Contents: October 2003, Volume 71, Issue 10        Minireviews        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Host Response and Inflammation        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Molecular Genomics Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Role of CD1d-Restricted NKT Cells in Microbial Immunity Markus Sköld and Samuel M. Behar Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5447-5455; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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No Evidence for a Major Effect of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Gene Polymorphisms in Periportal Fibrosis Caused by Schistosoma mansoni Infection Carole Eboumbou Moukoko, Nasureldin El Wali, O. K. Saeed, Qurashi Mohamed-Ali, Jean Gaudart, Alain J. Dessein, and Christophe Chevillard Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5456-5460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Immunization of BALB/c Mice with Giardia duodenalis Recombinant Cyst Wall Protein Inhibits Shedding of Cysts R. Larocque, K. Nakagaki, P. Lee, A. Abdul-Wahid, and G. M. Faubert Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5662-5669; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific Antibody Responses to Three Schistosome-Related Carbohydrate Structures in Recently Exposed Immigrants and Established Residents in an Area of Schistosoma mansoni Endemicity Cynthia W. A. Naus, Alexandra van Remoortere, John H. Ouma, Gachuhi Kimani, David W. Dunne, Johannis P. Kamerling, André M. Deelder, and Cornelis H. Hokke Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5676-5681; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deregulated Production of Protective Cytokines in Response to Candida albicans Infection in Patients with Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis Desa Lilic, Ian Gravenor, Neil Robson, David A. Lammas, Pam Drysdale, Jane E. Calvert, Andrew J. Cant, and Mario Abinun Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5690-5699; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Immunological Nonresponsiveness to the 19-Kilodalton Fragment of Merozoite Surface Protein 1 of Plasmodium yoelii: Rescue by Chemical Conjugation to Diphtheria Toxoid (DT) and Enhancement of Immunogenicity by Prior DT Vaccination Danielle I. Stanisic, Laura B. Martin, Xue Q. Liu, David Jackson, Juan Cooper, and Michael F. Good Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5700-5713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

gp63 Homologues in Trypanosoma cruzi: Surface Antigens with Metalloprotease Activity and a Possible Role in Host Cell Infection Ileana C. Cuevas, Juan J. Cazzulo, and Daniel O. Sánchez Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5739-5749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Parenchymal Organ, and Not Splenic, Immunity Correlates with Host Survival during Disseminated Candidiasis Brad Spellberg, Douglas Johnston, Quynh Trang Phan, John E. Edwards, Jr., Samuel W. French, Ashraf S. Ibrahim, and Scott G. Filler Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5756-5764; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Displacement of Cryptosporidium parvum Type 1 by Type 2 in Mixed Infections in Piglets Donna E. Akiyoshi, Siobhan Mor, and Saul Tzipori Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5765-5771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Alternative Oxidase Gene in Pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans Shamima Akhter, Henry C. McDade, Jenifer M. Gorlach, Garrett Heinrich, Gary M. Cox, and John R. Perfect Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5794-5802; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron Superoxide Dismutases Targeted to the Glycosomes of Leishmania chagasi Are Important for Survival Katherine A. Plewes, Stephen D. Barr, and Lashitew Gedamu Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5910-5920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pneumocystis Pneumonia Increases the Susceptibility of Mice to Sublethal Hyperoxia James M. Beck, Angela M. Preston, Steven E. Wilcoxen, Susan B. Morris, Eric S. White, and Robert Paine, III Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5970-5978; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Cpgp40/15 in Toxoplasma gondii: a Surrogate System for the Study of Cryptosporidium Glycoprotein Antigens R. M. O'Connor, K. Kim, F. Khan, and H. D. Ward Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6027-6034; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of the Roles of Four Candida albicans Genes in Virulence by Using Gene Disruption Strains That Express URA3 from the Native Locus Shaoji Cheng, M. Hong Nguyen, Zongde Zhang, Hongyan Jia, Martin Handfield, and Cornelius J. Clancy Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6101-6103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Characterization and Pathogenic Significance of Vibrio vulnificus Antigens Preferentially Expressed in Septicemic Patients Young Ran Kim, Shee Eun Lee, Choon Mee Kim, Soo Young Kim, Eun Kyoung Shin, Dong Hyeon Shin, Sun Sik Chung, Hyon E. Choy, Ann Progulske-Fox, Jeffrey D. Hillman, Martin Handfield, and Joon Haeng Rhee Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5461-5471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CadC