Contents: September 2001, Volume 69, Issue 9        Minireviews        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Molecular Pathogenesis        Bacterial Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular Genomics Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Escherichia coli Translocation at the Blood-Brain Barrier Kwang Sik Kim Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5217-5222; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Selection of Glutamate-Rich Protein Long Synthetic Peptides for Vaccine Development: Antigenicity and Relationship with Clinical Protection and Immunogenicity Michael Theisen, Daniel Dodoo, Aissatou Toure-Balde, Soe Soe, Giampietro Corradin, Kwadwo K. Koram, Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals, Lars Hviid, Thor Theander, Bartholomew Akanmori, Mohamadou Ndiaye, and Pierre Druilhe Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5223-5229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potent Stimulation of the Innate Immune System by a Leishmania brasiliensis Recombinant Protein Monamaris M. Borges, Antonio Campos-Neto, Paul Sleath, Keneth H. Grabstein, Philip J. Morrissey, Yasir A. W. Skeiky, and Steven G. Reed Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5270-5277; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

vsp Gene Expression by Giardia lamblia Clone GS/M-83-H7 during Antigenic Variation In Vivo and In Vitro M. Bienz, M. Siles-Lucas, P. Wittwer, and N. Müller Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5278-5285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization and Protective Potential of the Immune Response to Taenia solium Paramyosin in a Murine Model of Cysticercosis José Vázquez-Talavera, Carlos F. Solís, Luis I. Terrazas, and Juan P. Laclette Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5412-5416; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Characterization, and Immunogenicity of a Disulfide Cross-Linked Plasmodium vivax Vaccine Candidate Antigen, Merozoite Surface Protein 1, Expressed in Escherichia coli Sheetij Dutta, Lisa A. Ware, Arnoldo Barbosa, Christian F. Ockenhouse, and David E. Lanar Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5464-5470; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Sequences Encoding CD4+ and CD8+ T-Cell Epitopes Are Important for Efficient Protective Immunity Induced by DNA Vaccination with a Trypanosoma cruzi Gene Adriana E. Fujimura, Sheila S. Kinoshita, Vera L. Pereira-Chioccola, and Mauricio M. Rodrigues Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5477-5486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multistage Multiantigen Heterologous Prime Boost Vaccine for Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria Provides Partial Protection in Rhesus Macaques William O. Rogers, J. Kevin Baird, Anita Kumar, John A. Tine, Walter Weiss, João C. Aguiar, Kalpana Gowda, Robert Gwadz, Sanjai Kumar, Mark Gold, and Stephen L. Hoffman Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5565-5572; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gamma Interferon-Induced Inhibition of Toxoplasma gondii in Astrocytes Is Mediated by IGTP Sandra K. Halonen, Gregory A. Taylor, and Louis M. Weiss Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5573-5576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Laccase of Cryptococcus neoformans Is a Cell Wall-Associated Virulence Factor Xudong Zhu, Jack Gibbons, Javier Garcia-Rivera, Arturo Casadevall, and Peter R. Williamson Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5589-5596; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cardiac Myosin Autoimmunity in Acute Chagas' Heart Disease Juan S. Leon, Lisa M. Godsel, Kegiang Wang, and David M. Engman Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5643-5649; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Melanin-Like Pigments in the Dimorphic Fungal Pathogen Paracoccidioides brasiliensis In Vitro and during Infection Beatriz L. Gómez, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Soraya Díez, Sirida Youngchim, Philip Aisen, Luz E. Cano, Angela Restrepo, Arturo Casadevall, and Andrew J. Hamilton Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5760-5767; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Filarial Antigens Impair the Function of Human Dendritic Cells during Differentiation Roshanak Tolouei Semnani, Helen Sabzevari, Ramesh Iyer, and Thomas B. Nutman Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5813-5822; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fresh Isolates from Children with Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Bind to Multiple Receptors Andreas Heddini, Fredrik Pettersson, Oscar Kai, Juma Shafi, Jack Obiero, Qijun Chen, Antonio Barragan, Mats Wahlgren, and Kevin Marsh Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5849-5856; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

