Contents: June 2002, Volume 70, Issue 6        Minireviews        Molecular Pathogenesis        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Host Response and Inflammation        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Genomics        Errata        Author's Correction Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Immunity to Murine Chlamydial Genital Infection Richard P. Morrison and Harlan D. Caldwell Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2741-2751; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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A Lytic Transglycosylase of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Is Involved in Peptidoglycan-Derived Cytotoxin Production Karen A. Cloud and Joseph P. Dillard Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2752-2757; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genes Induced during Infection of Human Macrophages Eugenie Dubnau, Patricia Fontán, Riccardo Manganelli, Sonia Soares-Appel, and Issar Smith Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2787-2795; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The In Vitro Interaction of Streptococcus pyogenes with Human Pharyngeal Cells Induces a Phage-Encoded Extracellular DNase Thomas B. Broudy, Vijaykumar Pancholi, and Vincent A. Fischetti Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2805-2811; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 Pilin Glycosylation Site Jason E. Comer, Mark A. Marshall, Vincent J. Blanch, Carolyn D. Deal, and Peter Castric Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2837-2845; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NikR Mediates Nickel-Responsive Transcriptional Induction of Urease Expression in Helicobacter pylori Arnoud H. M. van Vliet, Sophie W. Poppelaars, Beverly J. Davies, Jeroen Stoof, Stefan Bereswill, Manfred Kist, Charles W. Penn, Ernst J. Kuipers, and Johannes G. Kusters Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2846-2852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Glutamine Transport Gene, glnQ, Is Required for Fibronectin Adherence and Virulence of Group B Streptococci Glen S. Tamura, Aphakorn Nittayajarn, and Deborah L. Schoentag Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2877-2885; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression and Characterization of Streptococcal rgp Genes Required for Rhamnan Synthesis in Escherichia coli Yukie Shibata, Yoshihisa Yamashita, Kazuhisa Ozaki, Yoshio Nakano, and Toshihiko Koga Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2891-2898; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

LsaA, an Antigen Involved in Cell Attachment and Invasion, Is Expressed by Lawsonia intracellularis during Infection In Vitro and In Vivo Jackie McCluskey, Joanne Hannigan, Jennifer D. Harris, Brendan Wren, and David G. E. Smith Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2899-2907; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the Overlapping pic/set Locus in Shigella flexneri and Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Martin Behrens, Jalaluddin Sheikh, and James P. Nataro Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2915-2925; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insertional Inactivation of eap in Staphylococcus aureus Strain Newman Confers Reduced Staphylococcal Binding to Fibroblasts Muzaffar Hussain, Axana Haggar, Christine Heilmann, Georg Peters, Jan-Ingmar Flock, and Mathias Herrmann Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2933-2940; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Haemophilus ducreyi Requires the flp Gene Cluster for Microcolony Formation In Vitro Joseph R. Nika, Jo L. Latimer, Christine K. Ward, Robert J. Blick, Nikki J. Wagner, Leslie D. Cope, Gregory G. Mahairas, Robert S. Munson, Jr., and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2965-2975; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Quorum-Sensing Signal Molecule in the Facultative Intracellular Pathogen Brucella melitensis Bernard Taminiau, Mavis Daykin, Simon Swift, Maria-Laura Boschiroli, Anne Tibor, Pascal Lestrate, Xavier De Bolle, David O'Callaghan, Paul Williams, and Jean-Jacques Letesson Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3004-3011; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Borrelia burgdorferi Stringent Response and Gene Expression during Extracellular Growth with Tick Cells Julia Bugrysheva, Elena Y. Dobrikova, Henry P. Godfrey, Marina L. Sartakova, and Felipe C. Cabello Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3061-3067; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quorum-Sensing Escherichia coli Regulator A: a Regulator of the LysR Family Involved in the Regulation of the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement Pathogenicity Island in Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Vanessa Sperandio, Caiyi C. Li, and James B. Kaper Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3085-3093; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Novel Type IV Pilus Locus Encoded on the Large Plasmid of Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli Strains That Are Virulent for Humans Potjanee Srimanote, Adrienne W. Paton, and James C. Paton Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3094-3100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning of the fur Gene from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans V. I. Haraszthy, E. T. Lally, G. G. Haraszthy, and J. J. Zambon Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3170-3179; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the Biofilm-Associated Protein Interferes with Host Protein Receptors of Staphylococcus aureus and Alters the Infective Process Carme Cucarella, M. Ángeles Tormo, Erwin Knecht, Beatriz Amorena, Íñigo Lasa, Timothy J. Foster, and José R. Penadés Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3180-3186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dissemination of the Phage-Associated Novel Superantigen Gene speL in Recent Invasive and Noninvasive Streptococcus pyogenes M3/T3 Isolates in Japan Tadayoshi Ikebe, Akihito Wada, Yoshishige Inagaki, Kumiko Sugama, Rieko Suzuki, Daisuke Tanaka, Aki Tamaru, Yoshihiro Fujinaga, Yoshiaki Abe, Yoshikata Shimizu, Haruo Watanabe, and the Working Group for Group A Streptococci in Japan Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3227-3233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the spv Locus in Salmonella enterica Serovar Arizona Stephen J. Libby, Marc Lesnick, Patricia Hasegawa, Michael Kurth, Christopher Belcher, Joshua Fierer, and Donald G. Guiney Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3290-3294; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Transcription of Clumping Factor A in Attached and Unattached Staphylococcus aureus In Vitro and during Device-Related Infection Christiane Wolz, Christiane Goerke, Regine Landmann, Werner Zimmerli, and Ursula Fluckiger Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2758-2762; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The lbgAB Gene Cluster of Haemophilus ducreyi Encodes a ß-1,4-Galactosyltransferase and an -1,6-DD-Heptosyltransferase Involved in Lipooligosaccharide Biosynthesis Michael V. Tullius, Nancy J. Phillips, N. Karoline Scheffler, Nicole M. Samuels, Robert S. Munson, Jr., Eric J. Hansen, Marla Stevens-Riley, Anthony A. Campagnari, and Bradford W. Gibson Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2853-2861; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Novel Adhesins from Group B Streptococci by Use of Phage Display Reveals that C5a Peptidase Mediates Fibronectin Binding Christiane Beckmann, Joshua D. Waggoner, Theresa O. Harris, Glen S. Tamura, and Craig E. Rubens Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2869-2876; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteomic Analysis of Differentially Expressed Chlamydia pneumoniae Genes during Persistent Infection of HEp-2 Cells Robert E. Molestina, Jon B. Klein, Richard D. Miller, William H. Pierce, Julio A. Ramirez, and James T. Summersgill Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2976-2981; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Regulation of the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases by Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Mycobacteria Shannon K. Roach and Jeffrey S. Schorey Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3040-3052; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of the Salmonella-Containing Vacuole Leads to Increased Replication of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in the Cytosol of Epithelial Cells John H. Brumell, Patrick Tang, Michelle L. Zaharik, and B. Brett Finlay Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3264-3270; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Mapping and Sequencing of the Canine NRAMP1 Gene and Identification of Mutations in Leishmaniasis-Susceptible Dogs Laura Altet, Olga Francino, Laia Solano-Gallego, Corinne Renier, and Armand Sánchez Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2763-2771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monocyte Differentiation in Localized Juvenile Periodontitis Is Skewed toward the Dendritic Cell Phenotype Suzanne E. Barbour, Yuichi Ishihara, Mohammed Fakher, Salma Al-Darmaki, Timothy H. Caven, C. P. Shelburne, Al M. Best, Harvey A. Schenkein, and John G. Tew Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2780-2786; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulatory Role of Interleukin-10 in Experimental Group B Streptococcal Arthritis Manuela Puliti, Christina von Hunolstein, Claudie Verwaerde, Francesco Bistoni, Graziella Orefici, and Luciana Tissi Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2862-2868; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Granule Mobilization and Priming of the Neutrophil Response to Helicobacter pylori Peptide Hp(2-20), Which Activates Formyl Peptide Receptor-Like 1 Johan Bylund, Anna Karlsson, Francois Boulay, and Claes Dahlgren Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2908-2914; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification by Mass Spectrometry of CD8+-T-Cell Mycobacterium tuberculosis Epitopes within the Rv0341 Gene Product David C. Flyer, Venkatesh Ramakrishna, Cara Miller, Helen Myers, Melanie McDaniel, Karen Root, Caroline Flournoy, Victor H. Engelhard, David H. Canaday, Jarrod A. Marto, Mark M. Ross, Donald F. Hunt, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, and Forest M. White Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2926-2932; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pirfenidone