Is the Preferential Target of a Convergent Evolution Driving Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli toward a Lysine Decarboxylase-Defective Phenotype Mariassunta Casalino, Maria Carmela Latella, Gianni Prosseda, and Bianca Colonna Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5472-5479; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mucin Degradation Mechanisms by Distinct Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates In Vitro Lina Panayiota Aristoteli and Mark D. P. Willcox Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5565-5575; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Global Regulator ArcA Modulates Expression of Virulence Factors in Vibrio cholerae Nilanjan Sengupta, Kalidas Paul, and Rukhsana Chowdhury Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5583-5589; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Presence of Active Aliphatic Amidases in Helicobacter Species Able To Colonize the Stomach Stéphanie Bury-Moné, Stéphane Skouloubris, Catherine Dauga, Jean-Michel Thiberge, Daiva Dailidiene, Douglas E. Berg, Agnès Labigne, and Hilde De Reuse Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5613-5622; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The luxS Gene of Streptococcus pyogenes Regulates Expression of Genes That Affect Internalization by Epithelial Cells Mehran J. Marouni and Shlomo Sela Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5633-5639; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Positive and Negative cis-Acting Regulatory Sequences Control Expression of Leukotoxin in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans 652 Christine Mitchell, Ling Gao, and Donald R. Demuth Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5640-5649; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanisms of Variable p44 Expression by Anaplasma phagocytophilum Quan Lin, Yasuko Rikihisa, Norio Ohashi, and Ning Zhi Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5650-5661; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Aggregation Domain of Aggregation Substance, Not the RGD Motifs, Is Critical for Efficient Internalization by HT-29 Enterocytes Christopher M. Waters, Carol L. Wells, and Gary M. Dunny Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5682-5689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Vsa Proteins Modulate Susceptibility of Mycoplasma pulmonis to Complement Killing, Hemadsorption, and Adherence to Polystyrene Warren L. Simmons and Kevin Dybvig Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5733-5738; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Two Eukaryote-Like Serine/Threonine Kinases Encoded by Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar L2 and Characterization of Interacting Partners of Pkn1 Anita Verma and Anthony T. Maurelli Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5772-5784; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Ability To Replicate in Macrophages Is Conserved between Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Céline Pujol and James B. Bliska Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5892-5899; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterogeneous Surface Expression of EspA Translocon Filaments by Escherichia coli O157:H7 Is Controlled at the Posttranscriptional Level Andrew J. Roe, Helen Yull, Stuart W. Naylor, Martin J. Woodward, David G. E. Smith, and David L. Gally Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5900-5909; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of HtsA, a Second Heme-Binding Protein Made by Streptococcus pyogenes Benfang Lei, Mengyao Liu, Jovanka M. Voyich, Christopher I. Prater, Subbarao V. Kala, Frank R. DeLeo, and James M. Musser Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5962-5969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Phagocytosis by Haemophilus ducreyi Requires Expression of the LspA1 and LspA2 Proteins Merja Vakevainen, Steven Greenberg, and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5994-6003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cause Various Spectrums of Disease in the Rabbit Model of Tuberculosis Yukari C. Manabe, Arthur M. Dannenberg, Jr., Sandeep K. Tyagi, Christine L. Hatem, Mark Yoder, Samuel C. Woolwine, Bernard C. Zook, M. Louise M. Pitt, and William R. Bishai Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6004-6011; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence and Expression Analysis of virB9 of the Type IV Secretion System of Ehrlichia canis Strains in Ticks, Dogs, and Cultured Cells Suleyman Felek, Haibin Huang, and Yasuko Rikihisa Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6063-6067; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serum Amyloid P Component Binding to Shiga Toxin 2 Requires Both A Subunit and B Pentamer Paola Marcato, Kathleen Vander Helm, George L. Mulvey, and Glen D. Armstrong Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6075-6078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Expression Profile of Mammalian Cell Entry (mce) Operons of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ashwani Kumar, Mridula Bose, and Vani