Contents: January 2003, Volume 71, Issue 1        Minireviews        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Host Response and Inflammation        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Genomics        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Authors' Corrections Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Molecular Pathogenesis of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium-Induced Diarrhea Shuping Zhang, Robert A. Kingsley, Renato L. Santos, Helene Andrews-Polymenis, Manuela Raffatellu, Josely Figueiredo, Jairo Nunes, Renee M. Tsolis, L. Garry Adams, and Andreas J. Bäumler Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 1-12; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Pathogenicity and Immune Response Measured in Mice following Intranasal Challenge with Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strains H10407 and B7A Wyatt Byrd, Steven R. Mog, and Frederick J. Cassels Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 13-21; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Immunization with ATP-Dependent Protease-Deficient Mutants Protects Mice against Subsequent Oral Challenge with Virulent Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Hidenori Matsui, Masato Suzuki, Yasunori Isshiki, Chie Kodama, Masahiro Eguchi, Yuji Kikuchi, Kenji Motokawa, Akiko Takaya, Toshifumi Tomoyasu, and Tomoko Yamamoto Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 30-39; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mucosal Immunization with Helicobacter, CpG DNA, and Cholera Toxin Is Protective Weiwen Jiang, Henry J. Baker, and Bruce F. Smith Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 40-46; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Delivery of Mycobacterium bovis BCG in a Lipid Formulation Induces Resistance to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Mice Frank E. Aldwell, Ian G. Tucker, Geoffrey W. de Lisle, and Bryce M. Buddle Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 101-108; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation of Helicobacter pylori Ghosts by PhiX Protein E-Mediated Inactivation and Their Evaluation as Vaccine Candidates Klaus Panthel, Wolfgang Jechlinger, Alexander Matis, Manfred Rohde, Michael Szostak, Werner Lubitz, and Rainer Haas Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 109-116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effective Induction of Acquired Resistance to Listeria monocytogenes by Immunizing Mice with In Vivo-Infected Dendritic Cells Hiroshi Sashinami, Akio Nakane, Yoichiro Iwakura, and Mutsuo Sasaki Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 117-125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of S-Layer Protein Antigenic Diversity in the Immune Responses of Sheep Experimentally Challenged with Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus R. Grogono-Thomas, M. J. Blaser, M. Ahmadi, and D. G. Newell Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 147-154; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

4-1BB (CD137) Differentially Regulates Murine In Vivo Protein- and Polysaccharide-Specific Immunoglobulin Isotype Responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae Zheng-Qi Wu, Abdul Q. Khan, Yi Shen, Karen M. Wolcott, Wojciech Dawicki, Tania H. Watts, Robert S. Mittler, and Clifford M. Snapper Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 196-204; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Age-Related Disparity in Functional Activities of Human Group C Serum Anticapsular Antibodies Elicited by Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Shannon L. Harris, W. James King, Wendy Ferris, and Dan M. Granoff Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 275-286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Vector Priming on the Immunogenicity of Recombinant Salmonella Vaccines Christofer J. Vindurampulle and Stephen R. Attridge Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 287-297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effective Protective Immunity to Yersinia pestis Infection Conferred by DNA Vaccine Coding for Derivatives of the F1 Capsular Antigen Haim Grosfeld, Sara Cohen, Tamar Bino, Yehuda Flashner, Raphael Ber, Emanuelle Mamroud, Chanoch Kronman, Avigdor Shafferman, and Baruch Velan Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 374-383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Divergent Patterns of Colonization and Immune Response Elicited from Two Intestinal Lactobacillus Strains That Display Similar Properties In Vitro Nabila Ibnou-Zekri, Stephanie Blum, Eduardo J. Schiffrin, and Thierry von der Weid Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 428-436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Glutamine Synthetase as a Novel Antibiotic Strategy against Tuberculosis: Demonstration of Efficacy In Vivo Günter Harth and Marcus