the Intracellular Pathogens Leishmania major and L. amazonensis by Directing CD40 Ligand to Macrophages Gang Chen, Patricia A. Darrah, and David M. Mosser Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3255-3263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effector Mechanisms of Protection against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis in Immunized Rats A. Thakur, J. Kyd, M. Xue, M. D. P. Willcox, and A. Cripps Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3295-3304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies to a Surface-Exposed, N-terminal Domain of Aggregation Substance Are Not Protective in the Rabbit Model of Enterococcus faecalis Infective Endocarditis John K. McCormick, Helmut Hirt, Christopher M. Waters, Timothy J. Tripp, Gary M. Dunny, and Patrick M. Schlievert Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3305-3314; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for Neisseria meningitidis Group B Polysaccharide and Their Peptide Mimotopes J. S. Shin, J. S. Lin, P. W. Anderson, R. A. Insel, and M. H. Nahm Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3335-3342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses Induced by DNA Immunization against Immunodominant and Subdominant Epitopes of Listeria monocytogenes Are Noncompetitive Takashi Yamada, Hiroshi Uchiyama, Toshi Nagata, Masato Uchijima, Takafumi Suda, Kingo Chida, Hirotoshi Nakamura, and Yukio Koide Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3427-3430; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction and Distribution of Intestinal Immune Responses after Administration of Recombinant Cholera Toxin B Subunit in the Ileal Pouches of Colectomized Patients Jan Kilhamn, Hans Brevinge, Marianne Quiding-Järbrink, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, and Marianne Jertborn Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3466-3471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin B Subunit Is a More Potent Mucosal Adjuvant than Its Closely Related Homologue, the B Subunit of Cholera Toxin Douglas G. Millar, Timothy R. Hirst, and Denis P. Snider Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3476-3482; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Preparation, Immunogenicity, and Protective Efficacy, in a Murine Model, of a Conjugate Vaccine Composed of the Polysaccharide Moiety of the Lipopolysaccharide of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bound to Tetanus Toxoid Alain Boutonnier, Sylvain Villeneuve, Farida Nato, Bruno Dassy, and Jean-Michel Fournier Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3488-3493; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protection against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chronic Lung Infection in Mice by Genetic Immunization against Outer Membrane Protein F (OprF) of P. aeruginosa Brian M. Price, Darrell R. Galloway, Neil R. Baker, Linda B. Gilleland, John Staczek, and Harry E. Gilleland, Jr. Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3510-3515; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Identification of Attenuated Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Strains and Characterization of an Orogastric Infection in BALB/c Mice on Day 5 Postinfection by Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis Joan Mecsas, Inna Bilis, and Stanley Falkow Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2779-2787; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Dynamics of Type 1 Fimbria Regulation in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli during Experimental Urinary Tract Infection Nereus W. Gunther, IV, Virginia Lockatell, David E. Johnson, and Harry L. T. Mobley Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2838-2846; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gender Is a Major Factor in Determining the Severity of Mycoplasma Respiratory Disease in Mice Anthony L. Yancey, Harold L. Watson, Sam C. Cartner, and Jerry W. Simecka Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2865-2871; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of pls, a Gene Closely Associated with the mecA Gene of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Prevents Bacterial Adhesion In Vitro K. Savolainen, L. Paulin, B. Westerlund-Wikström, T. J. Foster, T. K. Korhonen, and P. Kuusela Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3013-3020; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flagellar Phase Variation of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Contributes to Virulence in the Murine Typhoid Infection Model but Does Not Influence Salmonella-Induced Enteropathogenesis Jack S. Ikeda, Clare K. Schmitt, Stephen C. Darnell, Patricia R. Watson, Jennifer Bispham, Timothy S. Wallis, Debra L. Weinstein, Eleanor S. Metcalf, Phillip Adams, C. David O'Connor, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3021-3030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar-Host Specificity Does Not Correlate with the Magnitude of Intestinal Invasion in Sheep Sergio Uzzau, Guido S. Leori, Valentino Petruzzi, Patricia R. Watson, Giuseppe Schianchi, Donatella Bacciu, Vittorio Mazzarello, Timothy S. Wallis, and Salvatore Rubino Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3092-3099; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies against Listerial Protein 60 Act as an Opsonin for Phagocytosis of Listeria monocytogenes by Human Dendritic Cells Annette