HLA Class II Polymorphism Influences Onset and Severity of Pathology in Schistosoma mansoni-Infected Transgenic Mice Gerhild Angyalosi, Raphaële Neveu, Isabelle Wolowczuk, Anne Delanoye, Josiane Herno, Claude Auriault, and Véronique Pancré Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5874-5882; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intermediate Subunit of the Gal/GalNAc Lectin of Entamoeba histolytica Is a Member of a Gene Family Containing Multiple CXXC Sequence Motifs Xun-Jia Cheng, Molly A. Hughes, Christopher D. Huston, Brendan Loftus, Carol A. Gilchrist, Lauren A. Lockhart, Salil Ghosh, Vanessa Miller-Sims, Barbara J. Mann, William A. Petri, Jr., and Hiroshi Tachibana Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5892-5898; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Predominance of Serotype-Specific Mucosal Antibody Response in Shigella flexneri-Infected Humans Living in an Area of Endemicity Voahangy Rasolofo-Razanamparany, Anne-Marie Cassel-Beraud, Jean Roux, Philippe J. Sansonetti, and Armelle Phalipon Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5230-5234; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Mechanisms That Cause Suppressed Gamma Interferon Secretion in Endotoxin-Tolerant Mice Tushar K. Varma, Tracy E. Toliver-Kinsky, Cheng Y. Lin, Aristides P. Koutrouvelis, Joan E. Nichols, and Edward R. Sherwood Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5249-5263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD4+ T Helper 1 Cells Facilitate Regression of Murine Lyme Carditis Linda K. Bockenstedt, Insoo Kang, Christopher Chang, David Persing, Adrian Hayday, and Stephen W. Barthold Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5264-5269; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

T-Cell Reactivity against Streptococcal Antigens in the Periphery Mirrors Reactivity of Heart-Infiltrating T Lymphocytes in Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients Luiza Guilherme, Sandra E. Oshiro, Kellen C. Faé, Edécio Cunha-Neto, Guilherme Renesto, Anna C. Goldberg, Ana C. Tanaka, Pablo M. A Pomerantzeff, Maria H. Kiss, Clóvis Silva, Fanny Guzman, Manuel E. Patarroyo, Scott Southwood, Alessandro Sette, and Jorge Kalil Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5345-5351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ontogeny of Th1 Memory Responses against a Brucella abortus Conjugate Orit Scharf, Inna Agranovich, Katherine Lee, Nancy L. Eller, Lily Levy, John Inman, Dorothy E. Scott, and Basil Golding Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5417-5422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adherent Invasive Escherichia coli Strains from Patients with Crohn's Disease Survive and Replicate within Macrophages without Inducing Host Cell Death Anne-Lise Glasser, Jerome Boudeau, Nicolas Barnich, Marie-Helene Perruchot, Jean-Frederic Colombel, and Arlette Darfeuille-Michaud Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5529-5537; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Heat Shock Protein 90 in Immune Response Stimulation by Bacterial DNA and Synthetic Oligonucleotides Fu-Gang Zhu and David S. Pisetsky Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5546-5552; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Exploitation of Interleukin-8-Induced Neutrophil Chemotaxis by the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis Mustafa Akkoyunlu, Stephen E. Malawista, Juan Anguita, and Erol Fikrig Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5577-5588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intimin-Specific Immune Responses Prevent Bacterial Colonization by the Attaching-Effacing Pathogen Citrobacter rodentium Marjan Ghaem-Maghami, Cameron P. Simmons, Sarah Daniell, Mariagrazia Pizza, David Lewis, Gad Frankel, and Gordon Dougan Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5597-5605; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association of Interleukin-10 Cytokine Expression Status with HLA Non-DRB1*02 and Mycobacterium bovis BCG Scar-Negative Status in South Indian Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients V. Dheenadhayalan, S. Shanmugalakshmi, S. Vani, P. Muthuveeralakshmi, G. Arivarignan, A. D. Nageswari, and R M. Pitchappan Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5635-5642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hydrolysis of Interleukin-12 by Porphyromonas gingivalis Major Cysteine Proteinases May Affect Local Gamma Interferon Accumulation and the Th1 or Th2 T-Cell Phenotype in Periodontitis Peter L. W. Yun, Arthur A. Decarlo, Charles Collyer, and Neil Hunter Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5650-5660; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fas/Fas Ligand System Mediates Epithelial Injury, but Not Pulmonary Host Defenses, in Response to Inhaled Bacteria Gustavo Matute-Bello, Charles W. Frevert, W. Conrad Liles, Morio Nakamura, John T. Ruzinski, Kimberly Ballman, Venus A. Wong, Charie Vathanaprida, and Thomas R. Martin Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5768-5776; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dietary Glycine Prevents Peptidoglycan Polysaccharide-Induced Reactive Arthritis in the Rat: Role for Glycine-Gated Chloride Channel Xiangli Li, Blair U. Bradford, Michael D. Wheeler, Stephen A. Stimpson, Heather M. Pink, Thomas A. Brodie, John H. Schwab, and Ronald G. Thurman Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5883-5891; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Endogenous Interleukin-12 in Immune Response to Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B in Mice Fanny N. Lauw, Sandrine Florquin, Peter