A. Horwitz Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 456-464; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mapping of Murine Th1 Helper T-Cell Epitopes of Mycolyl Transferases Ag85A, Ag85B, and Ag85C from Mycobacterium tuberculosis S. D'Souza, V. Rosseels, M. Romano, A. Tanghe, O. Denis, F. Jurion, N. Castiglione, A. Vanonckelen, K. Palfliet, and Kris Huygen Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 483-493; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Feasibility of an HA2 Domain-Based Periodontitis Vaccine A. A. DeCarlo, Y. Huang, C. A. Collyer, D. B. Langley, and J. Katz Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 562-566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Immunogenicity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Vaccination with an Alphavirus Plasmid Replicon Expressing Antigen 85A Joanna R. Kirman, Tara Turon, Hua Su, Amy Li, Carl Kraus, John M. Polo, John Belisle, Sheldon Morris, and Robert A. Seder Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 575-579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Resistance of Macrophages to Mycobacterium avium Is Induced by 2-Adrenergic Stimulation Kelly E. Weatherby, Bruce S. Zwilling, and William P. Lafuse Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 22-29; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Pulmonary Surfactant Protein C with CD14 and Lipopolysaccharide Luis A. Augusto, Monique Synguelakis, Jan Johansson, Thierry Pedron, Robert Girard, and Richard Chaby Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 61-67; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fibronectin Bound to the Surface of Staphylococcus aureus Induces Association of Very Late Antigen 5 and Intracellular Signaling Factors with Macrophage Cytoskeleton Hitomi Shinji, Keiko Seki, Akiko Tajima, Atsuko Uchida, and Shogo Masuda Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 140-146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phagocyte NADPH Oxidase, but Not Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase, Is Essential for Early Control of Burkholderia cepacia and Chromobacterium violaceum Infection in Mice Brahm H. Segal, Li Ding, and Steven M. Holland Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 205-210; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Gene Polymorphism, Vaginal Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Concentrations, and Vaginal Ureaplasma urealyticum Colonization in Pregnant Women Parrin T. Barton, Stefan Gerber, Daniel W. Skupski, and Steven S. Witkin Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 271-274; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of L-Selectin (CD62L), CD44, and CD25 on Activated Bovine T Cells W. R. Waters, T. E. Rahner, M. V. Palmer, D. Cheng, B. J. Nonnecke, and D. L. Whipple Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 317-326; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of Gamma Interferon mRNA Induced by Attenuated and Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Guinea Pig Cells after Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccination Amminikutty Jeevan, Teizo Yoshimura, Kyeong Eun Lee, and David N. McMurray Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 354-364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selective Early Production of CCL20, or Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 3, by Human Mast Cells in Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Tong-Jun Lin, Lauren H. Maher, Kaede Gomi, Jeffrey D. McCurdy, Rafael Garduno, and Jean S. Marshall Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 365-373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cholera Toxin Induces Migration of Dendritic Cells from the Subepithelial Dome Region to T- and B-Cell Areas of Peyer's Patches Vijay K. Shreedhar, Brian L. Kelsall, and Marian R. Neutra Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 504-509; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 3 (MIP-3) (CCL20) and MIP-3ß (CCL19) by Human Peripheral Blood Neutrophils in Response to Microbial Pathogens Tohru Akahoshi, Takeshi Sasahara, Rie Namai, Toshimichi Matsui, Hiroyuki Watabe, Hidero Kitasato, Matsuhisa Inoue, and Hirobumi Kondo Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 524-526; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Receptors by Human Fallopian Tubes in Organ Culture following Challenge with Neisseria gonorrhoeae Kevin Maisey, Gino Nardocci, Monica Imarai, Hugo Cardenas, Miguel Rios, Horacio B. Croxatto, John E. Heckels, Myron Christodoulides, and Luis A. Velasquez Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 527-532; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MprF-Mediated Lysinylation of Phospholipids in Staphylococcus aureus Leads to Protection against Oxygen-Independent Neutrophil Killing Sascha A. Kristian, Manuela Dürr, Jos A. G. Van Strijp, Birgid Neumeister, and Andreas