Kolb-Mäurer, Sabine Pilgrim, Eckhart Kämpgen, Alexander D. McLellan, Eva-Bettina Bröcker, Werner Goebel, and Ivaylo Gentschev Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3100-3109; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fas-Mediated Apoptosis of Neutrophils in Sera of Patients with Infection Izuchukwu E. Nwakoby, Krishna Reddy, Puja Patel, Neena Shah, Saroj Sharma, Madhu Bhaskaran, Nora Gibbons, Aditi A. Kapasi, and Pravin C. Singhal Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3343-3349; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Visualizing Pneumococcal Infections in the Lungs of Live Mice Using Bioluminescent Streptococcus pneumoniae Transformed with a Novel Gram-Positive lux Transposon Kevin P. Francis, Jun Yu, Carolyn Bellinger-Kawahara, Danny Joh, Matthew J. Hawkinson, Grace Xiao, Tony F. Purchio, Michael G. Caparon, Marc Lipsitch, and Pamela R. Contag Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3350-3358; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isogenic Serotypes of Borrelia turicatae Show Different Localization in the Brain and Skin of Mice Diego Cadavid, Andrew R. Pachner, Lydia Estanislao, Ramaprasad Patalapati, and Alan G. Barbour Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3389-3397; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shear Stress Prevents Fibronectin Binding Protein-Mediated Staphylococcus aureus Adhesion to Resting Endothelial Cells Kesav Reddy and Julia M. Ross Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3472-3475; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selection for Urease Activity during Helicobacter pylori Infection of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Lori M. Hansen and Jay V. Solnick Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3519-3522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Upregulation of Toll-Like Receptor 2 Gene Expression in Macrophage Response to Peptidoglycan and High Concentration of Lipopolysaccharide Is Involved in NF-B Activation Yan Liu, Yin Wang, Munekazu Yamakuchi, Sumikazu Isowaki, Etsuro Nagata, Yuichi Kanmura, Isao Kitajima, and Ikuro Maruyama Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2788-2796; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gamma Interferon and Lipopolysaccharide Interact at the Level of Transcription To Induce Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Expression Julia Y. Lee and Kathleen E. Sullivan Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2847-2852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Exacerbation of Acanthamoeba Keratitis in Animals Treated with Anti-Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 2 or Antineutrophil Antibodies Michael Hurt, Sherine Apte, Henry Leher, Kevin Howard, Jerry Niederkorn, and Hassan Alizadeh Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2988-2995; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reversal of the CD4+/CD8+ T-Cell Ratio in Lymph Node Cells upon In Vitro Mitogenic Stimulation by Highly Purified, Water-Soluble S3-S4 Dimer of Pertussis Toxin Rauf Latif, Nicole Kerlero de Rosbo, Tany Amarant, Rino Rappuoli, Gregor Sappler, and Avraham Ben-Nun Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3073-3081; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Extracellular Signal-Related Protein Kinases 1 and 2 of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Family by Lipopolysaccharide Requires Plasma in Neutrophils from Adults and Newborns S. Bonner, S. R. Yan, D. M. Byers, and R. Bortolussi Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3143-3149; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-10 Regulates the Tissue Factor Activity of Monocytes in an In Vitro Model of Bacterial Endocarditis Marcel H. A. M. Veltrop, Jan A. M. Langermans, Jan Thompson, and Maurice J. L. M. F. Bancsi Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3197-3202; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Opsonic Activity of Human Serum Antibodies to Inner Core Lipopolysaccharide (galE) of Serogroup B Meningococci Measured by Flow Cytometry Joyce S. Plested, Berne L. Ferry, Philip A. Coull, Katherine Makepeace, Anne K. Lehmann, Fiona G. MacKinnon, Helen G. Griffiths, Mark A. Herbert, James C. Richards, and E. Richard Moxon Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3203-3213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Down-Regulation of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase D Induced by Lipopolysaccharide and Oxidative Stress in the Murine Monocyte- Macrophage Cell Line RAW 264.7 Xiaohan Du and Martin G. Low Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3214-3223; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shigella Infection in a SCID Mouse-Human Intestinal Xenograft Model: Role for Neutrophils in Containing Bacterial Dissemination in Human Intestine Zhi Zhang, Lingling Jin, Gretchen Champion, Karl B. Seydel, and Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3240-3247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Calprotectin Expression by Gingival Epithelial Cells Karen F. Ross and Mark C. Herzberg Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3248-3254; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunological Basis for Reactivation of Tuberculosis in Mice J. Turner, M. Gonzalez-Juarrero, B. M. Saunders, J. V. Brooks, P. Marietta, D. L. Ellis, A. A. Frank, A. M. Cooper, and