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Guest Commentary:

Manuela Dürr and Andreas Peschel

Chemokines Meet Defensins: the Merging Concepts of Chemoattractants and Antimicrobial Peptides in Host Defense
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6515-6517. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Michael J. Angelichio and Andrew Camilli

In Vivo Expression Technology
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6518-6523. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Yi-Quan Tang, Michael R. Yeaman, and Michael E. Selsted

Antimicrobial Peptides from Human Platelets
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6524-6533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward E. Putnins, Ali-Reza Sanaie, Qiang Wu, and James D. Firth

Induction of Keratinocyte Growth Factor 1 Expression by Lipopolysaccharide Is Regulated by CD-14 and Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6541-6548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franck Biet, Laurent Kremer, Isabelle Wolowczuk, Myriam Delacre, and Camille Locht

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Producing Interleukin-18 Increases Antigen-Specific Gamma Interferon Production in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6549-6557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimir Trajkovic, Gyanesh Singh, Balwan Singh, Sarman Singh, and Pawan Sharma

Effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific 10-Kilodalton Antigen on Macrophage Release of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Nitric Oxide
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6558-6566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bo Wei, Tiffany Huang, Harnisha Dalwadi, Christopher L. Sutton, David Bruckner, and Jonathan Braun

Pseudomonas fluorescens Encodes the Crohn's Disease-Associated I2 Sequence and T-Cell Superantigen
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6567-6575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mamoru Kawahara, Tadashi Nakasone, and Mitsuo Honda

Dynamics of Gamma Interferon, Interleukin-12 (IL-12), IL-10, and Transforming Growth Factor ß mRNA Expression in Primary Mycobacterium bovis BCG Infection in Guinea Pigs Measured by a Real-Time Fluorogenic Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6614-6620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tie Liu, Tetsuya Matsuguchi, Naotake Tsuboi, Toshiki Yajima, and Yasunobu Yoshikai

Differences in Expression of Toll-Like Receptors and Their Reactivities in Dendritic Cells in BALB/c and C57BL/6 Mice
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6638-6645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

George Hajishengallis, Michael Martin, Robert E. Schifferle, and Robert J. Genco

Counteracting Interactions between Lipopolysaccharide Molecules with Differential Activation of Toll-Like Receptors
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6658-6664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carl G. Feng, Marika C. Kullberg, Dragana Jankovic, Allen W. Cheever, Patricia Caspar, Robert L. Coffman, and Alan Sher

Transgenic Mice Expressing Human Interleukin-10 in the Antigen-Presenting Cell Compartment Show Increased Susceptibility to Infection with Mycobacterium avium Associated with Decreased Macrophage Effector Function and Apoptosis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6672-6679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helen Karlsson, Christina Hessle, and Anna Rudin

Innate Immune Responses of Human Neonatal Cells to Bacteria from the Normal Gastrointestinal Flora
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6688-6696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stacey L. Mueller-Ortiz, Eliud Sepulveda, Margaret R. Olsen, Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Audrey R. Wanger, and Steven J. Norris

Decreased Infectivity despite Unaltered C3 Binding by a hbhA Mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6751-6760. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vishwas D. Joshi, Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu, John R. Hebel, Jeffrey D. Hasday, and Alan S. Cross

Role of Caspase 1 in Murine Antibacterial Host Defenses and Lethal Endotoxemia
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6896-6903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Herbert Bosshart and Michael Heinzelmann

Arginine-Rich Cationic Polypeptides Amplify Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Monocyte Activation
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6904-6910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio J. Buendía, Laura Del Río, Nieves Ortega, Joaquín Sánchez, María C. Gallego, María R. Caro, Jose A. Navarro, Francisco Cuello, and Jesús Salinas

B-Cell-Deficient Mice Show an Exacerbated Inflammatory Response in a Model of Chlamydophila abortus Infection
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6911-6918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henry F. Gomez, Theresa J. Ochoa, Irene Herrera-Insua, Lily G. Carlin, and Thomas G. Cleary

Lactoferrin Protects Rabbits from Shigella flexneri-Induced Inflammatory Enteritis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7050-7053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mahmoud Rouabhia, Geneviève Ross, Nathalie Pagé, and Jamila Chakir