Peschel Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 546-549; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Diversity at the Locus Associated with Transcription of a Variable Surface Antigen of Pneumocystis carinii as an Index of Population Structure and Dynamics in Infected Rats Scott P. Keely, Melanie T. Cushion, and James R. Stringer Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 47-60; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha on Dendritic Cell Accumulation in Lymph Nodes Draining the Immunization Site and the Impact on the Anticryptococcal Cell-Mediated Immune Response Sean K. Bauman, Gary B. Huffnagle, and Juneann W. Murphy Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 68-74; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Superoxide Dismutase Influences the Virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans by Affecting Growth within Macrophages Gary M. Cox, Thomas S. Harrison, Henry C. McDade, Carlos P. Taborda, Garrett Heinrich, Arturo Casadevall, and John R. Perfect Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 173-180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Placental Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha but Not Gamma Interferon Is Associated with Placental Malaria and Low Birth Weight in Malawian Women Stephen J. Rogerson, Heidi C. Brown, Elena Pollina, Elizabeth T. Abrams, Eyob Tadesse, Valentino M. Lema, and Malcolm E. Molyneux Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 267-270; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A GRA1 DNA Vaccine Primes Cytolytic CD8+ T Cells To Control Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection T. Scorza, S. D'Souza, M. Laloup, J. Dewit, J. De Braekeleer, H. Verschueren, M. Vercammen, K. Huygen, and E. Jongert Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 309-316; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD36-Mediated Nonopsonic Phagocytosis of Erythrocytes Infected with Stage I and IIA Gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum Todd G. Smith, Lena Serghides, Samir N. Patel, Maria Febbraio, Roy L. Silverstein, and Kevin C. Kain Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 393-400; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intradermal Infection Model for Pathogenesis and Vaccine Studies of Murine Visceral Leishmaniasis Saeed Ahmed, M. Colmenares, L. Soong, K. Goldsmith-Pestana, L. Munstermann, R. Molina, and Diane McMahon-Pratt Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 401-410; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of the Maltese Cross Form in the Development of Parasitemia and Protection against Babesia microti Infection in Mice Naoaki Yokoyama, Sabine Bork, Mitsuhiro Nishisaka, Haruyuki Hirata, Tomohide Matsuo, Noboru Inoue, Xuenan Xuan, Hiroshi Suzuki, Chihiro Sugimoto, and Ikuo Igarashi Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 411-417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Normal Host Defense during Systemic Candidiasis in Mannose Receptor-Deficient Mice Sena J. Lee, Nai-Ying Zheng, Monica Clavijo, and Michel C. Nussenzweig Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 437-445; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Cytokine Pattern in the Spleens and Livers of BALB/c Mice Infected with Penicillium marneffei: Protective Role of Gamma Interferon Francesca Sisto, Annarita Miluzio, Orazio Leopardi, Maurizio Mirra, Johan R. Boelaert, and Donatella Taramelli Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 465-473; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of Trypanosoma cruzi Metacyclic Trypomastigote Surface Molecule gp82 in Adhesion to Gastric Mucin and Invasion of Epithelial Cells Ivan Neira, Fernando A. Silva, Mauro Cortez, and Nobuko Yoshida Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 557-561; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Single-Copy Gene Encodes Kex1, a Serine Endoprotease of Pneumocystis jiroveci Geetha Kutty and Joseph A. Kovacs Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 571-574; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Both Family 1 and Family 2 PspA Proteins Can Inhibit Complement Deposition and Confer Virulence to a Capsular Serotype 3 Strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae Bing Ren, Alexander J. Szalai, Orlanda Thomas, Susan K. Hollingshead, and David E. Briles Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 75-85; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipooligosaccharide-Deficient Neisseria meningitidis Shows Altered Pilus-Associated Characteristics Barbara Albiger, Linda Johansson, and Ann-Beth Jonsson Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 155-162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of a UDP-Glucosyltransferase Produced by Legionella pneumophila Iouri Belyi, Michel R. Popoff, and Nicholas P. Cianciotto Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 