Contents: December 2002, Volume 70, Issue 12        Guest Commentary        Minireviews        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Pathogenesis        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Bacterial Infections        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Molecular Genomics        Letters Other Issues

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Guest Commentary:

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Chemokines Meet Defensins: the Merging Concepts of Chemoattractants and Antimicrobial Peptides in Host Defense Manuela Dürr and Andreas Peschel Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6515-6517; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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In Vivo Expression Technology Michael J. Angelichio and Andrew Camilli Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6518-6523; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Antimicrobial Peptides from Human Platelets Yi-Quan Tang, Michael R. Yeaman, and Michael E. Selsted Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6524-6533; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Keratinocyte Growth Factor 1 Expression by Lipopolysaccharide Is Regulated by CD-14 and Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 Edward E. Putnins, Ali-Reza Sanaie, Qiang Wu, and James D. Firth Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6541-6548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Producing Interleukin-18 Increases Antigen-Specific Gamma Interferon Production in Mice Franck Biet, Laurent Kremer, Isabelle Wolowczuk, Myriam Delacre, and Camille Locht Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6549-6557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific 10-Kilodalton Antigen on Macrophage Release of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Nitric Oxide Vladimir Trajkovic, Gyanesh Singh, Balwan Singh, Sarman Singh, and Pawan Sharma Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6558-6566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas fluorescens Encodes the Crohn's Disease-Associated I2 Sequence and T-Cell Superantigen Bo Wei, Tiffany Huang, Harnisha Dalwadi, Christopher L. Sutton, David Bruckner, and Jonathan Braun Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6567-6575; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Mamoru Kawahara, Tadashi Nakasone, and Mitsuo Honda Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6614-6620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Expression of Toll-Like Receptors and Their Reactivities in Dendritic Cells in BALB/c and C57BL/6 Mice Tie Liu, Tetsuya Matsuguchi, Naotake Tsuboi, Toshiki Yajima, and Yasunobu Yoshikai Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6638-6645; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Counteracting Interactions between Lipopolysaccharide Molecules with Differential Activation of Toll-Like Receptors George Hajishengallis, Michael Martin, Robert E. Schifferle, and Robert J. Genco Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6658-6664; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Carl G. Feng, Marika C. Kullberg, Dragana Jankovic, Allen W. Cheever, Patricia Caspar, Robert L. Coffman, and Alan Sher Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6672-6679; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Innate Immune Responses of Human Neonatal Cells to Bacteria from the Normal Gastrointestinal Flora Helen Karlsson, Christina Hessle, and Anna Rudin Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6688-6696; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Decreased Infectivity despite Unaltered C3 Binding by a hbhA Mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Stacey L. Mueller-Ortiz, Eliud Sepulveda, Margaret R. Olsen, Chinnaswamy Jagannath, Audrey R. Wanger, and Steven J. Norris Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6751-6760; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Caspase 1 in Murine Antibacterial Host Defenses and Lethal Endotoxemia Vishwas D. Joshi, Dhananjaya V. Kalvakolanu, John R. Hebel, Jeffrey D. Hasday, and Alan S. Cross Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6896-6903; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Arginine-Rich Cationic Polypeptides Amplify Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Monocyte Activation Herbert Bosshart and Michael Heinzelmann Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6904-6910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

B-Cell-Deficient Mice Show an Exacerbated Inflammatory Response in a Model of Chlamydophila abortus Infection Antonio J. Buendía, Laura Del Río, Nieves Ortega, Joaquín Sánchez, María C. Gallego, María R. Caro, Jose A. Navarro, Francisco Cuello, and Jesús Salinas Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6911-6918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactoferrin Protects Rabbits from Shigella flexneri-Induced Inflammatory Enteritis Henry F. Gomez, Theresa J. Ochoa, Irene Herrera-Insua, Lily G. Carlin, and Thomas G. Cleary Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7050-7053; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-18 and Gamma Interferon Production by Oral Epithelial Cells in Response to Exposure to Candida albicans or Lipopolysaccharide Stimulation Mahmoud