Interleukin-18 and Gamma Interferon Production by Oral Epithelial Cells in Response to Exposure to Candida albicans or Lipopolysaccharide Stimulation
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7073-7080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rossella Murgia, Rodolfo Garcia, and Marina Cinco

Leptospires Are Killed In Vitro by Both Oxygen-Dependent and -Independent Reactions
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7172-7175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronald LaCourse, Lynn Ryan, and Robert J. North

Expression of NADPH Oxidase-Dependent Resistance to Listeriosis in Mice Occurs during the First 6 to 12 Hours of Liver Infection
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7179-7181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Qiang Chen, Hui Wu, and Paula M. Fives-Taylor

Construction of a Novel Transposon Mutagenesis System Useful in the Isolation of Streptococcus parasanguis Mutants Defective in Fap1 Glycosylation
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6534-6540. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher J. Papasian, Richard Silverstein, Jian Jun Gao, David M. Bamberger, and David C. Morrison

Anomalous Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Experimental Enterococcal Infection
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6628-6637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mattias Collin, Mikael D. Svensson, Anders G. Sjöholm, Jens C. Jensenius, Ulf Sjöbring, and Arne Olsén

EndoS and SpeB from Streptococcus pyogenes Inhibit Immunoglobulin-Mediated Opsonophagocytosis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6646-6651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marshall R. Monteville and Michael E. Konkel

Fibronectin-Facilitated Invasion of T84 Eukaryotic Cells by Campylobacter jejuni Occurs Preferentially at the Basolateral Cell Surface
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6665-6671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon R. Clarke, Llinos G. Harris, R. Geoff Richards, and Simon J. Foster

Analysis of Ebh, a 1.1-Megadalton Cell Wall-Associated Fibronectin-Binding Protein of Staphylococcus aureus
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6680-6687. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. A. Hoover, D. W. Culp, M. H. Vodkin, J. C. Williams, and H. A. Thompson

Chromosomal DNA Deletions Explain Phenotypic Characteristics of Two Antigenic Variants, Phase II and RSA 514 (Crazy), of the Coxiella burnetii Nine Mile Strain
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6726-6733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sunita Varghees, Kati Kiss, Giovanni Frans, Orit Braha, and James E. Samuel

Cloning and Porin Activity of the Major Outer Membrane Protein P1 from Coxiella burnetii
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6741-6750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephen Doughty, Joan Sloan, Vicki Bennett-Wood, Marcus Robertson, Roy M. Robins-Browne, and Elizabeth L. Hartland

Identification of a Novel Fimbrial Gene Cluster Related to Long Polar Fimbriae in Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative Strains of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6761-6769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rita Tamayo, Sara S. Ryan, Andrea J. McCoy, and John S. Gunn

Identification and Genetic Characterization of PmrA-Regulated Genes and Genes Involved in Polymyxin B Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6770-6778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Papazisi, S. Frasca, Jr., M. Gladd, X. Liao, D. Yogev, and S. J. Geary

GapA and CrmA Coexpression Is Essential for Mycoplasma gallisepticum Cytadherence and Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6839-6845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheryl L. Tarr, Teresa M. Large, Chris L. Moeller, David W. Lacher, Phillip I. Tarr, David W. Acheson, and Thomas S. Whittam

Molecular Characterization of a Serotype O121:H19 Clone, a Distinct Shiga Toxin-Producing Clone of Pathogenic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6853-6859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John D. Boyce, Ian Wilkie, Marina Harper, Mike L. Paustian, Vivek Kapur, and Ben Adler

Genomic Scale Analysis of Pasteurella multocida Gene Expression during Growth within the Natural Chicken Host
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6871-6879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David M. Roberts, Melissa Caimano, John McDowell, Michael Theisen, Arne Holm, Edward Orff, David Nelson, Stephen Wikel, Justin Radolf, and Richard T. Marconi

Environmental Regulation and Differential Production of Members of the Bdr Protein Family of Borrelia burgdorferi
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7033-7041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tohru Yamada, Masatoshi Goto, Vasu Punj, Olga Zaborina, Kazuhide Kimbara, T. K. Das Gupta, and A. M. Chakrabarty