181-186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Heterogeneity of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Isolates Determined by Sequence Analysis of the 28-Kilodalton Outer Membrane Protein Genes and Other Regions of the Genome Chuanmin Cheng, Christopher D. Paddock, and Roman Reddy Ganta Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 187-195; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cleavage of Antigen-Bound Immunoglobulin G by SpeB Contributes to Streptococcal Persistence in Opsonizing Blood Anna Eriksson and Mari Norgren Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 211-217; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Alteration of Capsule Type but Not PspA Type Affects Accessibility of Surface-Bound Complement and Surface Antigens of Streptococcus pneumoniae Melanie Abeyta, Gail G. Hardy, and Janet Yother Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 218-225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seeligeriolysin O, a Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin of Listeria seeligeri, Induces Gamma Interferon from Spleen Cells of Mice Yutaka Ito, Ikuo Kawamura, Chikara Kohda, Hisashi Baba, Takamasa Nomura, Terumi Kimoto, Isao Watanabe, and Masao Mitsuyama Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 234-241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Substrates and Chaperone from the Yersinia enterocolitica 1B Ysa Type III Secretion System Boris Foultier, Paul Troisfontaines, Didier Vertommen, Marie-Noëlle Marenne, Mark Rider, Claude Parsot, and Guy R. Cornelis Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 242-253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

luxS and arcB Control Aerobic Growth of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans under Iron Limitation Karen P. Fong, Ling Gao, and Donald R. Demuth Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 298-308; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for Recombinant -Glutamyltransferase from Treponema denticola in Glutathione Metabolism Lianrui Chu, Xiaoping Xu, Zheng Dong, David Cappelli, and Jefferey L. Ebersole Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 335-342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

sarU, a sarA Homolog, Is Repressed by SarT and Regulates Virulence Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Adhar C. Manna and Ambrose L. Cheung Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 343-353; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Ler at the LEE5 (tir) Operon of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Kenneth R. Haack, Christopher L. Robinson, Kristie J. Miller, Jonathan W. Fowlkes, and Jay L. Mellies Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 384-392; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of LpeA, a PsaA-Like Membrane Protein That Promotes Cell Entry by Listeria monocytogenes Hélène Réglier-Poupet, Elisabeth Pellegrini, Alain Charbit, and Patrick Berche Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 474-482; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Virulence Factors in Bacterial Interaction with Chicken Heterophils and Macrophages Melha Mellata, Maryvonne Dho-Moulin, Charles M. Dozois, Roy Curtiss III, Brigitte Lehoux, and John M. Fairbrother Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 494-503; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Vibrio Pathogenicity Island-Encoded Mop Protein Modulates the Pathogenesis and Reactogenicity of Epidemic Vibrio cholerae Dalin Zhang, Zheng Xu, Weiyun Sun, and David K. R. Karaolis Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 510-515; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of sarA in the Pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus Musculoskeletal Infection Jon S. Blevins, Mohamed O. Elasri, Scott D. Allmendinger, Karen E. Beenken, Robert A. Skinner, J. Roby Thomas, and Mark S. Smeltzer Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 516-523; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vibrio vulnificus Induces Macrophage Apoptosis In Vitro and In Vivo Takashige Kashimoto, Shunji Ueno, Miyuki Hanajima, Hisae Hayashi, Yukihiro Akeda, Shinichi Miyoshi, Toshiharu Hongo, Takeshi Honda, and Nobuyuki Susa Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 533-535; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Campylobacter jejuni Cytolethal Distending Toxin Promotes DNA Repair Responses in Normal Human Cells Duane C. Hassane, Robert B. Lee, and Carol L. Pickett Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 541-545; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

