Contents: November 2003, Volume 71, Issue 11        Minireviews        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular Pathogenesis        Host Response and Inflammation        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Genomics        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Letters        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Apoptosis and the Balance of Homeostatic and Pathologic Responses to Protozoan Infection L. Cristina Gavrilescu and Eric Y. Denkers Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6109-6115; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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PPE Protein (Rv3873) from DNA Segment RD1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Strong Recognition of Both Specific T-Cell Epitopes and Epitopes Conserved within the PPE Family Limei Meng Okkels, Inger Brock, Frank Follmann, Else Marie Agger, Sandra M. Arend, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, Fredrik Oftung, Ida Rosenkrands, and Peter Andersen Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6116-6123; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Expressing Mutant Lipid A with Decreased Endotoxicity Causes Maturation of Murine Dendritic Cells Ruwani Kalupahana, A. Romina Emilianus, Duncan Maskell, and Barbara Blacklaws Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6132-6140; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Chlamydial Genital Infection Resulting from Sexual Transmission from Male to Female Guinea Pigs and Determination of Infectious Dose Roger G. Rank, Anne K. Bowlin, Ronald L. Reed, and Toni Darville Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6148-6154; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Brucella abortus Phosphoglucomutase (pgm) Mutant as a New Live Rough-Phenotype Vaccine Juan Esteban Ugalde, Diego José Comerci, M. Susana Leguizamón, and Rodolfo Augusto Ugalde Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6264-6269; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autodisplay: Efficacious Surface Exposure of Antigenic UreA Fragments from Helicobacter pylori in Salmonella Vaccine Strains Konstantin Rizos, Claus T. Lattemann, Dirk Bumann, Thomas F. Meyer, and Toni Aebischer Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6320-6328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rhodococcus equi Secreted Antigens Are Immunogenic and Stimulate a Type 1 Recall Response in the Lungs of Horses Immune to R. equi Infection Andrea K. Kohler, Diana M. Stone, Melissa T. Hines, Barbara A. Byrne, Debra C. Alperin, Linda K. Norton, and Stephen A. Hines Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6329-6337; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relative Immunogenicity of PorA Subtypes in a Multivalent Neisseria meningitidis Vaccine Is Not Dependent on Presentation Form Thomas A. Luijkx, Harry van Dijken, Hendrik-Jan Hamstra, Betsy Kuipers, Peter van der Ley, Loek van Alphen, and Germie van den Dobbelsteen Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6367-6371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Vaccination Protects Mice against Challenge with Listeria monocytogenes Expressing the Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Protein Benjamin E. Simon, Kenneth A. Cornell, Tina R. Clark, Sunwen Chou, Hugo R. Rosen, and Ronald A. Barry Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6372-6380; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Revaccination of Neonatal Calves with Mycobacterium bovis BCG Reduces the Level of Protection against Bovine Tuberculosis Induced by a Single Vaccination B. M. Buddle, D. N. Wedlock, N. A. Parlane, L. A. L. Corner, G. W. de Lisle, and M. A. Skinner Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6411-6419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of the Bovine Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Responses to Defined Mycobacterial Antigens by a Synthetic Bacterial Lipopeptide A. O. Whelan, J. C. Hope, C. J. Howard, D. Clifford, R. G. Hewinson, and H. M. Vordermeier Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6420 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Ribonucleotide Reduction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Function and Expression of Genes Encoding Class Ib and Class II Ribonucleotide Reductases Stephanie S. Dawes, Digby F. Warner, Liana Tsenova, Juliano Timm, John D. McKinney, Gilla Kaplan, Harvey Rubin, and Valerie Mizrahi Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6124-6131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Streptococcal Exotoxin Streptolysin O Activates Mast Cells To Produce Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha by p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase- and Protein Kinase C-Dependent Pathways Michael Stassen, Christian Müller, Christoph Richter, Christine Neudörfl, Lothar Hültner, Sucharit Bhakdi, Iwan Walev, and Edgar Schmitt Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6171-6177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Basis for the Structural Difference between Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 15B and 15C Capsular Polysaccharides Saskia van Selm, Lisette M. van Cann, Marc