The Bacterial Redox Protein Azurin Induces Apoptosis in J774 Macrophages through Complex Formation and Stabilization of the Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7054-7062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pinaki R. Dutta, Renato Cappello, Fernando Navarro-García, and James P. Nataro

Functional Comparison of Serine Protease Autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7105-7113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miroslav S. Sarac, Angus Cameron, and Iris Lindberg

The Furin Inhibitor Hexa-D-Arginine Blocks the Activation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A In Vivo
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7136-7139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tadahiro Karasawa, Hideaki Ito, Teizo Tsukamoto, Shinji Yamasaki, Hisao Kurazono, Shah M. Faruque, G. Balakrish Nair, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, and Yoshifumi Takeda

Cloning and Characterization of Genes Encoding Homologues of the B Subunit of Cholera Toxin and the Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin from Clinical Isolates of Citrobacter freundii and E. coli
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7153-7155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas A. Russo, Catherine D. McFadden, Ulrike B. Carlino-MacDonald, Janet M. Beanan, Travis J. Barnard, and James R. Johnson

IroN Functions as a Siderophore Receptor and Is a Urovirulence Factor in an Extraintestinal Pathogenic Isolate of Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7156-7160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth A. Shakhnovich, Samantha J. King, and Jeffrey N. Weiser

Neuraminidase Expressed by Streptococcus pneumoniae Desialylates the Lipopolysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae: a Paradigm for Interbacterial Competition among Pathogens of the Human Respiratory Tract
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7161-7164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Waldemar Vollmer and Alexander Tomasz

Peptidoglycan N-Acetylglucosamine Deacetylase, a Putative Virulence Factor in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7176-7178. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Kenneth T. Mountzouros, Kelly A. Belanger, Alan P. Howell, Garvin S. Bixler, Jr., and Dace V. Madore

A Glycoconjugate Vaccine for Neisseria meningitidis Induces Antibodies in Human Infants That Afford Protection against Meningococcal Bacteremia in a Neonate Rat Challenge Model
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6576-6582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John W. Upham, Peter T. Lee, Barbara J. Holt, Tricia Heaton, Susan L. Prescott, Mary J. Sharp, Peter D. Sly, and Patrick G. Holt

Development of Interleukin-12-Producing Capacity throughout Childhood
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6583-6588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jehad Charo, Maria Sundbäck, Ken Wasserman, Anne-Marie T. Ciupitu, Babak Mirzai, Ruurd van der Zee, and Rolf Kiessling

Marked Enhancement of the Antigen-Specific Immune Response by Combining Plasmid DNA-Based Immunization with a Schiff Base-Forming Drug
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6652-6657. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fernando L. L. Cardoso, Paulo R. Z. Antas, Alexandre S. Milagres, Annemieke Geluk, Kees L. M. C. Franken, Eliane B. Oliveira, Henrique C. Teixeira, Susie A. Nogueira, Euzenir N. Sarno, Paul Klatser, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, and Elizabeth P. Sampaio

T-Cell Responses to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific Antigen ESAT-6 in Brazilian Tuberculosis Patients
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6707-6714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ping Zhang, Christina Jespersgaard, Leticia Lamberty-Mallory, Jannet Katz, Yan Huang, George Hajishengallis, and Suzanne M. Michalek

Enhanced Immunogenicity of a Genetic Chimeric Protein Consisting of Two Virulence Antigens of Streptococcus mutans and Protection against Infection
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6779-6787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cecilia A. Morgan, Sheila A. Lukehart, and Wesley C. Van Voorhis

Immunization with the N-Terminal Portion of Treponema pallidum Repeat Protein K Attenuates Syphilitic Lesion Development in the Rabbit Model
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6811-6816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Emeka I. Igwe, Gernot Geginat, and Holger Rüssmann

Concomitant Cytosolic Delivery of Two Immunodominant Listerial Antigens by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Confers Superior Protection against Murine Listeriosis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7114-7119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Walaiporn Tonpitak, Nina Baltes, Isabel Hennig-Pauka, and Gerald F. Gerlach