Blocks the In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Martha L. Hale, Solomon B. Margolin, Teresa Krakauer, Chad J. Roy, and Bradley G. Stiles Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2989-2994; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharide Down Regulates Both Scavenger Receptor B1 and ATP Binding Cassette Transporter A1 in RAW Cells Irina Baranova, Tatyana Vishnyakova, Alexander Bocharov, Zhigang Chen, Alan T. Remaley, John Stonik, Thomas L. Eggerman, and Amy P. Patterson Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2995-3003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alpha/Beta Interferon Impairs the Ability of Human Macrophages To Control Growth of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Francine Bouchonnet, Neio Boechat, Marcel Bonay, and Allan J. Hance Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3020-3025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Peptidoglycan from Staphylococcus aureus Induces Tissue Factor Expression and Procoagulant Activity in Human Monocytes Eva Mattsson, Heiko Herwald, Lars Björck, and Arne Egesten Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3033-3039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ß-Defensin 1 Contributes to Pulmonary Innate Immunity in Mice Christian Moser, Daniel J. Weiner, Elena Lysenko, Robert Bals, Jeffrey N. Weiser, and James M. Wilson Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3068-3072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Nitric Oxide in Host Defense in Murine Salmonellosis as a Function of Its Antibacterial and Antiapoptotic Activities Mohammad Samiul Alam, Takaaki Akaike, Shinichiro Okamoto, Tatsuo Kubota, Jun Yoshitake, Tomohiro Sawa, Yoichi Miyamoto, Fumio Tamura, and Hiroshi Maeda Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3130-3142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteria Induce Osteoclastogenesis via an Osteoblast-Independent Pathway Yanling Jiang, Chetan K. Mehta, Tun-Yi Hsu, and Fahad F. H. Alsulaimani Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3143-3148; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Helicobacter pylori Gastritis in Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1-Deficient Mice Ulrike Thalmaier, Norbert Lehn, Klaus Pfeffer, Manfred Stolte, Michael Vieth, and Wulf Schneider-Brachert Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3149-3155; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mice Lacking Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1 Have Enhanced Susceptibility to an Interstitial Polymicrobial Infection Due to Impaired Monocyte Recruitment P. Chae, M. Im, F. Gibson, Y. Jiang, and D. T. Graves Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3164-3169; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Apoptosis in Acute Shigellosis Is Associated with Increased Production of Fas/Fas Ligand, Perforin, Caspase-1, and Caspase-3 but Reduced Production of Bcl-2 and Interleukin-2 Rubhana Raqib, Caroline Ekberg, Protim Sharkar, Pradip K. Bardhan, Arturo Zychlinsky, Philippe J. Sansonetti, and Jan Andersson Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3199-3207; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Innate Immune Responses (In Vitro) to HeLa Cells Infected with Nondisseminating Serovar E and Disseminating Serovar L2 of Chlamydia trachomatis Sophie Dessus-Babus, Toni L. Darville, Francis P. Cuozzo, Kaethe Ferguson, and Priscilla B. Wyrick Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3234-3248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Gamma Interferon in Helicobacter pylori Induction of Inflammatory Mediators during Murine Infection Marygorret Obonyo, Donald G. Guiney, Julia Harwood, Joshua Fierer, and Sheri P. Cole Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3295-3299; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteolysis of CD14 on Human Gingival Fibroblasts by Arginine-Specific Cysteine Proteinases from Porphyromonas gingivalis Leading to Down-Regulation of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Interleukin-8 Production Hiroyuki Tada, Shunji Sugawara, Eiji Nemoto, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Takahisa Imamura, Jan Potempa, James Travis, Hidetoshi Shimauchi, and Haruhiko Takada Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3304-3307; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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In Vivo Expression and Immunological Studies of the 42-Kilodalton Carboxyl-Terminal Processing Fragment of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 1 in the Baculovirus-Silkworm System Alan L. Y. Pang, Caryn N. Hashimoto, Leslie Q. Tam, Z. Q. Meng, George S. N. Hui, and Walter K. K. Ho Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2772-2779; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction, Characterization, and Animal Testing of WRSd1, a Shigella dysenteriae 1 Vaccine Malabi M. Venkatesan, Antoinette B. Hartman, John W. Newland, Vessela S. Ivanova, Thomas L. Hale, Marie McDonough, and Joan Butterton Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2950-2958; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The LTR72 Mutant of Heat-Labile Enterotoxin of Escherichia coli Enhances the Ability of Peptide Antigens To Elicit CD4+ T Cells and Secrete Gamma Interferon after Coapplication onto Bare Skin A.