Rouabhia, Geneviève Ross, Nathalie Pagé, and Jamila Chakir Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7073-7080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leptospires Are Killed In Vitro by Both Oxygen-Dependent and -Independent Reactions Rossella Murgia, Rodolfo Garcia, and Marina Cinco Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7172-7175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of NADPH Oxidase-Dependent Resistance to Listeriosis in Mice Occurs during the First 6 to 12 Hours of Liver Infection Ronald LaCourse, Lynn Ryan, and Robert J. North Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7179-7181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Construction of a Novel Transposon Mutagenesis System Useful in the Isolation of Streptococcus parasanguis Mutants Defective in Fap1 Glycosylation Qiang Chen, Hui Wu, and Paula M. Fives-Taylor Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6534-6540; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anomalous Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Experimental Enterococcal Infection Christopher J. Papasian, Richard Silverstein, Jian Jun Gao, David M. Bamberger, and David C. Morrison Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6628-6637; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

EndoS and SpeB from Streptococcus pyogenes Inhibit Immunoglobulin-Mediated Opsonophagocytosis Mattias Collin, Mikael D. Svensson, Anders G. Sjöholm, Jens C. Jensenius, Ulf Sjöbring, and Arne Olsén Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6646-6651; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fibronectin-Facilitated Invasion of T84 Eukaryotic Cells by Campylobacter jejuni Occurs Preferentially at the Basolateral Cell Surface Marshall R. Monteville and Michael E. Konkel Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6665-6671; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Ebh, a 1.1-Megadalton Cell Wall-Associated Fibronectin-Binding Protein of Staphylococcus aureus Simon R. Clarke, Llinos G. Harris, R. Geoff Richards, and Simon J. Foster Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6680-6687; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chromosomal DNA Deletions Explain Phenotypic Characteristics of Two Antigenic Variants, Phase II and RSA 514 (Crazy), of the Coxiella burnetii Nine Mile Strain T. A. Hoover, D. W. Culp, M. H. Vodkin, J. C. Williams, and H. A. Thompson Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6726-6733; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Porin Activity of the Major Outer Membrane Protein P1 from Coxiella burnetii Sunita Varghees, Kati Kiss, Giovanni Frans, Orit Braha, and James E. Samuel Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6741-6750; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Novel Fimbrial Gene Cluster Related to Long Polar Fimbriae in Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative Strains of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Stephen Doughty, Joan Sloan, Vicki Bennett-Wood, Marcus Robertson, Roy M. Robins-Browne, and Elizabeth L. Hartland Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6761-6769; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Genetic Characterization of PmrA-Regulated Genes and Genes Involved in Polymyxin B Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Rita Tamayo, Sara S. Ryan, Andrea J. McCoy, and John S. Gunn Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6770-6778; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

GapA and CrmA Coexpression Is Essential for Mycoplasma gallisepticum Cytadherence and Virulence L. Papazisi, S. Frasca, Jr., M. Gladd, X. Liao, D. Yogev, and S. J. Geary Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6839-6845; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of a Serotype O121:H19 Clone, a Distinct Shiga Toxin-Producing Clone of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Cheryl L. Tarr, Teresa M. Large, Chris L. Moeller, David W. Lacher, Phillip I. Tarr, David W. Acheson, and Thomas S. Whittam Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6853-6859; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Scale Analysis of Pasteurella multocida Gene Expression during Growth within the Natural Chicken Host John D. Boyce, Ian Wilkie, Marina Harper, Mike L. Paustian, Vivek Kapur, and Ben Adler Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6871-6879; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Environmental Regulation and Differential Production of Members of the Bdr Protein Family of Borrelia burgdorferi David M. Roberts, Melissa Caimano, John McDowell, Michael Theisen, Arne Holm, Edward Orff, David Nelson, Stephen Wikel, Justin Radolf, and Richard T. Marconi Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7033-7041; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bacterial Redox Protein Azurin Induces Apoptosis in J774 Macrophages through Complex Formation and Stabilization of the Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 Tohru Yamada, Masatoshi Goto, Vasu Punj, Olga Zaborina, Kazuhide Kimbara, T. K. Das Gupta, and A. M. Chakrabarty Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7054-7062; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Comparison of Serine Protease Autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae Pinaki R. Dutta, Renato Cappello, Fernando Navarro-García, and James P. Nataro Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7105-7113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Furin Inhibitor Hexa-D-Arginine Blocks the Activation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A In Vivo Miroslav S. Sarac, Angus Cameron, and Iris Lindberg Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7136-7139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Tadahiro Karasawa, Hideaki Ito, Teizo Tsukamoto, Shinji Yamasaki, Hisao Kurazono, Shah M. Faruque, G. Balakrish Nair, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, and Yoshifumi Takeda Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7153-7155; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