Speelman, Sander J. H. van Deventer, and Tom van der Poll Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5949-5952; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Involvement of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways in Staphylococcus aureus Invasion of Normal Osteoblasts John K. Ellington, Adam Elhofy, Kenneth L. Bost, and Michael C. Hudson Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5235-5242; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ADP-Ribosylation of Rab5 by ExoS of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Affects Endocytosis Alejandro M. Barbieri, Qun Sha, Pascale Bette-Bobillo, Philip D. Stahl, and Michel Vidal Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5329-5334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia pneumoniae Expresses Genes Required for DNA Replication but Not Cytokinesis during Persistent Infection of HEp-2 Cells Gerald I. Byrne, Scot P. Ouellette, Zhao Wang, J. P. Rao, Lin Lu, Wandy L. Beatty, and Alan P. Hudson Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5423-5429; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Activates Ezrin, Which Participates in Disruption of Tight Junction Barrier Function Ivana Simonovic, Monique Arpin, Athanasia Koutsouris, Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski, and Gail Hecht Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5679-5688; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Opsonized Virulent Edwardsiella tarda Strains Are Able To Adhere to and Survive and Replicate within Fish Phagocytes but Fail To Stimulate Reactive Oxygen Intermediates Putanae S. Srinivasa Rao, Tit Meng Lim, and Ka Yin Leung Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5689-5697; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Porphyromonas gingivalis Traffics to Autophagosomes in Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells Brian R. Dorn, William A. Dunn, Jr., and Ann Progulske-Fox Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5698-5708; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

dksA Is Required for Intercellular Spread of Shigella flexneri via an RpoS-Independent Mechanism Scott A. Mogull, Laura J. Runyen-Janecky, Mei Hong, and Shelley M. Payne Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5742-5751; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Infection on Regulation of L-Arginine Uptake and Synthesis of Reactive Nitrogen Intermediates in J774.1 Murine Macrophages Marcy Peteroy-Kelly, Vishwanath Venketaraman, and Nancy D. Connell Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5823-5831; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Proinflammatory Host Responses to Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection in Immortalized Human Cervical and Vaginal Epithelial Cells Raina Nakova Fichorova, Pragnya Jasvantrai Desai, Frank C. Gibson, III, and Caroline Attardo Genco Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5840-5848; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo and In Vitro Studies of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Expression in Helicobacter pylori Infection Gerardo Nardone, Eileen L. Holicky, James R. Uhl, Lina Sabatino, Stefania Staibano, Alba Rocco, Vittorio Colantuoni, Barbara A. Manzo, Marco Romano, Gabriele Budillon, Franklin R. Cockerill, III, and Laurence J. Miller Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5857-5863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Mutant Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Line That Is Resistant to Chlamydia trachomatis Infection at a Novel Step in the Attachment Process Reynaldo A. Carabeo and Ted Hackstadt Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5899-5904; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptosporidium parvum Infection Requires Host Cell Actin Polymerization David A. Elliott, Daniel J. Coleman, Michael A. Lane, Robin C. May, Laura M. Machesky, and Douglas P. Clark Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5940-5942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Recognition of Lewis x Derivatives Present on Mucins by Flagellar Components of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Andree Scharfman, Shiwani K. Arora, Philippe Delmotte, Edwige Van Brussel, Joel Mazurier, Reuben Ramphal, and Philippe Roussel Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5243-5248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Borrelia burgdorferi RevA Antigen Is a Surface-Exposed Outer Membrane Protein Whose Expression Is Regulated in Response to Environmental Temperature and pH James A. Carroll, Nazira El-Hage, Jennifer C. Miller, Kelly Babb, and Brian Stevenson Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5286-5293; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Independent and Coordinate Effects of ADP-Ribosyltransferase and GTPase-Activating Activities of Exoenzyme S on HT-29 Epithelial Cell Function Jennifer E. Fraylick, Jeannine R. La Rocque, Timothy S. Vincent, and Joan C. Olson Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5318-5328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural and Genetic Analyses of O Polysaccharide from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Serotype f Jeffrey B. Kaplan, Malcolm