-S. Beignon, J.-P. Briand, R. Rappuoli, S. Muller, and C. D. Partidos Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3012-3019; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlation of ESAT-6-Specific Gamma Interferon Production with Pathology in Cattle following Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccination against Experimental Bovine Tuberculosis H. Martin Vordermeier, Mark A. Chambers, Paul J. Cockle, Adam O. Whelan, Jennifer Simmons, and R. Glyn Hewinson Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3026-3032; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Vaccination with Subunit Vaccines Protects Animals against Aerosol Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis T. Mark Doherty, Anja Weinrich Olsen, Laurens van Pinxteren, and Peter Andersen Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3111-3121; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Delivery of Exogenous Peptides into the Class I Antigen Processing and Presentation Pathway Lolke de Haan, Arron R. Hearn, A. Jennifer Rivett, and Timothy R. Hirst Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3249-3258; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Differential Cytokine and Antibody Responses to Adult and Larval Stages of Onchocerca volvulus Consistent with the Development of Concomitant Immunity Angus J. MacDonald, Prasad S. D. Turaga, Carolyn Harmon-Brown, Tracy J. Tierney, Kristine E. Bennett, Maggie C. McCarthy, Scott C. Simonek, Peter A. Enyong, Daniel W. Moukatte, and Sara Lustigman Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2796-2804; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fc-Dependent and Fc-Independent Opsonization of Cryptococcus neoformans by Anticapsular Monoclonal Antibodies: Importance of Epitope Specificity Dale Netski and Thomas R. Kozel Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2812-2819; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Antigen-Specific Immunoglobulin G Subclasses in Response to Conserved and Polymorphic Plasmodium falciparum Antigens in an In Vitro Model Olivier Garraud, Ronald Perraut, Ababacar Diouf, Wilfrid S. Nambei, Adama Tall, André Spiegel, Shirley Longacre, David C. Kaslow, Hélène Jouin, Denise Mattei, Gina M. Engler, Thomas B. Nutman, Eleanor M. Riley, and Odile Mercereau-Puijalon Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2820-2827; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccination with Plasmid DNA Encoding TSA/LmSTI1 Leishmanial Fusion Proteins Confers Protection against Leishmania major Infection in Susceptible BALB/c Mice A. Campos-Neto, J. R. Webb, K. Greeson, R. N. Coler, Y. A. W. Skeiky, and S. G. Reed Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2828-2836; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigen-Presenting Cell Function during Plasmodium yoelii Infection James Luyendyk, O. Renee Olivas, Lisa A. Ginger, and Anne C. Avery Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2941-2949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Interleukin-12 and Gamma Interferon Requires Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha for Protective T1-Cell-Mediated Immunity to Pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans Infection Amy C. Herring, John Lee, Roderick A. McDonald, Galen B. Toews, and Gary B. Huffnagle Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2959-2964; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Malaria-Induced Acquisition of Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum Variant Surface Antigens Michael F. Ofori, Daniel Dodoo, Trine Staalsoe, Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals, Kwadwo Koram, Thor G. Theander, Bartholomew D. Akanmori, and Lars Hviid Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2982-2988; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Characterization, and Immunogenicity of the Refolded Ectodomain of the Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Expressed in Escherichia coli Sheetij Dutta, P. V. Lalitha, Lisa A. Ware, Arnoldo Barbosa, J. Kathleen Moch, Meredith A. Vassell, Bader B. Fileta, Svetlana Kitov, Nelly Kolodny, D. Gray Heppner, J. David Haynes, and David E. Lanar Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3101-3110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

LACK-Specific CD4+ T Cells That Induce Gamma Interferon Production in Patients with Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis during an Early Stage of Infection Eliane Bourreau, Ghislaine Prévot, Jacques Gardon, Roger Pradinaud, Hitoshi Hasagewa, Geneviève Milon, and Pascal Launois Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3122-3129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Uptake of Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia by Phagocytic and Nonphagocytic Cells In Vitro: Quantitation Using Strains Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein Julie A. Wasylnka and Margo M. Moore Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3156-3163; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Neospora caninum Microneme Protein (NcMIC1) Which Interacts with Sulfated Host Cell Surface Glycosaminoglycans Nadine Keller, Arunasalam Naguleswaran, Angela Cannas, Nathalie Vonlaufen, Marianne Bienz, Camilla