IroN Functions as a Siderophore Receptor and Is a Urovirulence Factor in an Extraintestinal Pathogenic Isolate of Escherichia coli Thomas A. Russo, Catherine D. McFadden, Ulrike B. Carlino-MacDonald, Janet M. Beanan, Travis J. Barnard, and James R. Johnson Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7156-7160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Elizabeth A. Shakhnovich, Samantha J. King, and Jeffrey N. Weiser Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7161-7164; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Peptidoglycan N-Acetylglucosamine Deacetylase, a Putative Virulence Factor in Streptococcus pneumoniae Waldemar Vollmer and Alexander Tomasz Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7176-7178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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A Glycoconjugate Vaccine for Neisseria meningitidis Induces Antibodies in Human Infants That Afford Protection against Meningococcal Bacteremia in a Neonate Rat Challenge Model Kenneth T. Mountzouros, Kelly A. Belanger, Alan P. Howell, Garvin S. Bixler, Jr., and Dace V. Madore Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6576-6582; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of Interleukin-12-Producing Capacity throughout Childhood John W. Upham, Peter T. Lee, Barbara J. Holt, Tricia Heaton, Susan L. Prescott, Mary J. Sharp, Peter D. Sly, and Patrick G. Holt Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6583-6588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Marked Enhancement of the Antigen-Specific Immune Response by Combining Plasmid DNA-Based Immunization with a Schiff Base-Forming Drug Jehad Charo, Maria Sundbäck, Ken Wasserman, Anne-Marie T. Ciupitu, Babak Mirzai, Ruurd van der Zee, and Rolf Kiessling Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6652-6657; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Enhanced Immunogenicity of a Genetic Chimeric Protein Consisting of Two Virulence Antigens of Streptococcus mutans and Protection against Infection Ping Zhang, Christina Jespersgaard, Leticia Lamberty-Mallory, Jannet Katz, Yan Huang, George Hajishengallis, and Suzanne M. Michalek Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6779-6787; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization with the N-Terminal Portion of Treponema pallidum Repeat Protein K Attenuates Syphilitic Lesion Development in the Rabbit Model Cecilia A. Morgan, Sheila A. Lukehart, and Wesley C. Van Voorhis Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6811-6816; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Concomitant Cytosolic Delivery of Two Immunodominant Listerial Antigens by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Confers Superior Protection against Murine Listeriosis Emeka I. Igwe, Gernot Geginat, and Holger Rüssmann Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7114-7119; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of an Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Serotype 2 Prototype Live Negative-Marker Vaccine Walaiporn Tonpitak, Nina Baltes, Isabel Hennig-Pauka, and Gerald F. Gerlach Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7120-7125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Antimonial Therapy Induces Circulating Proinflammatory Cytokines in Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Abdurrahim Kocyigit, Selahaddin Gur, Mehmet S. Gurel, Vedat Bulut, and Mustafa Ulukanligil Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6589-6591; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of ß-D-Galactofuranose in Leishmania major Macrophage Invasion Erika Suzuki, Ameria K. Tanaka, Marcos S. Toledo, Helio K. Takahashi, and Anita H. Straus Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6592-6596; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leishmania pifanoi Pathogenesis: Selective Lack of a Local Cutaneous Response in the Absence of Circulating Antibody María Colmenares, Stephanie L. Constant, Peter E. Kima, and Diane McMahon-Pratt Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6597-6605; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization with a Combination of Merozoite Surface Proteins 4/5 and 1 Enhances Protection against Lethal Challenge with Plasmodium yoelii Lukasz Kedzierski, Casilda G. Black, Matthew W. Goschnick, Anthony W. Stowers, and Ross L. Coppel Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6606-6613; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mannoprotein from Cryptococcus neoformans Promotes T-Helper Type 1 Anticandidal Responses in Mice Donatella