Contents: January 2002, Volume 70, Issue 1        Minireviews        Bacterial Infections        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Molecular Pathogenesis        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular Genomics        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Type IV Pilus-Dependent Motility and Its Possible Role in Bacterial Pathogenesis Wenyuan Shi and Hong Sun Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 1-4; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Escherichia coli Hemoglobin Protease Autotransporter Contributes to Synergistic Abscess Formation and Heme-Dependent Growth of Bacteroides fragilis Ben R. Otto, Silvy J. M. van Dooren, Charles M. Dozois, Joen Luirink, and Bauke Oudega Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 5-10; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-2 and Loss of Immunity in Experimental Mycobacterium avium Infection Stuart I. Mannering and Christina Cheers Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 27-35; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific Expression of Anaplasma marginale Major Surface Protein 2 Salivary Gland Variants Occurs in the Midgut and Is an Early Event during Tick Transmission Christiane V. Löhr, Fred R. Rurangirwa, Terry F. McElwain, David Stiller, and Guy H. Palmer Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 114-120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriophage Therapy Rescues Mice Bacteremic from a Clinical Isolate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Biswajit Biswas, Sankar Adhya, Paul Washart, Brian Paul, Andrei N. Trostel, Bradford Powell, Richard Carlton, and Carl R. Merril Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 204-210; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Persistent Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection Occurs in the Absence of Functional Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Genes Roman Reddy Ganta, Melinda J. Wilkerson, Chuanmin Cheng, Aaron M. Rokey, and Stephen K. Chapes Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 380-388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Visualization of Proteus mirabilis within the Matrix of Urease-Induced Bladder Stones during Experimental Urinary Tract Infection Xin Li, Hui Zhao, C. Virginia Lockatell, Cinthia B. Drachenberg, David E. Johnson, and Harry L. T. Mobley Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 389-394; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

STK Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Regulates Susceptibility to Infection with Listeria monocytogenes Michael A. Lutz, Francine Gervais, Alan Bernstein, Arthur L. Hattel, and Pamela H. Correll Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 416-418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Central Importance of Immunoglobulin A in Host Defense against Giardia spp. T. Dianne Langford, Michael P. Housley, Marianne Boes, Jianzhu Chen, Martin F. Kagnoff, Frances D. Gillin, and Lars Eckmann Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 11-18; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serum Stimulates Growth of and Proteinase Secretion by Aspergillus fumigatus Anna H. T. Gifford, Jodine R. Klippenstein, and Margo M. Moore Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 19-26; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

During Trypanosoma cruzi Infection CD1d-Restricted NK T Cells Limit Parasitemia and Augment the Antibody Response to a Glycophosphoinositol-Modified Surface Protein Malcolm S. Duthie, Monika Wleklinski-Lee, Sherilyn Smith, Toshinori Nakayama, Masaru Taniguchi, and Stuart J. Kahn Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 36-48; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduced Infectivity of a Leishmania donovani Biopterin Transporter Genetic Mutant and Its Use as an Attenuated Strain for Vaccination Barbara Papadopoulou, Gaétan Roy, Marie Breton, Christoph Kündig, Carole Dumas, Isabelle Fillion, Ajay K. Singh, Martin Olivier, and Marc Ouellette Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 62-68; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Novel Plasmodium gallinaceum Zygote- and Ookinete-Expressed Proteins as Targets for Blocking Malaria Transmission Rebecca C. Langer, Fengwu Li, and Joseph M. Vinetz Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 102-106; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Central Role for Interleukin-4 in Regulating Nitric Oxide-Mediated Inhibition of T-Cell Proliferation and Gamma Interferon Production in Schistosomiasis Elisabeth A. Patton, Anne C. La Flamme, Joao A. Pedras-Vasoncelos, and Edward J. Pearce Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 177-184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deficient Humoral Responses Underlie Susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii in CD4-Deficient Mice Lawrence L. Johnson and Peter C. Sayles Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 185-191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased CD8+-T-Cell Expression and a Type 2 Cytokine Pattern during the Muscular Phase of Trichinella Infection in Humans Maria Angeles Gomez Morales, Raffaella Mele, Massimo Sanchez, Daria Sacchini, Marzia De Giacomo, and Edoardo Pozio Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 233-239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes by Pathogenic Fungi Mairi C. Noverr, Galen B. Toews, and Gary B. Huffnagle Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 400-402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Properties of Stachyrase A, a Chymotrypsin-Like Serine Proteinase from Stachybotrys chartarum Tomasz Kordula, Agnieszka Banbula, Jeremy Macomson, and James Travis Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 419-421; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Cytokine Responses to Group B Streptococci Induce Nitric Oxide Production in Respiratory Epithelial Cells Kenneth J. Goodrum and Jane Poulson-Dunlap Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 49-54; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteolytic Inhibition of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium-Induced Activation of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ERK and JNK in Cultured Human Intestinal Cells Tracey L. Mynott, Ben Crossett, and S. Radhika Prathalingam Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 86-95; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Enhance Host Defense during Murine Tuberculosis Nicole P. Juffermans, Jaklien C. Leemans, Sandrine Florquin, Annelies Verbon, Arend H. Kolk, Peter Speelman, Sander J. H. van Deventer, and Tom van der Poll Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 147-152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Inflammation, Organ Damage, and Oxidant Stress Induced by Salmonella enterica Serovar Muenchen Flagellin and Serovar Enteritidis Lipopolysaccharide Lucas Liaudet, Kanneganti G. K. Murthy, Jon G. Mabley, Pál Pacher, Francisco G. Soriano, Andrew L. Salzman, and Csaba Szabó Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 192-198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biological Characterization of Lipopolysaccharide from Treponema pectinovorum Lakshmyya Kesavalu, Clinton W. Falk, Kenneth J. Davis, Michelle J. Steffen, Xiaoping Xu, Stanley C. Holt, and Jeffrey L. Ebersole Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 211-217; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharides from Periodontopathic Bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis and Capnocytophaga ochracea Are Antagonists for Human Toll-Like Receptor 4 Atsutoshi Yoshimura, Takashi Kaneko, Yoshifumi Kato, Douglas T. Golenbock, and Yoshitaka Hara Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 218-225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Role of Bcl-2 Family Members in Caspase-Independent Apoptosis during Chlamydia Infection Jean-Luc Perfettini, John C. Reed, Nicole Israël, Jean-Claude Martinou, Alice Dautry-Varsat, and David M. Ojcius Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 55-61; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Gamma Interferon and Nitric Oxide by Truncated Pneumolysin That Lacks Pore-Forming Activity Hisashi Baba, Ikuo Kawamura, Chikara Kohda, Takamasa Nomura, Yutaka Ito, Terumi Kimoto, Isao Watanabe, Satoshi Ichiyama, and Masao Mitsuyama Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 107-113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus agr and sarA Functions Are Required for Invasive Infection but Not Inflammatory Responses in the Lung Geoffrey Heyer, Shahryar Saba, Robert Adamo, William Rush, Grace Soong, Ambrose Cheung, and Alice Prince Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 127-133; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Efficiency of the Translocation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis across a Bilayer of Epithelial and Endothelial Cells as a Model of the Alveolar Wall Is a Consequence of Transport within Mononuclear Phagocytes and Invasion of Alveolar Epithelial Cells Luiz E. Bermudez, Felix J. Sangari, Peter Kolonoski, Mary Petrofsky, and Joseph Goodman Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 140-146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Variation of the Antigen I/II Surface Protein in Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus intermedius F. C. Petersen, S. Assev, H. C. van der Mei, H. J. Busscher, and A. A. Scheie Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 249-256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fimbria-Dependent Activation of Cell Adhesion Molecule Expression in Porphyromonas gingivalis-Infected