Brahmachari Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6083-6087; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a New Staphylococcal Enterotoxin-Related Putative Toxin Encoded by Two Kinds of Plasmids Katsuhiko Omoe, Dong-Liang Hu, Hiromi Takahashi-Omoe, Akio Nakane, and Kunihiro Shinagawa Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6088-6094; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Interleukin-8 Is Differentially Expressed by Human-Derived Monocytic Cell Line U937 Infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and Mycobacterium marinum Chang-Hwa Song, Ji-Sook Lee, Hwa-Jung Kim, Jeong-Kyu Park, Tae-Hyun Paik, and Eun-Kyeong Jo Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5480-5487; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-18 Facilitates the Early Antimicrobial Host Response to Escherichia coli Peritonitis Sebastiaan Weijer, Miguel E. Sewnath, Alex F. de Vos, Sandrine Florquin, Koen van der Sluis, Dirk J. Gouma, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shizuo Akira, and Tom van der Poll Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5488-5497; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinome Analysis of Host Response to Mycobacterial Infection: a Novel Technique in Proteomics Anne Lise K. Hestvik, Zakaria Hmama, and Yossef Av-Gay Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5514-5522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Up-Regulation of Interleukin-8 by Novel Small Cytoplasmic Molecules of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae via p38 and Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Pathways Beinan Wang, P. Patrick Cleary, Haidong Xu, and Jian-Dong Li Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5523-5530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of Cytokine Genes and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Induced by Opacity Phenotype Variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae during Acute Otitis Media in the Rat J. P. Long, H. H. Tong, P. A. Shannon, and T. F. DeMaria Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5531-5540; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Human Dendritic Cells Is Modulated by Components of the Outer Membranes of Neisseria meningitidis Tamara Al-Bader, Myron Christodoulides, John E. Heckels, Judith Holloway, Amanda E. Semper, and Peter S. Friedmann Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5590-5597; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Augmentation of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Invasion of Human Oral Epithelial Cells and Up-Regulation of Interleukin-8 Production by Saliva CD14 Atsuko Takayama, Aya Satoh, Tomoko Ngai, Takashi Nishimura, Keiji Ikawa, Takami Matsuyama, Hidetoshi Shimauchi, Haruhiko Takada, and Shunji Sugawara Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5598-5604; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced CXC Chemokine Responses of Human Colonic Epithelial Cells to Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli Trisha J. Rogers, Adrienne W. Paton, Shaun R. McColl, and James C. Paton Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5623-5632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Outer Membrane Vesicles Modulate Proliferation and Interleukin-8 Production by Gastric Epithelial Cells Salim Ismail, Mark B. Hampton, and Jacqueline I. Keenan Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5670-5675; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Autoinducer N-3-Oxododecanoyl Homoserine Lactone Accelerates Apoptosis in Macrophages and Neutrophils Kazuhiro Tateda, Yoshikazu Ishii, Manabu Horikawa, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Shinichi Miyairi, Jean Claude Pechere, Theodore J. Standiford, Masaji Ishiguro, and Keizo Yamaguchi Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5785-5793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of the Acute Inflammatory Response to Infections with Gram-Negative versus Gram-Positive Bacteria Robert J. Feezor, Caroline Oberholzer, Henry V. Baker, Daniela Novick, Menachem Rubinstein, Lyle L. Moldawer, John Pribble, Sonia Souza, Charles A. Dinarello, Wolfgang Ertel, and Andreas Oberholzer Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5803-5813; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Widespread Bronchogenic Dissemination Makes DBA/2 Mice More Susceptible than C57BL/6 Mice to Experimental Aerosol Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pere-Joan Cardona, Sergi Gordillo, Jorge Díaz, Gustavo Tapia, Isabel Amat, Ángeles Pallarés, Cristina Vilaplana, Aurelio Ariza, and Vicenç Ausina Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5845-5854; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intracellular Adhesion Molecule 1 Plays a Key Role in Acquired Immunity to Salmonellosis Simon Clare, Robert Goldin, Christine Hale, Richard Aspinall, Cameron Simmons, Pietro Mastroeni, and Gordon Dougan Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5881-5891; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Resistance of CD18 Knockout Mice against Systemic Infection with Listeria monocytogenes Huaizhu Wu, Joseph E. Prince, Cory F. Brayton, Chirayu Shah, Daniel Zeve, Stephen H. Gregory, C. Wayne Smith, and Christie