A. B. Kolkman, Bernard A. M. van der Zeijst, and Jos P. M. van Putten Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6192-6198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Gene That Affects the Efficiency of Host Cell Infection by Legionella pneumophila in a Temperature-Dependent Fashion Dennis A. Ridenour, Suat L. G. Cirillo, Sheng Feng, Mustapha M. Samrakandi, and Jeffrey D. Cirillo Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6256-6263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low-Level Pilin Expression Allows for Substantial DNA Transformation Competence in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Cynthia D. Long, Deborah M. Tobiason, Matthew P. Lazio, Kimberly A. Kline, and H. Steven Seifert Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6279-6291; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transfer Region of pO113 from Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli: Similarity with R64 and Identification of a Novel Plasmid-Encoded Autotransporter, EpeA Denisse L. Leyton, Joan Sloan, Rebecca E. Hill, Steven Doughty, and Elizabeth L. Hartland Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6307-6319; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pertussis Toxin Plays an Early Role in Respiratory Tract Colonization by Bordetella pertussis Nicholas H. Carbonetti, Galina V. Artamonova, R. Michael Mays, and Zoe E. V. Worthington Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6358-6366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a 3-Deoxy-D-manno-Octulosonic Acid Biosynthetic Operon in Moraxella catarrhalis and Analysis of a KdsA-Deficient Isogenic Mutant Nicole R. Luke, Simon Allen, Bradford W. Gibson, and Anthony A. Campagnari Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6426-6434; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Type 1 Fimbriae of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Bind to Enterocytes and Contribute to Colonization of Swine In Vivo Carrie Althouse, Sheila Patterson, Paula Fedorka-Cray, and Richard E. Isaacson Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6446-6452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Pathogenicity of Escherichia coli O157 and Intimin-Negative Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Strains in Neonatal Pigs Evelyn A. Dean-Nystrom, Angela R. Melton-Celsa, Joachim F. L. Pohlenz, Harley W. Moon, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6526-6533; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phosphatidylcholine-Specific Phospholipase C and Sphingomyelinase Activities in Bacteria of the Bacillus cereus Group A. P. Pomerantsev, K. V. Kalnin, M. Osorio, and S. H. Leppla Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6591-6606; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A CdtA-CdtC Complex Can Block Killing of HeLa Cells by Haemophilus ducreyi Cytolethal Distending Toxin Kaiping Deng and Eric J. Hansen Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6633-6640; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori cag Pathogenicity Island Is Associated with Reduced Expression of Interleukin-4 (IL-4) mRNA and Modulation of the IL-42 mRNA Isoform in Human Gastric Mucosa Barbara Orsini, Barbara Ottanelli, Amedeo Amedei, Elisabetta Surrenti, Marco Capanni, Gianfranco Del Prete, Andrea Amorosi, Stefano Milani, Mario Milco D'Elios, and Calogero Surrenti Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6664-6667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The MicAB Two-Component Signaling System Is Involved in Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Aras Kadioglu, Josè Echenique, Sonia Manco, Marie-Claude Trombe, and Peter W. Andrew Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6676-6679; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretion of the orgC Gene Product by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium James B. Day and Catherine A. Lee Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6680-6685; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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One of Two Human Lactoferrin Variants Exhibits Increased Antibacterial and Transcriptional Activation Activities and Is Associated with Localized Juvenile Periodontitis Kabilan Velliyagounder, Jeffrey B. Kaplan, David Furgang, Diana Legarda, Gill Diamond, Ruth E. Parkin, and Daniel H. Fine Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6141-6147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Cyclooxygenase Enzymes in a Murine Model of Experimental Cholera Deborah L. Gessell-Lee, Vsevolod L. Popov, Istvan Boldogh, Juan P. Olano, and Johnny W. Peterson Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6234-6242; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Critical Role of the Complement System in Group B Streptococcus-Induced Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Release Ofer Levy, Rochelle M. Jean-Jacques, Colette Cywes, Richard B. Sisson, Kol A. Zarember, Paul J. Godowski, Jennifer L. Christianson, Hilde-Kari Guttormsen, Michael C. Carroll, Anne Nicholson-Weller, and Michael R. Wessels Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6344-6353; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Neutrophil Chemotaxis Is Modulated