I. M. Orme Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3264-3270; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi and the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Alters Murine Immune Responses, Pathogen Burden, and Severity of Lyme Arthritis Venetta Thomas, Juan Anguita, Stephen W. Barthold, and Erol Fikrig Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3359-3371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunohistochemical Analysis of Cellular Infiltrate and Gamma Interferon, Interleukin-12, and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Leprosy Type 1 (Reversal) Reactions before and during Prednisolone Treatment David Little, Saroj Khanolkar-Young, Anne Coulthart, Sujai Suneetha, and Diana N. J. Lockwood Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3413-3417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of CD8+ T Cells to Gamma Interferon Production in Human Tuberculosis Homayoun Shams, Benjamin Wizel, Stephen E. Weis, Buka Samten, and Peter F. Barnes Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3497-3501; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Monocytes Augment Bacterial Species- and Strain-Dependent Induction of Tissue Factor Activity in Bacterium-Infected Human Vascular Endothelial Cells M. H. A. M. Veltrop, J. Thompson, and H. Beekhuizen Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2797-2807; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus Fibronectin Binding Proteins Are Essential for Internalization by Osteoblasts but Do Not Account for Differences in Intracellular Levels of Bacteria Saddif Ahmed, Sajeda Meghji, Rachel J. Williams, Brian Henderson, Jeremy H. Brock, and Sean P. Nair Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2872-2877; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable Transfection of the Bovine NRAMP1 Gene into Murine RAW264.7 Cells: Effect on Brucella abortus Survival Robert Barthel, Jianwei Feng, Jorge A. Piedrahita, David N. McMurray, Joe W. Templeton, and L. Garry Adams Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3110-3119; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clumping Factor A Mediates Binding of Staphylococcus aureus to Human Platelets Ian R. Siboo, Ambrose L. Cheung, Arnold S. Bayer, and Paul M. Sullam Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3120-3127; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recruitment of Cytoskeletal and Signaling Proteins to Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Pedestals Danika L. Goosney, Rebekah DeVinney, and B. Brett Finlay Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3315-3322; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Key Role of Teichoic Acid Net Charge in Staphylococcus aureus Colonization of Artificial Surfaces Matthias Gross, Sarah E. Cramton, Friedrich Götz, and Andreas Peschel Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3423-3426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PspC, a Pneumococcal Surface Protein, Binds Human Factor H Sandhya Dave, Alexis Brooks-Walter, Michael K. Pangburn, and Larry S. McDaniel Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3435-3437; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pneumolysin Potentiates Production of Prostaglandin E2 and Leukotriene B4 by Human Neutrophils Riana Cockeran, Helen C. Steel, Timothy J. Mitchell, Charles Feldman, and Ronald Anderson Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3494-3496; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

YopB of Yersinia enterocolitica Is Essential for YopE Translocation Roland Nordfelth and Hans Wolf-Watz Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3516-3518; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Role of Mannoprotein in Induction and Regulation of Immunity to Cryptococcus neoformans Donatella Pietrella, Robert Cherniak, Carla Strappini, Stefano Perito, Paolo Mosci, Francesco Bistoni, and Anna Vecchiarelli Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2808-2814; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Hydrophobic Protein-Mediated Candida albicans Attachment to Endothelial Cells during Physiologic Shear Flow Pati M. Glee, Jim E. Cutler, Evelyn E. Benson, Robert F. Bargatze, and Kevin C. Hazen Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2815-2820; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Urease and Urease DNA of Coccidioides immitis Elicit an Immunoprotective Response against Coccidioidomycosis in Mice Kun Li, Jieh-Juen Yu, Chiung-Yu Hung, Paul F. Lehmann, and Garry T. Cole Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2878-2887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Continuous B-Cell Epitopes on the Protein Moiety of the 58-Kilodalton Cell Wall Mannoprotein of Candida albicans Belonging to a Family of Immunodominant Fungal Antigens Angel Viudes, Sofia Perea, and Jose L. Lopez-Ribot Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2909-2919; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-4 Is Essential for the Control of Microfilariae in Murine Infection with the Filaria Litomosoides sigmodontis Lars Volkmann, Michael Saeftel, Odile Bain, Kerstin Fischer, Bernhard Fleischer, and Achim Hoerauf Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2950-2956; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pathogenic Yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans Produce Immunomodulatory Prostaglandins Mairi C. Noverr, Susan M. Phare, Galen B. Toews, Michael