M. Ballantyne Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5986-5993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for Periodontitis in the Progression of Lipid Deposition in an Animal Model Ashish Jain, Eraldo L. Batista, Jr., Charles Serhan, Gregory L. Stahl, and Thomas E. Van Dyke Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6012-6018; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus pyogenes Infection Induces Septic Arthritis with Increased Production of the Receptor Activator of the NF-B Ligand Atsuo Sakurai, Nobuo Okahashi, Ichiro Nakagawa, Shigetada Kawabata, Atsuo Amano, Takashi Ooshima, and Shigeyuki Hamada Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6019-6026; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inflammatory Cytokine Production Predominates in Early Lyme Disease in Patients with Erythema Migrans Lisa Glickstein, Brian Moore, Tara Bledsoe, Nitin Damle, Vijay Sikand, and Allen C. Steere Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6051-6053; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Contribution of Toll-Like Receptors 4 and 2 to the Cytokine Response to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus in Mice Annalisa Lembo, Christoph Kalis, Carsten J. Kirschning, Vincenzo Mitolo, Emilio Jirillo, Hermann Wagner, Chris Galanos, and Marina A. Freudenberg Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6058-6062; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Construction and Evaluation of a Safe, Live, Oral Vibrio cholerae Vaccine Candidate, IEM108 Weili Liang, Shixia Wang, Fenggang Yu, Lijuan Zhang, Guoming Qi, Yanqing Liu, Shouyi Gao, and Biao Kan Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5498-5504; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chimeric Dr Fimbriae with a Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Epitope as a Model for a Recombinant Vaccine Beata Zalewska, Rafal Piatek, Grazyna Konopa, Bogdan Nowicki, Stella Nowicki, and Józef Kur Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5505-5513; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunogenicity of, and Immunologic Memory to, a Reduced Primary Schedule of Meningococcal C-Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine in Infants in the United Kingdom Ray Borrow, David Goldblatt, Adam Finn, Joanna Southern, Lindsey Ashton, Nick Andrews, Gouri Lal, Christine Riley, Rukhsana Rahim, Keith Cartwright, Geraldine Allan, and Elizabeth Miller Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5549-5555; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protection against Syphilis Correlates with Specificity of Antibodies to the Variable Regions of Treponema pallidum Repeat Protein K Cecilia A. Morgan, Sheila A. Lukehart, and Wesley C. Van Voorhis Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5605-5612; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Functional Activities of Chimeric Mouse-Human Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin M Antibodies against the Neisseria meningitidis PorA P1.7 and P1.16 Epitopes Terje E. Michaelsen, Øistein Ihle, Karen Johanne Beckstrøm, Tove K. Herstad, Jan Kolberg, E. Arne Høiby, and Audun Aase Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5714-5723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serum Immunoglobulin G Response to Candidate Vaccine Antigens during Experimental Human Pneumococcal Colonization Tera L. McCool, Thomas R. Cate, Elaine I. Tuomanen, Peter Adrian, Tim J. Mitchell, and Jeffrey N. Weiser Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5724-5732; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Brucella Lumazine Synthase Elicits a Mixed Th1-Th2 Immune Response and Reduces Infection in Mice Challenged with Brucella abortus 544 Independently of the Adjuvant Formulation Used Carlos A. Velikovsky, Fernando A. Goldbaum, Juliana Cassataro, Silvia Estein, Raúl A. Bowden, Laura Bruno, Carlos A. Fossati, and Guillermo H. Giambartolomei Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5750-5755; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-15 as an Immune Adjuvant To Increase the Efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination Masayuki Umemura, Hitoshi Nishimura, Kimika Saito, Toshiki Yajima, Goro Matsuzaki, Satoru Mizuno, Isamu Sugawara, and Yasunobu Yoshikai Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6045-6048; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody Responses Elicited against the Treponema pallidum Repeat Proteins Differ during Infection with Different Isolates of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum Brandon T. Leader, Karin Hevner, Barbara J. Molini, Lynn K. Barrett, Wesley C. Van Voorhis, and Sheila A. Lukehart Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6054-6057; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Pneumococcal Lipoteichoic Acid (LTA) Is Not as Potent as Staphylococcal LTA in Stimulating Toll-Like Receptor 2 Seung Hyun Han, Je Hak Kim, Michael Martin, Suzanne M. Michalek, and Moon H. Nahm Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5541-5548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Gonococcal Efflux Pump System Enhances Bacterial Survival in a Female Mouse Model of Genital Tract Infection Ann E. Jerse, Nirmala D. Sharma, Amy N. Simms, Emily T. Crow, Lori A. Snyder, and William