OxyR Acts as a Repressor of Catalase Expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Hsing-Ju Tseng, Alastair G. McEwan, Michael A. Apicella, and Michael P. Jennings Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 550-556; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Emetic Response to Staphylococcal Enterotoxins in the House Musk Shrew (Suncus murinus) Dong-Liang Hu, Katsuhiko Omoe, Yu Shimoda, Akio Nakane, and Kunihiro Shinagawa Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 567-570; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association of Helicobacter pylori Antioxidant Activities with Host Colonization Proficiency Adriana A. Olczak, Richard W. Seyler, Jr., Jonathan W. Olson, and Robert J. Maier Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 580-583; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Role of Bordetella O Antigen in Respiratory Tract Infection Valorie C. Burns, Elizabeth J. Pishko, Andrew Preston, Duncan J. Maskell, and Eric T. Harvill Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 86-94; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies Present in Normal Human Serum Inhibit Invasion of Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells by Listeria monocytogenes Tobias Hertzig, Martin Weber, Lars Greiffenberg, Britta Schulte Holthausen, Werner Goebel, Kwang Sik Kim, and Michael Kuhn Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 95-100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Hyaluronic Acid Capsule of Streptococcus uberis Is Not Required for the Development of Infection and Clinical Mastitis Terence R. Field, Philip N. Ward, Lars H. Pedersen, and James A. Leigh Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 132-139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two-Component Systems in Haemophilus influenzae: a Regulatory Role for ArcA in Serum Resistance J. A. De Souza-Hart, W. Blackstock, V. Di Modugno, I. B. Holland, and M. Kok Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 163-172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytotoxic Effects of Streptolysin O and Streptolysin S Enhance the Virulence of Poorly Encapsulated Group A Streptococci Gabriele Sierig, Colette Cywes, Michael R. Wessels, and Cameron D. Ashbaugh Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 446-455; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Virulence Factors in Resistance of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli to Serum and in Pathogenicity Melha Mellata, Maryvonne Dho-Moulin, Charles M. Dozois, Roy Curtiss III, Peter K. Brown, Pascal Arné, Annie Brée, Clarisse Desautels, and John M. Fairbrother Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 536-540; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodefense-Driven Murine Model of Pneumonic Melioidosis J. A. Jeddeloh, D. L. Fritz, D. M. Waag, J. M. Hartings, and G. P. Andrews Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 584-587; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Multigenic Control of Disease Severity after Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Mice Fabio Sánchez, Tatiana V. Radaeva, Boris V. Nikonenko, Ann-Sophie Persson, Selim Sengul, Martin Schalling, Erwin Schurr, Alexander S. Apt, and Catharina Lavebratt Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 126-131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Induction of Osteoclastogenesis and Matrix Metalloproteinase Expression by the Lipooligosaccharide of Treponema denticola Bong-Kyu Choi, Hyun Jung Lee, Jung Hwa Kang, Gook Jin Jeong, Cheon Ki Min, and Yun-Jung Yoo Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 226-233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

THP-1 Cell Apoptosis in Response to Mycobacterial Infection Carrie J. Riendeau and Hardy Kornfeld Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 254-259; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Entry of the Lymphogranuloma Venereum Strain of Chlamydia trachomatis into Host Cells Involves Cholesterol-Rich Membrane Domains Isabelle Jutras, Laurence Abrami, and Alice Dautry-Varsat Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 260-266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antiviral Activity of Shiga Toxin Requires Enzymatic Activity and Is Associated with Increased Permeability of the Target Cells Indira Basu, Witold A. Ferens, Diana M. Stone, and Carolyn J. Hovde Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 327-334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Translocated Effectors SseJ and SifB Are Targeted to the Salmonella-Containing Vacuole Jeremy A. Freeman, Michael E. Ohl, and Samuel I. Miller Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 418-427; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Authors' Corrections:

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Evidence for the Emergence of Non-O1 and Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae Strains with Pathogenic Potential by Exchange of O-Antigen Biosynthesis Regions Manrong Li, Toshio Shimada, J. Glenn Morris, Jr, Alexander Sulakvelidze, and Shanmuga Sozhamannan Infect. Immun. January 2003 71: 588 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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