J. Coffey, and Gary B. Huffnagle Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2957-2963; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Efficacy of H Antigen from Histoplasma capsulatum in a Murine Model of Pulmonary Histoplasmosis George S. Deepe, Jr. and Reta Gibbons Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3128-3134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Perturbation and Proinflammatory Type Activation of V1+ T Cells in African Children with Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Lars Hviid, Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals, Victoria Adabayeri, Severine Loizon, Kåre Kemp, Bamenla Q. Goka, Annick Lim, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Bartholomew D. Akanmori, and Charlotte Behr Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3190-3196; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flow Cytometric Determination of Cellular Sources and Frequencies of Key Cytokine-Producing Lymphocytes Directed against Recombinant LACK and Soluble Leishmania Antigen in Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis R. L. A. Bottrel, W. O. Dutra, F. A. Martins, B. Gontijo, E. Carvalho, M. Barral-Netto, A. Barral, R. P. Almeida, W. Mayrink, R. Locksley, and K. J. Gollob Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3232-3239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specificity of the Protective Antibody Response to Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Anthony N. Hodder, Pauline E. Crewther, and Robin F. Anders Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3286-3294; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amebic Infection in the Human Colon Induces Cyclooxygenase-2 William F. Stenson, Zhi Zhang, Terrence Riehl, and Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3382-3388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Basis for Immunoglobulin M Specificity to Epitopes in Cryptococcus neoformans Polysaccharide That Elicit Protective and Nonprotective Antibodies Antonio Nakouzi, Philippe Valadon, Joshua Nosanchuk, Nancy Green, and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3398-3409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Passive Immunization with Melanin-Binding Monoclonal Antibodies Prolongs Survival of Mice with Lethal Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Ángel L. Rosas, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3410-3412; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Does Not Enhance Local Cellular Immunity against Concurrent Candida Vaginal Infection Kathleen A. Kelly, Heather L. Gray, Jennifer C. Walker, Roger G. Rank, Floyd L. Wormley, Jr., and Paul L. Fidel, Jr. Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3451-3454; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessing Vascular Permeability during Experimental Cerebral Malaria by a Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibody Technique Henri C. van der Heyde, Philippe Bauer, Guang Sun, Wun-Ling Chang, Lijia Yin, John Fuseler, and D. Neil Granger Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3460-3465; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Distribution and Kinetics of Lipoprotein-Bound Endotoxin J. H. M. Levels, P. R. Abraham, A. van den Ende, and S. J. H. van Deventer Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2821-2828; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Yersinia pestis Yfu ABC Inorganic Iron Transport System Shimei Gong, Scott W. Bearden, Valerie A. Geoffroy, Jacqueline D. Fetherston, and Robert D. Perry Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2829-2837; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Possesses a Unique Repertoire of Fimbrial Gene Sequences Stacy M. Townsend, Naomi E. Kramer, Robert Edwards, Stephen Baker, Nancy Hamlin, Mark Simmonds, Kim Stevens, Stanley Maloy, Julian Parkhill, Gordon Dougan, and Andreas J. Bäumler Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2894-2901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Helicobacter pylori cag Region Genes in Colonization and Gastritis in Two Animal Models Kathryn A. Eaton, Dange Kersulyte, Megan Mefford, Stephen J. Danon, Steven Krakowka, and Douglas E. Berg Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2902-2908; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spa Contributes to the Virulence of Type 18 Group A Streptococci Duncan G. J. McLellan, Edna Y. Chiang, Harry S. Courtney, David L. Hasty, Shirley C. Wei, Mary C. Hu, Michael A. Walls, Jackie J. Bloom, and James B. Dale Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2943-2949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Uptake of the Clostridium perfringens Binary Iota-Toxin Dagmar Blöcker, Joachim Behlke, Klaus Aktories, and Holger Barth Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2980-2987; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Subinhibitory Clindamycin Differentially Inhibits Transcription of Exoprotein Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Silvia Herbert, Peter Barry, and Richard P. Novick Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 2996-3003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo-Expressed Genes of Pasteurella multocida Meredith L. Hunt, David J. Boucher, John D. Boyce, and Ben Adler Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3004-3012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Porphyromonas gingivalis Gingipains and Adhesion to Epithelial Cells Tsute Chen, Koji Nakayama, Lynn Belliveau, and Margaret J. Duncan Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3048-3056; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