B. Perry, Leann L. MacLean, David Furgang, Mark E. Wilson, and Daniel H. Fine Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5375-5384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Endoprotease (PrpL) Encoded by a PvdS-Regulated Gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Paula J. Wilderman, Adriana I. Vasil, Zaiga Johnson, Megan J. Wilson, Heather E. Cunliffe, Iain L. Lamont, and Michael L. Vasil Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5385-5394; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Fructosyltransferase and Levanase-Sucrase of Actinomyces naeslundii in Fructan and Sucrose Metabolism Lori J. Bergeron and Robert A. Burne Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5395-5402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in Availability of Oxygen Accentuate Differences in Capsular Polysaccharide Expression by Phenotypic Variants and Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae Jeffrey N. Weiser, Deborah Bae, Henry Epino, Stephen B. Gordon, Miki Kapoor, Lauren A. Zenewicz, and Mikhail Shchepetov Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5430-5439; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Sequencing, and Expression of the Leukotoxin Gene from Fusobacterium necrophorum Sanjeev Kumar Narayanan, T. G. Nagaraja, M. M. Chengappa, and George C. Stewart Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5447-5455; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

pH-Enhanced Cytopathic Effects of Clostridium sordellii Lethal Toxin Maen Qa'Dan, Lea M. Spyres, and Jimmy D. Ballard Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5487-5493; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conserved DegP Protease in Gram-Positive Bacteria Is Essential for Thermal and Oxidative Tolerance and Full Virulence in Streptococcus pyogenes C. Hal Jones, Tove' C. Bolken, Kevin F. Jones, Gloria O. Zeller, and Dennis E. Hruby Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5538-5545; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycoplasma pneumoniae P1 Type 1- and Type 2-Specific Sequences within the P1 Cytadhesin Gene of Individual Strains J. Wendelien Dorigo-Zetsma, Berry Wilbrink, Jacob Dankert, and Sebastian A. J. Zaat Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5612-5618; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Absence of All Components of the Flagellar Export and Synthesis Machinery Differentially Alters Virulence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in Models of Typhoid Fever, Survival in Macrophages, Tissue Culture Invasiveness, and Calf Enterocolitis Clare K. Schmitt, Jack S. Ikeda, Stephen C. Darnell, Patricia R. Watson, Jennifer Bispham, Timothy S. Wallis, Debra L. Weinstein, Eleanor S. Metcalf, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5619-5625; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Haemophilus ducreyi cdtA, cdtB, and cdtC Mutants in In Vitro and In Vivo Systems David A. Lewis, Marla K. Stevens, Jo L. Latimer, Christine K. Ward, Kaiping Deng, Robert Blick, Sheryl R. Lumbley, Catherine A. Ison, and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5626-5634; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Discrete Protein Determinant Directs the Species-Specific Adherence of Porphyromonas gingivalis to Oral Streptococci Donald R. Demuth, Douglas C. Irvine, J. W. Costerton, Guy S. Cook, and Richard J. Lamont Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5736-5741; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytolethal Distending Toxin Demonstrates Genotoxic Activity in a Yeast Model Duane C. Hassane, Robert B. Lee, Michael D. Mendenhall, and Carol L. Pickett Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5752-5759; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Type 3 Fimbrial Shaft (MrkA) of Klebsiella pneumoniae, but Not the Fimbrial Adhesin (MrkD), Facilitates Biofilm Formation Jennifer Langstraat, Megan Bohse, and Steven Clegg Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5805-5812; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Cluster for Assembly of Pilus Colonization Factor Antigen III of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Tooru Taniguchi, Yukihiro Akeda, Ayako Haba, Yoko Yasuda, Koichiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Honda, and Kunio Tochikubo Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5864-5873; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteomics Reveals Open Reading Frames in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Not Predicted by Genomics Peter R. Jungblut, Eva-Christina Müller, Jens Mattow, and Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5905-5907; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Brucella abortus HtrA Functions as an Authentic Stress Response Protease but Is Not Required for Wild-Type Virulence in BALB/c Mice Robert W. Phillips and R. Martin Roop, II Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5911-5913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Expression, and Catalytic Activity of Helicobacter hepaticus Urease Catherine S. Beckwith, David J. McGee, Harry L. T. Mobley, and Lela K. Riley Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5914-5920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Demonstration