Construction of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Serotype 2 Prototype Live Negative-Marker Vaccine
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7120-7125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Abdurrahim Kocyigit, Selahaddin Gur, Mehmet S. Gurel, Vedat Bulut, and Mustafa Ulukanligil

Antimonial Therapy Induces Circulating Proinflammatory Cytokines in Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6589-6591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erika Suzuki, Ameria K. Tanaka, Marcos S. Toledo, Helio K. Takahashi, and Anita H. Straus

Role of ß-D-Galactofuranose in Leishmania major Macrophage Invasion
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6592-6596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

María Colmenares, Stephanie L. Constant, Peter E. Kima, and Diane McMahon-Pratt

Leishmania pifanoi Pathogenesis: Selective Lack of a Local Cutaneous Response in the Absence of Circulating Antibody
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6597-6605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lukasz Kedzierski, Casilda G. Black, Matthew W. Goschnick, Anthony W. Stowers, and Ross L. Coppel

Immunization with a Combination of Merozoite Surface Proteins 4/5 and 1 Enhances Protection against Lethal Challenge with Plasmodium yoelii
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6606-6613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donatella Pietrella, Rosanna Mazzolla, Patrizia Lupo, Lucia Pitzurra, Maria Jesus Gomez, Robert Cherniak, and Anna Vecchiarelli

Mannoprotein from Cryptococcus neoformans Promotes T-Helper Type 1 Anticandidal Responses in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6621-6627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Farhat Afrin, Ravindran Rajesh, Khairul Anam, Meenakshisundram Gopinath, Swati Pal, and Nahid Ali

Characterization of Leishmania donovani Antigens Encapsulated in Liposomes That Induce Protective Immunity in BALB/c Mice
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6697-6706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. F. Hoft and C. S. Eickhoff

Type 1 Immunity Provides Optimal Protection against Both Mucosal and Systemic Trypanosoma cruzi Challenges
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6715-6725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olívia Bacellar, Hélio Lessa, Albert Schriefer, Paulo Machado, Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus, Walderez O. Dutra, Kenneth J. Gollob, and Edgar M. Carvalho

Up-Regulation of Th1-Type Responses in Mucosal Leishmaniasis Patients
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6734-6740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ute Willhoeft, Heidrun Buß, and Egbert Tannich

The Abundant Polyadenylated Transcript 2 DNA Sequence of the Pathogenic Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica Represents a Nonautonomous Non-Long-Terminal-Repeat Retrotransposon- Like Element Which Is Absent in the Closely Related Nonpathogenic Species Entamoeba dispar
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6798-6804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sanjukta Ghosh, Sandip Bhattacharyya, Madhumita Sirkar, Gouri Shankar Sa, Tanya Das, Debashis Majumdar, Syamal Roy, and Subrata Majumdar

Leishmania donovani Suppresses Activated Protein 1 and NF-B Activation in Host Macrophages via Ceramide Generation: Involvement of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6828-6838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Birkett, K. Lyons, A. Schmidt, D. Boyd, G. A. Oliveira, A. Siddique, R. Nussenzweig, J. M. Calvo-Calle, and E. Nardin

A Modified Hepatitis B Virus Core Particle Containing Multiple Epitopes of the Plasmodium falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein Provides a Highly Immunogenic Malaria Vaccine in Preclinical Analyses in Rodent and Primate Hosts
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6860-6870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guy Tronchin, Karine Esnault, Myriam Sanchez, Gerald Larcher, Agnes Marot-Leblond, and Jean-Philippe Bouchara

Purification and Partial Characterization of a 32-Kilodalton Sialic Acid-Specific Lectin from Aspergillus fumigatus
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6891-6895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Theresa M. Karplus, Selma M. B. Jeronimo, Haeok Chang, Bethany K. Helms, Trudy L. Burns, Jeffrey C. Murray, Adele A. Mitchell, Elizabeth W. Pugh, Regina F. S. Braz, Fabiana L. Bezerra, and Mary E. Wilson

Association between the Tumor Necrosis Factor Locus and the Clinical Outcome of Leishmania chagasi Infection
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6919-6925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmen M. Collazo, George S. Yap, Sara Hieny, Patricia Caspar, Carl G. Feng, Gregory A. Taylor, and Alan Sher