Endothelial Cells Mary Khlgatian, Hamdy Nassar, Hsin-Hua Chou, Frank C. Gibson, III, and Caroline Attardo Genco Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 257-267; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for Fimbriae and Lysine-Specific Cysteine Proteinase Gingipain K in Expression of Interleukin-8 and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein in Porphyromonas gingivalis-Infected Endothelial Cells Hamdy Nassar, Hsin-Hua Chou, Mary Khlgatian, Frank C. Gibson, III, T. E. Van Dyke, and Caroline Attardo Genco Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 268-276; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Differences among FimA Variants of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Their Effects on Adhesion to and Invasion of Human Epithelial Cells Ichiro Nakagawa, Atsuo Amano, Masae Kuboniwa, Takayuki Nakamura, Shigetada Kawabata, and Shigeyuki Hamada Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 277-285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia pneumoniae Secretion of a Protease-Like Activity Factor for Degrading Host Cell Transcription Factors Is Required for Major Histocompatibility Complex Antigen Expression Peiyi Fan, Feng Dong, Yanqing Huang, and Guangming Zhong Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 345-349; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Rho GTPase-Activating Protein Activity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cytotoxin ExoS Rebecca Krall, Jianjun Sun, Kristin J. Pederson, and Joseph T. Barbieri Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 360-367; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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icmT Is Essential for Pore Formation-Mediated Egress of Legionella pneumophila from Mammalian and Protozoan Cells Maelle Molmeret, O. A. Terry Alli, Steven Zink, Antje Flieger, Nicholas P. Cianciotto, and Yousef Abu Kwaik Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 69-78; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Porphyromonas gingivalis Fimbriae Bind to Cytokeratin of Epithelial Cells Hakimuddin T. Sojar, Ashu Sharma, and Robert J. Genco Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 96-101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vibrio cholerae OmpU and OmpT Porins Are Differentially Affected by Bile Jamie A. Wibbenmeyer, Daniele Provenzano, Candice F. Landry, Karl E. Klose, and Anne H. Delcour Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 121-126; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RS1 Element of Vibrio cholerae Can Propagate Horizontally as a Filamentous Phage Exploiting the Morphogenesis Genes of CTX Shah M. Faruque, Asadulghani, M. Kamruzzaman, Ranjan K. Nandi, A. N. Ghosh, G. Balakrish Nair, John J. Mekalanos, and David A. Sack Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 163-170; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dependence of Mycobacterium bovis BCG on Anaerobic Nitrate Reductase for Persistence Is Tissue Specific Christian Fritz, Silvia Maass, Andreas Kreft, and Franz-Christoph Bange Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 286-291; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytotoxic Activities of Leptospira interrogans Hemolysin SphH as a Pore-Forming Protein on Mammalian Cells Seoung Hoon Lee, Sangduk Kim, Seung Chul Park, and Min Ja Kim Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 315-322; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel 45-Kilodalton Leptospiral Protein That Is Processed to a 31-Kilodalton Growth-Phase-Regulated Peripheral Membrane Protein James Matsunaga, Tracy A. Young, Jeanne K. Barnett, Dean Barnett, Carole A. Bolin, and David A. Haake Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 323-334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

M+ Group A Streptococci Are Phagocytized and Killed in Whole Blood by C5a-Activated Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes Eric DeMaster, Norbert Schnitzler, Qi Cheng, and Patrick Cleary Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 350-359; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variations in the csgD Promoter of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Associated with Increased Virulence in Mice and Increased Invasion of HEp-2 Cells Gaylen A. Uhlich, James E. Keen, and Robert O. Elder Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 395-399; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth Phase Influences Complement Resistance of Bordetella pertussis Michael G. Barnes and Alison A. Weiss Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 403-406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of the Length of the Lipooligosaccharide Chain on Its Sialylation in Neisseria meningitidis Chao-Ming Tsai, George Kao, and Peixuan Zhu Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 