M. Shafer Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5576-5582; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Experimental Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Cynomolgus Macaques Closely Resembles the Various Manifestations of Human M. tuberculosis Infection Saverio V. Capuano, III, Denise A. Croix, Santosh Pawar, Angelica Zinovik, Amy Myers, Philana L. Lin, Stephanie Bissel, Carl Fuhrman, Edwin Klein, and JoAnne L. Flynn Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5831-5844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Citrobacter koseri Brain Abscess in the Neonatal Rat: Survival and Replication within Human and Rat Macrophages Stacy M. Townsend, Harvey A. Pollack, Ignacio Gonzalez-Gomez, Hiroyuki Shimada, and Julie L. Badger Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5871-5880; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Adaptation of Pigeon Isolates of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Typhimurium Variant Copenhagen Phage Type 99 Is Associated with Enhanced Macrophage Cytotoxicity Frank Pasmans, Filip Van Immerseel, Marc Heyndrickx, An Martel, Claudine Godard, Christa Wildemauwe, Richard Ducatelle, and Freddy Haesebrouck Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6068-6074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus pyogenes Infection in Mouse Skin Leads to a Time-Dependent Up-Regulation of Protein H Expression Tara C. Smith, Darren D. Sledjeski, and Michael D. P. Boyle Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6079-6082; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus pneumoniae Damages the Ciliated Ependyma of the Brain during Meningitis Robert A. Hirst, Bejal Gosai, Andrew Rutman, Peter W. Andrew, and Christopher O'Callaghan Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6095-6100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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The Urokinase Receptor Can Be Induced by Borrelia burgdorferi through Receptors of the Innate Immune System James L. Coleman and Jorge L. Benach Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5556-5564; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia pneumoniae Activates Epithelial Cell Proliferation via NF-B and the Glucocorticoid Receptor Mikael M. Cornelsen Gencay, Michael Tamm, Allan Glanville, André P. Perruchoud, and Michael Roth Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5814-5822; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

M1 Protein Triggers a Phosphoinositide Cascade for Group A Streptococcus Invasion of Epithelial Cells Sai Sudha Purushothaman, Beinan Wang, and P. Patrick Cleary Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5823-5830; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rab GTPases Are Recruited to Chlamydial Inclusions in Both a Species-Dependent and Species-Independent Manner Kimberly A. Rzomp, Luella D. Scholtes, Benjamin J. Briggs, Gary R. Whittaker, and Marci A. Scidmore Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5855-5870; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Attenuated Strain of the Facultative Intracellular Bacterium Francisella tularensis Can Escape the Phagosome of Monocytic Cells Igor Golovliov, Vladimir Baranov, Zuzana Krocova, Hana Kovarova, and Anders Sjöstedt Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5940-5950; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Entry and Intracellular Replication of Escherichia coli K1 in Macrophages Require Expression of Outer Membrane Protein A Sunil K. Sukumaran, Hiroyuki Shimada, and Nemani V. Prasadarao Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5951-5961; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Parachlamydia acanthamoeba Enters and Multiplies within Human Macrophages and Induces Their Apoptosis Gilbert Greub, Jean-Louis Mege, and Didier Raoult Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5979-5985; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effector ExoU from the Type III Secretion System Is an Important Modulator of Gene Expression in Lung Epithelial Cells in Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection B. McMorran, L. Town, E. Costelloe, J. Palmer, J. Engel, D. Hume, and B. Wainwright Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6035-6044; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Type IVB Pili of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Bind to the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Inez S. M. Tsui, Cecilia M. C. Yip, Jim Hackett, and Christina Morris Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6049-6050; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Acid-Adaptive Genes of Helicobacter pylori Yi Wen, Elizabeth A. Marcus, Uday Matrubutham, Martin A. Gleeson, David R. Scott, and George Sachs Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 5921-5939; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of an Inducible Bacteriophage in a Virulent Strain of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 J. Harel, G. Martinez, A. Nassar, H. Dezfulian, S. J. Labrie, R. Brousseau, S. Moineau, and M. Gottschalk Infect. Immun. October 2003 71: 6104-6108; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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