Björkman, Wolfgang Bohne, and Andrew Hemphill Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3187-3198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of Entamoeba histolytica during Establishment of Amoebic Liver Abscess Analyzed by Quantitative Radioimaging and Histology Marie-Christine Rigothier, Hout Khun, Paulo Tavares, Ana Cardona, Michel Huerre, and Nancy Guillén Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3208-3215; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Entamoeba histolytica Lectins Contain Unique 6-Cys or 8-Cys Chitin-Binding Domains Katrina Van Dellen, Sudip K. Ghosh, Phillips W. Robbins, Brendan Loftus, and John Samuelson Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3259-3263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reevaluation of the Role of HWP1 in Systemic Candidiasis by Use of Candida albicans Strains with Selectable Marker URA3 Targeted to the ENO1 Locus Paula Sundstrom, Jim E. Cutler, and Janet F. Staab Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3281-3283; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Interleukin-18 in Host Defense against Disseminated Candida albicans Infection Rogier J. L. Stuyt, Mihai G. Netea, Ineke Verschueren, Giamila Fantuzzi, Charles A. Dinarello, Jos W. M. Van der Meer, and Bart Jan Kullberg Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3284-3286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protection of Mice against Coccidioides immitis Intranasal Infection by Vaccination with Recombinant Antigen 2/PRA Lisa Shubitz, Tao Peng, Robert Perrill, Julie Simons, Kris Orsborn, and John N Galgiani Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3287-3289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Affected by Pneumolysin Deficiency and Differences in Capsule Type Aras Kadioglu, Sally Taylor, Francesco Iannelli, Gianni Pozzi, Tim J. Mitchell, and Peter W. Andrew Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 2886-2890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Mouse Beta Defensin 1, Defb1, Mutant Mouse Model Gillian Morrison, Fiona Kilanowski, Donald Davidson, and Julia Dorin Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3053-3060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Does Not Require Lewis X or Lewis Y Expression To Colonize C3H/HeJ mice Tohru Takata, Emad El-Omar, Margarita Camorlinga, Stuart A. Thompson, Yutaka Minohara, Peter B. Ernst, and Martin J. Blaser Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3073-3079; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Phenotypic Characterization of an Auxotrophic Mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Defective in L-Arginine Biosynthesis Bhavna G. Gordhan, Debbie A. Smith, Heidi Alderton, Ruth A. McAdam, Gregory J. Bancroft, and Valerie Mizrahi Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3080-3084; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Analysis and Prevalence of Urosepsis Strains of Escherichia coli Bearing Pathogenicity Island-Like Domains Martine Bingen-Bidois, Olivier Clermont, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Mustapha Terki, Naïma Brahimi, Chawki Loukil, Dominique Barraud, and Edouard Bingen Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3216-3226; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Interact with Intraepithelial Mononuclear Cells David K. Meyerholz, Thomas J. Stabel, and Norman F. Cheville Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3277-3280; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Relationship of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O Antigens IA, IIA, and IVB: the IIA Gene Cluster Was Derived from That of IVB Elvia Pacinelli, Lei Wang, and Peter R. Reeves Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3271-3276; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Microarray Assessment of Putative Borrelia burgdorferi Lipoprotein Genes Fang Ting Liang, F. Kenneth Nelson, and Erol Fikrig Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3300-3303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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afa-8 Gene Cluster Is Carried by a Pathogenicity Island Inserted into the tRNAPhe of Human and Bovine Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates Lila Lalioui and Chantal Le Bouguénec Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3308 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Aeromonas hydrophila PPD134/91 Genes Involved in O-Antigen and Capsule Biosynthesis Y. L. Zhang, E. Arakawa, and K. Y. Leung Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3308 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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The Group B Streptococcal C5a Peptidase Is Both a Specific Protease and an Invasin Qi Cheng, Deborah Stafslien, Sai Sudha Purushothaman, and Patrick Cleary Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3309 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Novel Adhesins from Group B Streptococci by Use of Phage Display Reveals that C5a Peptidase Mediates Fibronectin Binding Christiane Beckmann, Joshua D. Waggoner, Theresa O. Harris, Glen S. Tamura, and Craig E. Rubens Infect. Immun. June 2002 70: 3309 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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