407-411; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Choline-Binding Proteins to Cell Surface Properties of Streptococcus pneumoniae Edwin Swiatlo, Franklin R. Champlin, Steven C. Holman, W. William Wilson, and James M. Watt Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 412-415; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Identification of a Promiscuous T-Cell Epitope in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mce Proteins Maddalena Panigada, Tiziana Sturniolo, Giorgio Besozzi, Maria Giovanna Boccieri, Francesco Sinigaglia, Giuliana Gialdroni Grassi, and Fabio Grassi Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 79-85; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD8+-T-Cell Response to Secreted and Nonsecreted Antigens Delivered by Recombinant Listeria monocytogenes during Secondary Infection Amy R. Tvinnereim, Sara E. Hamilton, and John T. Harty Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 153-162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mapping Antigenic Sites of an Immunodominant Surface Lipoprotein of Mycoplasma agalactiae, AvgC, with the Use of Synthetic Peptides Antonella Santona, Franco Carta, Peppinetta Fraghí, and Franco Turrini Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 171-176; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Murine T-Lymphocyte Response to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection Hans-Willi Mittrücker, Anne Köhler, and Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 199-203; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae YS-1 as a Live Vaccine Vehicle for Heterologous Protein Expression and Intranasal Immunization of Pigs Yoshihiro Shimoji, Eiji Oishi, Takashi Kitajima, Yoshihiro Muneta, Shinya Shimizu, and Yasuyuki Mori Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 226-232; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Lipoprotein-Based Vaccines Induce Tumor Necrosis Factor-Dependent Type 1 Protective Immunity against Leishmania major Javier Cote-Sierra, Amin Bredan, Carmen M. Toldos, Benoit Stijlemans, Lea Brys, Pierre Cornelis, Manuel Segovia, Patrick de Baetselier, and Hilde Revets Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 240-248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Vaccine Combinations Expressing Either Tissue Plasminogen Activator Signal Sequence Fusion Proteins or Ubiquitin-Conjugated Antigens Induce Sustained Protective Immunity in a Mouse Model of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Giovanni Delogu, Amy Li, Charlene Repique, Frank Collins, and Sheldon L. Morris Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 292-302; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmidic versus Insertional Cloning of Heterologous Genes in Mycobacterium bovis BCG: Impact on In Vivo Antigen Persistence and Immune Responses I. Méderlé, I. Bourguin, D. Ensergueix, E. Badell, J. Moniz-Peireira, B. Gicquel, and N. Winter Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 303-314; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neisserial Immunoglobulin A1 Protease Induces Specific T-Cell Responses in Humans Anastasios Tsirpouchtsidis, Robert Hurwitz, Volker Brinkmann, Thomas F. Meyer, and Gaby Haas Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 335-344; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccination with FimA from Streptococcus parasanguis Protects Rats from Endocarditis Caused by Other Viridans Streptococci Todd Kitten, Cindy L. Munro, Aijuan Wang, and Francis L. Macrina Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 422-425; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Long-Range Mapping of the Streptococcus agalactiae Phylogenetic Lineage Restriction Digest Pattern Type III-3 Reveals Clustering of Virulence Genes John F. Bohnsack, April A. Whiting, Russell D. Bradford, Brenna K. Van Frank, Shinji Takahashi, and Elisabeth E. Adderson Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 134-139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Approach for Analysis of Surface Proteins in Chlamydia pneumoniae Silvia Montigiani, Fabiana Falugi, Maria Scarselli, Oretta Finco, Roberto Petracca, Giuliano Galli, Massimo Mariani, Roberto Manetti, Mauro Agnusdei, Roberto Cevenini, Manuela Donati, Renzo Nogarotto, Nathalie Norais, Ignazio Garaguso, Sandra Nuti, Giulietta Saletti, Domenico Rosa, Giulio Ratti, and Guido Grandi Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 368-379; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Effects of Alum Adjuvant or a Booster Dose on Immunogenicityduring Clinical Trials of Group B Streptococcal Type III Conjugate Vaccines L. C. Paoletti, M. A. Rench, D. L. Kasper, D. Molrine, D. Ambrosino, and C. J. Baker Infect. Immun. January 2002 70: 426 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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