by Capsule and O Antigen from an Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strain Thomas A. Russo, Bruce A. Davidson, Diana M. Topolnycky, Ruth Olson, Stacy A. Morrill, Paul R. Knight, III, and Philip M. Murphy Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6435-6445; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for a Novel Gene Expression Program in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis-Infected Cattle Paul M. Coussens, Christopher J. Colvin, Guilherme J. M. Rosa, Juliana Perez Laspiur, and Michael D. Elftman Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6487-6498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptor Expression in C3H/HeN and C3H/HeJ Mice during Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection Sabine Tötemeyer, Neil Foster, Pete Kaiser, Duncan J. Maskell, and Clare E. Bryant Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6653-6657; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Induction of Capsule Growth in Cryptococcus neoformans by Mammalian Serum and CO2 Oscar Zaragoza, Bettina C. Fries, and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6155-6164; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Production of Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1 (MIP-1), Lymphotactin, and MIP-2 by CD4+ Th Subsets Polarized In Vitro and In Vivo Kerstin Müller, Susanne Bischof, Frank Sommer, Michael Lohoff, Werner Solbach, and Tamás Laskay Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6178-6183; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection by Trypanosoma cruzi Metacyclic Forms Deficient in gp82 but Expressing a Related Surface Molecule, gp30 Mauro Cortez, Ivan Neira, Daniele Ferreira, Alejandro O. Luquetti, Anis Rassi, Vanessa D. Atayde, and Nobuko Yoshida Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6184-6191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Therapeutic Activity of an Engineered Synthetic Killer Antiidiotypic Antibody Fragment against Experimental Mucosal and Systemic Candidiasis Luciano Polonelli, Walter Magliani, Stefania Conti, Luisa Bracci, Luisa Lozzi, Paolo Neri, Daniela Adriani, Flavia De Bernardis, and Antonio Cassone Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6205-6212; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Absence of the Macrophage Mannose Receptor in Mice Does Not Increase Susceptibility to Pneumocystis carinii Infection In Vivo Steve D. Swain, Sena J. Lee, Michel C. Nussenzweig, and Allen G. Harmsen Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6213-6221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The MIC3 Gene of Toxoplasma gondii Is a Novel Potent Vaccine Candidate against Toxoplasmosis Alaa Bassuny Ismael, Dalila Sekkai, Christine Collin, Daniel Bout, and Marie-Noëlle Mévélec Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6222-6228; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum Rifin Proteins Are Associated with Rapid Parasite Clearance and Asymptomatic Infections Mohamed S. Abdel-Latif, Klaus Dietz, Saadou Issifou, Peter G. Kremsner, and Mo-Quen Klinkert Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6229-6233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pathogenic Acanthamoeba spp. Secrete a Mannose-Induced Cytolytic Protein That Correlates with the Ability To Cause Disease Michael Hurt, Sudha Neelam, Jerry Niederkorn, and Hassan Alizadeh Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6243-6255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Immunization with the Gene Encoding P4 Nuclease of Leishmania amazonensis Protects Mice against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Kimberly Campbell, Hong Diao, Jiaxiang Ji, and Lynn Soong Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6270-6278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Rat Model of Pneumocystis Pneumonia Induced by Anti-CD4+ T-Lymphocyte Antibodies Timothy D. Thullen, Alan D. Ashbaugh, Kieran R. Daly, Michael J. Linke, Paul E. Steele, and Peter D. Walzer Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6292-6297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PPE Antigen Rv2430c of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Induces a Strong B-Cell Response Rakesh Kumar Choudhary, Sangita Mukhopadhyay, Prachee Chakhaiyar, Naresh Sharma, K. J. R. Murthy, V. M. Katoch, and Seyed E. Hasnain Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6338-6343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasma Interleukin-12 in Malaria-Tolerant Papua New Guineans: Inverse Correlation with Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia and Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity Craig S. Boutlis, Moses Lagog, Sujittra Chaisavaneeyakorn, Mary A. Misukonis, Moses J. Bockarie, Charles S. Mgone, Zhiqiang Wang, Grant Morahan, J. Brice Weinberg, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, and Nicholas M. Anstey Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6354-6357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Cytokines and Major Histocompatibility Complex Restriction in Mouse Resistance to Infection with a Natural Recombinant Strain (Type I-III) of Toxoplasma gondii Blima Fux, Cibele V. Rodrigues, Ricardo W. Portela, Neide M. Silva, Chunlei