Pietrella, Rosanna Mazzolla, Patrizia Lupo, Lucia Pitzurra, Maria Jesus Gomez, Robert Cherniak, and Anna Vecchiarelli Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6621-6627; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Leishmania donovani Antigens Encapsulated in Liposomes That Induce Protective Immunity in BALB/c Mice Farhat Afrin, Ravindran Rajesh, Khairul Anam, Meenakshisundram Gopinath, Swati Pal, and Nahid Ali Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6697-6706; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Type 1 Immunity Provides Optimal Protection against Both Mucosal and Systemic Trypanosoma cruzi Challenges D. F. Hoft and C. S. Eickhoff Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6715-6725; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Up-Regulation of Th1-Type Responses in Mucosal Leishmaniasis Patients Olívia Bacellar, Hélio Lessa, Albert Schriefer, Paulo Machado, Amélia Ribeiro de Jesus, Walderez O. Dutra, Kenneth J. Gollob, and Edgar M. Carvalho Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6734-6740; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Ute Willhoeft, Heidrun Buß, and Egbert Tannich Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6798-6804; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leishmania donovani Suppresses Activated Protein 1 and NF-B Activation in Host Macrophages via Ceramide Generation: Involvement of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Sanjukta Ghosh, Sandip Bhattacharyya, Madhumita Sirkar, Gouri Shankar Sa, Tanya Das, Debashis Majumdar, Syamal Roy, and Subrata Majumdar Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6828-6838; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 A. Birkett, K. Lyons, A. Schmidt, D. Boyd, G. A. Oliveira, A. Siddique, R. Nussenzweig, J. M. Calvo-Calle, and E. Nardin Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6860-6870; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Partial Characterization of a 32-Kilodalton Sialic Acid-Specific Lectin from Aspergillus fumigatus Guy Tronchin, Karine Esnault, Myriam Sanchez, Gerald Larcher, Agnes Marot-Leblond, and Jean-Philippe Bouchara Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6891-6895; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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 Carmen M. Collazo, George S. Yap, Sara Hieny, Patricia Caspar, Carl G. Feng, Gregory A. Taylor, and Alan Sher Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6933-6939; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Ulrike Wille, Eric N. Villegas, Linden Craig, Robert Peach, and Christopher A. Hunter Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6940-6947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Michael C. Kennedy, Jin Wang, Yanling Zhang, Aaron P. Miles, Farideh Chitsaz, Allan Saul, Carole A. Long, Louis H. Miller, and Anthony W. Stowers Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6948-6960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccination of Monkeys with Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Confers Protection against Blood-Stage Malaria Anthony W. Stowers, Michael C. Kennedy, Brian P. Keegan, Allan Saul, Carole A. Long, and Louis H. Miller Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6961-6967; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of a Novel Leishmania Gene Encoding a Histone H1-Like Protein in Leishmania major Modulates Parasite Infectivity In Vitro Fotini T. Papageorgiou and Ketty P. Soteriadou Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6976-6986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recognition of Variant Rifin Antigens by Human Antibodies Induced during Natural Plasmodium falciparum Infections Mohamed S. Abdel-Latif, Ayman Khattab, Christoph Lindenthal, Peter G. Kremsner, and Mo-Quen Klinkert Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7013-7021; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaginal and Oral Epithelial Cell Anti-Candida Activity Fatema Nomanbhoy, Chad Steele, Junko Yano, and Paul L. Fidel, Jr. Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7081-7088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Toxoplasma gondii Infection Kinetics on Trophoblast Cell Population in Calomys callosus, a Model of Congenital Toxoplasmosis E. A. V. Ferro, D. A. O. Silva, E. Bevilacqua, and J. R. Mineo Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7089-7094; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Discovery in the Freshwater Fish Parasite Trypanosoma carassii: Identification of trans-Sialidase-Like and Mucin-Like Genes Fernán Agüero, Vanina Campo, Laura Cremona, Adriana Jäger, Javier M. Di Noia, Peter Overath, Daniel O. Sánchez, and Alberto Carlos Frasch Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7140-7144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nasal Immunization with Homogenate and Peptide Antigens Induces Protective Immunity against Trichinella spiralis Carolann McGuire, Weng C. Chan, and Derek Wakelin Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7149-7152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmodium falciparum Serine Repeat Protein, a New Target of Monocyte-Dependent Antibody-Mediated Parasite Killing Soe Soe, Subhash Singh, Daniel Camus, Toshihiro Horii, and Pierre