The Function of Gamma Interferon-Inducible GTP-Binding Protein IGTP in Host Resistance to Toxoplasma gondii Is Stat1 Dependent and Requires Expression in Both Hematopoietic and Nonhematopoietic Cellular Compartments
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6933-6939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrike Wille, Eric N. Villegas, Linden Craig, Robert Peach, and Christopher A. Hunter

Contribution of Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and the CD28/B7 and CD40/CD40 Ligand Pathways to the Development of a Pathological T-Cell Response in IL-10-Deficient Mice
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6940-6947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael C. Kennedy, Jin Wang, Yanling Zhang, Aaron P. Miles, Farideh Chitsaz, Allan Saul, Carole A. Long, Louis H. Miller, and Anthony W. Stowers

In Vitro Studies with Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA1): Production and Activity of an AMA1 Vaccine and Generation of a Multiallelic Response
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6948-6960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony W. Stowers, Michael C. Kennedy, Brian P. Keegan, Allan Saul, Carole A. Long, and Louis H. Miller

Vaccination of Monkeys with Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Confers Protection against Blood-Stage Malaria
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6961-6967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fotini T. Papageorgiou and Ketty P. Soteriadou

Expression of a Novel Leishmania Gene Encoding a Histone H1-Like Protein in Leishmania major Modulates Parasite Infectivity In Vitro
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6976-6986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohamed S. Abdel-Latif, Ayman Khattab, Christoph Lindenthal, Peter G. Kremsner, and Mo-Quen Klinkert

Recognition of Variant Rifin Antigens by Human Antibodies Induced during Natural Plasmodium falciparum Infections
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7013-7021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fatema Nomanbhoy, Chad Steele, Junko Yano, and Paul L. Fidel, Jr.

Vaginal and Oral Epithelial Cell Anti-Candida Activity
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7081-7088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. A. V. Ferro, D. A. O. Silva, E. Bevilacqua, and J. R. Mineo

Effect of Toxoplasma gondii Infection Kinetics on Trophoblast Cell Population in Calomys callosus, a Model of Congenital Toxoplasmosis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7089-7094. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fernán Agüero, Vanina Campo, Laura Cremona, Adriana Jäger, Javier M. Di Noia, Peter Overath, Daniel O. Sánchez, and Alberto Carlos Frasch

Gene Discovery in the Freshwater Fish Parasite Trypanosoma carassii: Identification of trans-Sialidase-Like and Mucin-Like Genes
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7140-7144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carolann McGuire, Weng C. Chan, and Derek Wakelin

Nasal Immunization with Homogenate and Peptide Antigens Induces Protective Immunity against Trichinella spiralis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7149-7152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Soe Soe, Subhash Singh, Daniel Camus, Toshihiro Horii, and Pierre Druilhe

Plasmodium falciparum Serine Repeat Protein, a New Target of Monocyte-Dependent Antibody-Mediated Parasite Killing
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7182-7184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Susan M. Paulin, Patricia R. Watson, Annette R. Benmore, Mark P. Stevens, Philip W. Jones, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, and Timothy S. Wallis

Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serotype-Host Specificity in Calves: Avirulence of S. enterica Serotype Gallinarum Correlates with Bacterial Dissemination from Mesenteric Lymph Nodes and Persistence In Vivo
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6788-6797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. A. Curtis, J. Aduse Opoku, M. Rangarajan, A. Gallagher, J. A. C. Sterne, C. R. Reid, H. E. A. Evans, and B. Samuelsson

Attenuation of the Virulence of Porphyromonas gingivalis by Using a Specific Synthetic Kgp Protease Inhibitor
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6968-6975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. J. Cockle, S. V. Gordon, A. Lalvani, B. M. Buddle, R. G. Hewinson, and H. M. Vordermeier

Identification of Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens with Potential as Diagnostic Reagents or Subunit Vaccine Candidates by Comparative Genomics
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6996-7003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jinkyung Ko, Annette Gendron-Fitzpatrick, Thomas A. Ficht, and Gary A. Splitter

Virulence Criteria for Brucella abortus Strains as Determined by Interferon Regulatory Factor 1-Deficient Mice
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7004-7012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joel D. Schilling, Robin G. Lorenz, and Scott J. Hultgren