Su, David Sibley, Ricardo W. A. Vitor, and Ricardo T. Gazzinelli Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6392-6401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of the Complement Membrane Attack Complex by Schistosoma mansoni Paramyosin Jiusheng Deng, Daniel Gold, Philip T. LoVerde, and Zvi Fishelson Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6402-6410; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of T-Cell Costimulation as Immunotherapy or Immunochemotherapy in Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis Henry W. Murray, Cristina M. Lu, Elaine B. Brooks, Richard E. Fichtl, Jennifer L. DeVecchio, and Frederick P. Heinzel Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6453-6462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lung Epithelial Cells and Extracellular Matrix Components Induce Expression of Pneumocystis carinii STE20, a Gene Complementing the Mating and Pseudohyphal Growth Defects of ste20 Mutant Yeast Theodore J. Kottom, Julia R. Köhler, Charles F. Thomas, Jr., Gerald R. Fink, and Andrew H. Limper Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6463-6471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Phagocytic Cell Responses to Scedosporium apiospermum (Pseudallescheria boydii): Variable Susceptibility to Oxidative Injury Cristina Gil-Lamaignere, Emmanuel Roilides, Caron A. Lyman, Maria Simitsopoulou, Theodouli Stergiopoulou, Avgi Maloukou, and Thomas J. Walsh Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6472-6478; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Leishmania major Secreting Biologically Active Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Survives Poorly in Macrophages In Vitro and Delays Disease Development in Mice Carole Dumas, Anthony Muyombwe, Gaétan Roy, Claudine Matte, Marc Ouellette, Martin Olivier, and Barbara Papadopoulou Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6499-6509; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of gp70 and Anti-gp70 Monoclonal Antibodies in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Pathogenesis Daniela de Mattos Grosso, Sandro Rogério de Almeida, Mario Mariano, and Jose Daniel Lopes Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6534-6542; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Platelet Adherence to Brain Microvasculature Protects against Severe Plasmodium berghei Malaria Guang Sun, Wun-Ling Chang, Jie Li, Seth Mark Berney, Donald Kimpel, and Henri C. van der Heyde Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6553-6561; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Leishmania infantum Acidic Ribosomal Protein P0 Administered as a DNA Vaccine Confers Protective Immunity to Leishmania major Infection in BALB/c Mice Salvador Iborra, Manuel Soto, Javier Carrión, Ana Nieto, Edgar Fernández, Carlos Alonso, and Jose M. Requena Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6562-6572; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccination with Toxoplasma gondii SAG-1 Protein Is Protective against Congenital Toxoplasmosis in BALB/c Mice but Not in CBA/J Mice Valerie Letscher-Bru, Alexander W. Pfaff, Ahmed Abou-Bacar, Denis Filisetti, Elisabeth Antoni, Odile Villard, Jean-Paul Klein, and Ermanno Candolfi Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6615-6619; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies That Inhibit Plasmodium falciparum Adhesion to Chondroitin Sulfate A Are Associated with Increased Birth Weight and the Gestational Age of Newborns Patrick E. Duffy and Michal Fried Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6620-6623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simultaneous Variation of the Immunodominant Outer Membrane Proteins, MSP2 and MSP3, during Anaplasma marginale Persistence In Vivo Kelly A. Brayton, Patrick F. M. Meeus, Anthony F. Barbet, and Guy H. Palmer Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6627-6632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mice Deficient in Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Cell Transcription Factor c2 Mount Increased Th2 Responses after Infection with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and Decreased Th1 Responses after Mycobacterial Infection Klaus J. Erb, Thomas Twardzik, Alois Palmetshofer, Gisela Wohlleben, Ursula Tatsch, and Edgar Serfling Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6641-6647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Role for Albumin in Innate Immunity: Serum Albumin Inhibits the Growth of Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast Form In Vitro Steven Giles and Charles Czuprynski Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6648-6652; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Density of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Coreceptors CCR5 and CXCR4 on the Surfaces of CD4+ T Cells and Monocytes of Patients with Schistosoma mansoni Infection W. Evan Secor, Amil Shah, Pauline M. N. Mwinzi, Bryson A. Ndenga, Caroline O. Watta, and Diana M. S. Karanja Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6668-6671; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Legionella pneumophila Suppresses Macrophage Interleukin-12 Production by Activating the p42/44 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade Kazuto Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Thomas W. Klein, Herman Friedman, and Yoshimasa Yamamoto Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6672-6675; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Differential Expression of Genes in Uninfected and Rickettsia-Infected Dermacentor variabilis Ticks as Assessed by Differential-Display PCR Kevin R. Macaluso, Albert Mulenga, Jason A. Simser, and Abdu F. Azad Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6165-6170; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phage Lytic Enzyme Cpl-1 as a Novel Antimicrobial for Pneumococcal Bacteremia Jutta M. Loeffler, Svetolik Djurkovic, and Vincent A. Fischetti Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6199-6204; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlation between cag Pathogenicity Island Composition and Helicobacter pylori-Associated Gastroduodenal Disease Christina Nilsson, Anna Sillén, Lena Eriksson, Mona-Lisa Strand, Helena Enroth, Staffan Normark, Per Falk, and Lars Engstrand Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6573-6581; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Actin Filament Network in Burkholderia multivorans Invasion in Well-Differentiated Human Airway Epithelia Ute E. Schwab, Carla M. P. Ribeiro, Heiner Neubauer, and Richard C. Boucher Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6607-6609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of N-(3-Oxohexanoyl)-L-Homoserine Lactone in Mice Infected with Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype O8 Christoph A. Jacobi, Alexandra Bach, Leo Eberl, Anette Steidle, and Jürgen Heesemann Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6624-6626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Host Susceptibility to Disease Progression in the Human Challenge Model of Haemophilus ducreyi Infection Stanley M. Spinola, Cliffton T. H. Bong, Andrew L. Faber, Kate R. Fortney, Stacy L. Bennett, Carisa A. Townsend, Beth E. Zwickl, Steven D. Billings, Tricia L. Humphreys, Margaret E. Bauer, and Barry P. Katz Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6658-6663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Comparison of Two Major Forms of the Shigella Virulence Plasmid pINV: Positive Selection Is a Major Force Driving the Divergence Ruiting Lan, Gordon Stevenson, and Peter R. Reeves Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6298-6306; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Expression of Interleukin-1 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Protein 1 in Ileal Tissues of Cattle Infected with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Abraham D. Aho, Amanda M. McNulty, and Paul M. Coussens Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6479-6486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth Phase-Dependent Response of Helicobacter pylori to Iron Starvation D. Scott Merrell, Lucinda J. Thompson, Charles C. Kim, Hazel Mitchell, Lucy S. Tompkins, Adrian Lee, and Stanley Falkow Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6510-6525; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Gonococcal Phospholipase D Modulates the Expression and Function of Complement Receptor 3 in Primary Cervical Epithelial Cells Jennifer L. Edwards, David D. Entz, and Michael A. Apicella Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6381-6391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Forssman Synthetase Expression Results in Diminished Shiga Toxin Susceptibility: a Role for Glycolipids in Determining Host-Microbe Interactions Sean P. Elliott, Min Yu, Huaijin Xu, and David B. Haslam Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6543-6552; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CapG-/- Mice Have Specific Host Defense Defects That Render Them More Susceptible than CapG+/+ Mice to Listeria monocytogenes Infection but Not to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection Shefal S. Parikh, Sally A. Litherland, Michael J. Clare-Salzler, Wei Li, Paul A. Gulig, and Frederick S. Southwick Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6582-6590; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Commensal Bacteria Increase Invasion of Intestinal Epithelium by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Jeffrey B. Lyczak Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6610-6614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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Humoral Immunity against Bordetella pertussis: Antibodies or B Cells? María Eugenia Rodriguez, W.-Ludo van der Pol, Girish S. Kirimanjeswara, Paul B. Mann, and Eric T. Harvill Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6686 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Mannose-Binding Lectin Is a Disease Modifier in Clinical Malaria and May Function as Opsonin for Plasmodium falciparum- Infected Erythrocytes Peter Garred, Morten A. Nielsen, Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals, Rajneesh Malhotra, Hans O. Madsen, Bamenla Q. Goka, Bartholomew D. Akanmori, Robert B. Sim, and Lars Hviid Infect. Immun. November 2003 71: 6687 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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