Druilhe Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7182-7184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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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 Susan M. Paulin, Patricia R. Watson, Annette R. Benmore, Mark P. Stevens, Philip W. Jones, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, and Timothy S. Wallis Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6788-6797; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attenuation of the Virulence of Porphyromonas gingivalis by Using a Specific Synthetic Kgp Protease Inhibitor M. A. Curtis, J. Aduse Opoku, M. Rangarajan, A. Gallagher, J. A. C. Sterne, C. R. Reid, H. E. A. Evans, and B. Samuelsson Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6968-6975; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens with Potential as Diagnostic Reagents or Subunit Vaccine Candidates by Comparative Genomics P. J. Cockle, S. V. Gordon, A. Lalvani, B. M. Buddle, R. G. Hewinson, and H. M. Vordermeier Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6996-7003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulence Criteria for Brucella abortus Strains as Determined by Interferon Regulatory Factor 1-Deficient Mice Jinkyung Ko, Annette Gendron-Fitzpatrick, Thomas A. Ficht, and Gary A. Splitter Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7004-7012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole on Recurrent Bacteriuria and Bacterial Persistence in Mice Infected with Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Joel D. Schilling, Robin G. Lorenz, and Scott J. Hultgren Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7042-7049; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Generalized Immunological Decline during Long-Term Experimental Infection with Mycobacterium avium Brad Gilbertson and Christina Cheers Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7145-7148; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Lactobacillus Species That Are Commonly Isolated from the Female Genital Tract Diane C. St. Amant, Iris E. Valentin-Bon, and Ann E. Jerse Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7169-7171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Identification of a Fibronectin-Binding Protein from Staphylococcus epidermidis Rachel J. Williams, Brian Henderson, Lindsay J. Sharp, and Sean P. Nair Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6805-6810; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Invasion Activity of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptide Presented by the Escherichia coli AIDA Autotransporter Nicola Casali, Marc Konieczny, M. Alexander Schmidt, and Lee W. Riley Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6846-6852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Rapid Translocation of Polarized MDCK Cell Monolayers by Leptospira interrogans, an Invasive but Nonintracellular Pathogen Michele A. Barocchi, Albert I. Ko, Mitermayer Galvão Reis, Kent L. McDonald, and Lee W. Riley Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6926-6932; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pathological and Therapeutic Significance of Cellular Invasion by Proteus mirabilis in an Enterocystoplasty Infection Stone Model Rejiv B. Mathoera, Dik J. Kok, Cees M. Verduin, and Rien J. M. Nijman Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7022-7032; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Requirements for Salmonella-Induced Cytopathology in Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Sara H. Browne, Marc L. Lesnick, and Donald G. Guiney Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7126-7135; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Bruce W. Jarvis, Tajie H. Harris, Nilofer Qureshi, and Gary A. Splitter Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7165-7168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Search for Potential Vaccine Candidate Open Reading Frames in the Bacillus anthracis Virulence Plasmid pXO1: In Silico and In Vitro Screening N. Ariel, A. Zvi, H. Grosfeld, O. Gat, Y. Inbar, B. Velan, S. Cohen, and A. Shafferman Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6817-6827; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptosporidium parvum Genes Containing Thrombospondin Type 1 Domains Mingqi Deng, Thomas J. Templeton, Nicole R. London, Carrey Bauer, Alison A. Schroeder, and Mitchell S. Abrahamsen Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 6987-6995; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Genomics Identifies the Genetic Islands That Distinguish Neisseria meningitidis, the Agent of Cerebrospinal Meningitis, from Other Neisseria Species Agnès Perrin, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Etienne Carbonnelle, Driss Talibi, Philippe Dessen, Xavier Nassif, and Colin Tinsley Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7063-7072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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Escherichia coli Pathogenicity Island-Like Domains James R. Johnson, Martine Bingen-Bidois, Mustapha Terki, Dominique Barraud, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Olivier Clermont, Naïma Brahimi, Chawki Loukil, and Edouard Bingen Infect. Immun. December 2002 70: 7185-7186; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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