of Polysaccharide Capsule in Campylobacter jejuni Using Electron Microscopy Andrey V. Karlyshev, Maria V. McCrossan, and Brendan W. Wren Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5921-5924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Cytolethal Distending Toxin Proteins Are Required To Interact To Inhibit Human Cell Cycle Progression and To Stimulate Human Leukocyte Cytokine Synthesis Sumio Akifusa, Stephen Poole, Jo Lewthwaite, Brian Henderson, and Sean P. Nair Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5925-5930; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor and Pasteurella multocida Toxin Induce Focal Adhesion Kinase Autophosphorylation and Src Association Warren Thomas, Gillian D. Pullinger, Alistair J. Lax, and Enrique Rozengurt Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5931-5935; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Vibrio vulnificus Mutant Deficient in Both Extracellular Metalloprotease and Cytolysin Jong-Jin Fan, Chung-Ping Shao, Ya-Chi Ho, Chun-Keung Yu, and Lien-I Hor Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5943-5948; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Pulmonary and Systemic Host Response to Streptococcus pneumoniae and Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia in Normal and Immunosuppressed Mice Erjian Wang, Nathalie Ouellet, Marie Simard, Isabelle Fillion, Yves Bergeron, Denis Beauchamp, and Michel G. Bergeron Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5294-5304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Trehalose Dimycolate in Recruitment of Cells and Modulation of Production of Cytokines and NO in Tuberculosis Valéria M. F. Lima, Vania L. D. Bonato, Karla M. Lima, Sandra A. Dos Santos, Rubens R. Dos Santos, Eduardo D. C. Gonçalves, Lucia H. Faccioli, Izaira T. Brandão, José M. Rodrigues-Junior, and Célio L. Silva Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5305-5312; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetics of Bartonella birtlesii Infection in Experimentally Infected Mice and Pathogenic Effect on Reproductive Functions Henri J. Boulouis, Francine Barrat, Delphine Bermond, Florence Bernex, Danièle Thibault, Rémy Heller, Jean-Jacques Fontaine, Yves Piémont, and Bruno B. Chomel Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5313-5317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Virulence of Legionella longbeachae Strains in Guinea Pigs and U937 Macrophage-Like Cells Robyn M. Doyle, Nicholas P. Cianciotto, Shaila Banvi, Paul A. Manning, and Michael W. Heuzenroeder Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5335-5344; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Gallinarum Requires the Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2 Type III Secretion System but Not the Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 Type III Secretion System for Virulence in Chickens Michael A. Jones, Paul Wigley, Kerrie L. Page, Scott D. Hulme, and Paul A. Barrow Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5471-5476; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Extracellular x-Prolyl Dipeptidyl-Peptidase (DPP) from Streptococcus gordonii FSS2: an Emerging Subfamily of Viridans Streptococcal x-Prolyl DPPs J. M. Goldstein, A. Banbula, T. Kordula, J. A. Mayo, and J. Travis Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5494-5501; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genotypic Variation in the Bordetella pertussis Virulence Factors Pertactin and Pertussis Toxin in Historical and Recent Clinical Isolates in the United Kingdom Norman K. Fry, Shona Neal, Timothy G. Harrison, Elizabeth Miller, Ruth Matthews, and Robert C. George Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5520-5528; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Response to Mycobacterial Infection Marianne Quiding-Järbrink, Debbie A. Smith, and Gregory J. Bancroft Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5661-5670; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Activation of Dendritic Cells and T Cells during Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection Ulf Yrlid, Mattias Svensson, Anders Håkansson, Benedict J. Chambers, Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, and Mary Jo Wick Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5726-5735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutualism versus Independence: Strategies of Mixed-Species Oral Biofilms In Vitro Using Saliva as the Sole Nutrient Source Robert J. Palmer, Jr., Karen Kazmerzak, Martin C. Hansen, and Paul E. Kolenbrander Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5794-5804; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Delayed Invasion of the Kidney and Brain by Borrelia crocidurae in Plasminogen-Deficient Mice Annika Nordstrand, Alireza Shamaei-Tousi, Annelii Ny, and Sven Bergström Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5832-5839; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Secreted MPT53 Antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sadie Johnson, PierNatale Brusasca, Konstantin Lyashchenko, John S. Spencer, Harald G. Wiker, Pablo Bifani, Elena Shashkina, Barry Kreiswirth, Morten Harboe, Neil Schluger, Manuel Gomez, and Maria Laura