BrkA Protein of Bordetella pertussis Inhibits the Classical Pathway of Complement after C1 Deposition Michael G. Barnes and Alison A. Weiss Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3067-3072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia pneumoniae Major Outer Membrane Protein Is a Surface-Exposed Antigen That Elicits Antibodies Primarily Directed against Conformation-Dependent Determinants Katerina Wolf, Elizabeth Fischer, David Mead, Guangming Zhong, Roseanna Peeling, Bill Whitmire, and Harlan D. Caldwell Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3082-3091; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of the Fibronectin-Binding Protein FNE from Streptococcus equi Subspecies equi with FNZ from S. equi Subspecies zooepidemicus Reveals a Major and Conserved Difference Hans Lindmark, Martin Nilsson, and Bengt Guss Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3159-3163; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of the Genes for ClpXP Protease in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Results in Persistent Infection in Mice, and Development of Persistence Requires Endogenous Gamma Interferon and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Tomoko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Sashinami, Akiko Takaya, Toshifumi Tomoyasu, Hidenori Matsui, Yuji Kikuchi, Tomoko Hanawa, Shigeru Kamiya, and Akio Nakane Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3164-3174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Apoptotic Signaling Pathway Activated by Helicobacter pylori Infection and Increase of Apoptosis-Inducing Activity under Serum-Starved Conditions Keigo Shibayama, Yohei Doi, Naohiro Shibata, Tetsuya Yagi, Toshi Nada, Yoshitsugu Iinuma, and Yoshichika Arakawa Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3181-3189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

P13, an Integral Membrane Protein of Borrelia burgdorferi, Is C-Terminally Processed and Contains Surface-Exposed Domains Laila Noppa, Yngve Östberg, Marija Lavrinovicha, and Sven Bergström Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3323-3334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Binding of Human Lactoferrin to Pneumococcal Surface Protein A Anders Håkansson, Hazeline Roche, Shaper Mirza, Larry S. McDaniel, Alexis Brooks-Walter, and David E. Briles Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3372-3381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli CdtB Mediates Cytolethal Distending Toxin Cell Cycle Arrest Cherilyn Elwell, Kinlin Chao, Kamlesh Patel, and Lawrence Dreyfus Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3418-3422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Periodontal Pathogens Produce Quorum Sensing Signal Molecules Jorge Frias, Ester Olle, and Merce Alsina Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3431-3434; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heat-Inducible Surface Stress Protein (Hsp70) Mediates Sulfatide Recognition of the Respiratory Pathogen Haemophilus influenzae Evamarie Hartmann, Clifford A. Lingwood, and Joachim Reidl Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3438-3441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Genomic Analysis of Genes Encoding Surface-Anchored Proteins from Clostridium difficile Tuomo Karjalainen, Anne-Judith Waligora-Dupriet, Marina Cerquetti, Patrizia Spigaglia, Andrea Maggioni, Pierluigi Mauri, and Paola Mastrantonio Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3442-3446; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence and Antigenic Variability of the Helicobacter mustelae Surface Ring Protein Hsr Natasha Forester, John S. Lumsden, Tadhg O'Croinin, and Paul W. O'Toole Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3447-3450; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Delineation of Borrelia burgdorferi p66 Sequences Required for Integrin IIb3 Recognition Gillianne Defoe and Jenifer Coburn Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3455-3459; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterotoxin Plasmid from Clostridium perfringens Is Conjugative Sigrid Brynestad, Mahfuzur R. Sarker, Bruce A. McClane, Per Einar Granum, and Julian I. Rood Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3483-3487; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Proteins in the Outer Membrane Preparation of a Murine Pathogen, Helicobacter bilis Zhongming Ge, Peter Doig, and James G. Fox Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3502-3506; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dissociation of Infectivity and Pathogenicity in Borrelia burgdorferi Venetta Thomas, Juan Anguita, Swapna Samanta, Patricia A. Rosa, Philip Stewart, Stephen W. Barthold, and Erol Fikrig Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3507-3509; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Complete DNA Sequence and Analysis of the Large Virulence Plasmid of Shigella flexneri Malabi M. Venkatesan, Marcia B. Goldberg, Debra J. Rose, Erik J. Grotbeck, Valerie Burland, and Frederick R. Blattner Infect. Immun. May 2001 69: 3271-3285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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