Effect of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole on Recurrent Bacteriuria and Bacterial Persistence in Mice Infected with Uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7042-7049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura M. Smoot, John K. McCormick, James C. Smoot, Nancy P. Hoe, Ian Strickland, Robert L. Cole, Kent D. Barbian, Cathleen A. Earhart, Douglas H. Ohlendorf, L. George Veasy, Harry R. Hill, Donald Y. M. Leung, Patrick M. Schlievert, and James M. Musser

Characterization of Two Novel Pyrogenic Toxin Superantigens Made by an Acute Rheumatic Fever Clone of Streptococcus pyogenes Associated with Multiple Disease Outbreaks
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7095-7104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brad Gilbertson and Christina Cheers

Generalized Immunological Decline during Long-Term Experimental Infection with Mycobacterium avium
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7145-7148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diane C. St. Amant, Iris E. Valentin-Bon, and Ann E. Jerse

Inhibition of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Lactobacillus Species That Are Commonly Isolated from the Female Genital Tract
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7169-7171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Rachel J. Williams, Brian Henderson, Lindsay J. Sharp, and Sean P. Nair

Identification of a Fibronectin-Binding Protein from Staphylococcus epidermidis
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6805-6810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicola Casali, Marc Konieczny, M. Alexander Schmidt, and Lee W. Riley

Invasion Activity of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptide Presented by the Escherichia coli AIDA Autotransporter
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6846-6852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benfang Lei, Frank R. DeLeo, Sean D. Reid, Jovanka M. Voyich, Loranne Magoun, Mengyao Liu, Kevin R. Braughton, Stacy Ricklefs, Nancy P. Hoe, Robert L. Cole, John M. Leong, and James M. Musser

Opsonophagocytosis-Inhibiting Mac Protein of Group A Streptococcus: Identification and Characteristics of Two Genetic Complexes
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6880-6890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michele A. Barocchi, Albert I. Ko, Mitermayer Galvão Reis, Kent L. McDonald, and Lee W. Riley

Rapid Translocation of Polarized MDCK Cell Monolayers by Leptospira interrogans, an Invasive but Nonintracellular Pathogen
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6926-6932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rejiv B. Mathoera, Dik J. Kok, Cees M. Verduin, and Rien J. M. Nijman

Pathological and Therapeutic Significance of Cellular Invasion by Proteus mirabilis in an Enterocystoplasty Infection Stone Model
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7022-7032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sara H. Browne, Marc L. Lesnick, and Donald G. Guiney

Genetic Requirements for Salmonella-Induced Cytopathology in Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7126-7135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruce W. Jarvis, Tajie H. Harris, Nilofer Qureshi, and Gary A. Splitter

Rough Lipopolysaccharide from Brucella abortus and Escherichia coli Differentially Activates the Same Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Pathways for Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in RAW 264.7 Macrophage-Like Cells
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7165-7168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Genomics:

N. Ariel, A. Zvi, H. Grosfeld, O. Gat, Y. Inbar, B. Velan, S. Cohen, and A. Shafferman

Search for Potential Vaccine Candidate Open Reading Frames in the Bacillus anthracis Virulence Plasmid pXO1: In Silico and In Vitro Screening
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6817-6827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mingqi Deng, Thomas J. Templeton, Nicole R. London, Carrey Bauer, Alison A. Schroeder, and Mitchell S. Abrahamsen

Cryptosporidium parvum Genes Containing Thrombospondin Type 1 Domains
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 6987-6995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Agnès Perrin, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Etienne Carbonnelle, Driss Talibi, Philippe Dessen, Xavier Nassif, and Colin Tinsley

Comparative Genomics Identifies the Genetic Islands That Distinguish Neisseria meningitidis, the Agent of Cerebrospinal Meningitis, from Other Neisseria Species
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7063-7072. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

James R. Johnson, Martine Bingen-Bidois, Mustapha Terki, Dominique Barraud, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Olivier Clermont, Naïma Brahimi, Chawki Loukil, and Edouard Bingen

Escherichia coli Pathogenicity Island-Like Domains
Infect. Immun. 2002 70: 7185-7186. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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