Gennaro Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5936-5939; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Competitive Index Assay To Evaluate the Virulence of Listeria monocytogenes actA Mutants during Primary and Secondary Infection of Mice Victoria Auerbuch, Laurel L. Lenz, and Daniel A. Portnoy Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5953-5957; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses and Protection against Schistosomes Induced by a Radiation-Attenuated Vaccine in Chimpanzees Matthias Eberl, Jan A. M. Langermans, Patrice A. Frost, Richard A. Vervenne, Govert J. van Dam, André M. Deelder, Alan W. Thomas, Patricia S. Coulson, and R. Alan Wilson Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5352-5362; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Efficacy of a DNA Vaccine Encoding Antigen 85A from Mycobacterium bovis BCG against Buruli Ulcer Audrey Tanghe, Jean Content, Jean-Paul Van Vooren, Françoise Portaels, and Kris Huygen Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5403-5411; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Neisseria meningitidis Transferrin-Binding Protein B by Recombinant Bordetella pertussis Isabelle Coppens, Sylvie Alonso, Rudy Antoine, Françoise Jacob-Dubuisson, Geneviève Renauld-Mongénie, Eric Jacobs, and Camille Locht Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5440-5446; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Immunization with the Region Encoding the -Helical Domain of PspA Elicits Protective Immunity against Streptococcus pneumoniae Joseph R. Bosarge, James M. Watt, D. Olga McDaniel, Edwin Swiatlo, and Larry S. McDaniel Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5456-5463; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Specific Cytotoxic Lymphocytes in Mice Vaccinated with Brucella abortus RB51 Yongqun He, Ramesh Vemulapalli, Ahmet Zeytun, and Gerhardt G. Schurig Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5502-5508; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neisseria meningitidis RTX Protein FrpC Induces High Levels of Serum Antibodies during Invasive Disease: Polymorphism of frpC Alleles and Purification of Recombinant FrpC Jitka Kalmusová Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5509-5519; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Immune Response to PE and PE_PGRS Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Giovanni Delogu and Michael J. Brennan Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5606-5611; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Arabinomannan Antigen In Vitro and In Vivo J. Reid Schwebach, Arturo Casadevall, Rachel Schneerson, Zhongdong Dai, Xiaojuan Wang, John B. Robbins, and Aharona Glatman-Freedman Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5671-5678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Candidate Vaccine against Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype A Derived from a Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Vector System John S. Lee, Peter Pushko, Michael D. Parker, Mark T. Dertzbaugh, Leonard A. Smith, and Jonathan F. Smith Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5709-5715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cholera Toxin B Subunit as a Carrier Molecule Promotes Antigen Presentation and Increases CD40 and CD86 Expression on Antigen-Presenting Cells Annie George-Chandy, Kristina Eriksson, Michael Lebens, Inger Nordström, Emma Schön, and Jan Holmgren Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5716-5725; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Towards Development of an Edible Vaccine against Bovine Pneumonic Pasteurellosis Using Transgenic White Clover Expressing a Mannheimia haemolytica A1 Leukotoxin 50 Fusion Protein Raymond W. H. Lee, Judith Strommer, Doug Hodgins, Patricia E. Shewen, Yongqing Niu, and Reggie Y. C. Lo Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5786-5793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PcrV Immunization Enhances Survival of Burned Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Infected Mice Ian Alan Holder, Alice N. Neely, and Dara W. Frank Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5908-5910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Ongoing Horizontal and Vertical Transmission of Virulence Genes and papA Alleles among Escherichia coli Blood Isolates from Patients with Diverse-Source Bacteremia James R. Johnson, Timothy T. O'Bryan, Michael Kuskowski, and Joel N. Maslow Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5363-5374; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Sequence Analysis of the Plasmid-Encoded Regulator of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Iruka N. Okeke, Jade A. Borneman, Sooan Shin, Jay L. Mellies, Laura E. Quinn, and James B. Kaper Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5553-5564; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Mycobacterial Proteins Differentially Expressed under Standing and Shaking Culture Conditions, Including Rv2623 from a Novel Class of Putative ATP-Binding Proteins Matthew A. Florczyk, Lee Ann McCue, Robert F. Stack, Charles R. Hauer, and Kathleen A. McDonough Infect. Immun. September 2001 69: 5777-5785; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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