Contents: February 2003, Volume 71, Issue 2        Guest Commentaries        Minireviews        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Errata Other Issues

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Guest Commentaries:

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Understanding Naturally Acquired Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria D. J. Roberts Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 589-590; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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Archaea and Their Potential Role in Human Disease Paul B. Eckburg, Paul W. Lepp, and David A. Relman Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 591-596; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Plasmodium falciparum Infection Elicits Both Variant-Specific and Cross-Reactive Antibodies against Variant Surface Antigens Rana Chattopadhyay, Amit Sharma, Vinod K. Srivastava, Sudhanshu S. Pati, S. K. Sharma, Bhabani S. Das, and Chetan E. Chitnis Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 597-604; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Elevated Immunoglobulin E against Recombinant Brugia malayi -Glutamyl Transpeptidase in Patients with Bancroftian Filariasis: Association with Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia or Putative Immunity Edgar Lobos, Thomas B. Nutman, John S. Hothersall, and Salvador Moncada Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 747-753; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Entamoeba histolytica Cysteine Proteinases Disrupt the Polymeric Structure of Colonic Mucin and Alter Its Protective Function Darcy Moncada, Kathy Keller, and Kris Chadee Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 838-844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phagocytosis and Intracellular Fate of Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia in Alveolar Macrophages O. Ibrahim-Granet, B. Philippe, H. Boleti, E. Boisvieux-Ulrich, D. Grenet, M. Stern, and J. P. Latgé Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 891-903; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phagocytic Activity and Monocyte Chemotactic Protein Expression by Pulmonary Macrophages in Persistent Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Wu He, Arturo Casadevall, Sunhee C. Lee, and David L. Goldman Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 930-936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunohistochemical Evaluation of T Cells in Oral Lesions from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Persons with Oropharyngeal Candidiasis Tammy A. Myers, Janet E. Leigh, Alfredo R. Arribas, Shannon Hager, Rebecca Clark, Elizabeth Lilly, and Paul L. Fidel, Jr. Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 956-963; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Human Eosinophil Peroxidase Induces Surface Alteration, Killing, and Lysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Violetta Borelli, Francesca Vita, Sandeep Shankar, Maria Rosa Soranzo, Elena Banfi, Giuditta Scialino, Cristiana Brochetta, and Giuliano Zabucchi Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 605-613; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Human Lung Epithelial Cells during Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection Jun Yang, W. Craig Hooper, Donald J. Phillips, Maria L. Tondella, and Deborah F. Talkington Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 614-620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptor 4-Positive Macrophages Protect Mice from Pasteurella pneumotropica-Induced Pneumonia Marcia L. Hart, Derek A. Mosier, and Stephen K. Chapes Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 663-670; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A/J Mice Are Susceptible and C57BL/6 Mice Are Resistant to Listeria monocytogenes Infection by Intragastric Inoculation Charles J. Czuprynski, Nancy G. Faith, and Howard Steinberg Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 682-689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Innate Ability of I/St and A/Sn Mice To Combat Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Phenotypes Expressed in Lung and Extrapulmonary Macrophages Konstantin B. Majorov, Irina V. Lyadova, Tatiana K. Kondratieva, Eugeny B. Eruslanov, Elvira I. Rubakova, Marianna O. Orlova, Vladimir V. Mischenko, and Alexander S. Apt Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 697-707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Treponemes and Their Outer Membrane Extracts Activate Human Gingival Epithelial Cells through Toll-Like Receptor 2 Yasuyuki Asai, Takayoshi Jinno, and Tomohiko Ogawa Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 717-725; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Saccharomyces boulardii Interferes with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli-Induced Signaling Pathways in T84 Cells Stephanie Dahan, Guillaume Dalmasso, Veronique Imbert, Jean-Francois Peyron, Patrick Rampal, and Dorota Czerucka Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 766-773; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA from Periodontopathogenic Bacteria Is Immunostimulatory for Mouse and Human Immune Cells Claudia Nonnenmacher, Alexander Dalpke, Stefan Zimmermann, Lavin Flores-de-Jacoby, Reinier Mutters, and Klaus Heeg Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 850-856; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunopathogenesis of Pulmonary Granulomas in the Guinea Pig after Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Oliver C. Turner, Randall J. Basaraba, and Ian M. Orme Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 864-871; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Continuous Method for Monitoring Biofilm Infection in a Mouse Model Jagath L. Kadurugamuwa, Lin Sin, Eddie Albert, Jun Yu, Kevin Francis, Monica DeBoer, Michael Rubin, Carole Bellinger-Kawahara, T. R. Parr, Jr., and Pamela R. Contag Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 882-890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccine-Induced Reduction of Helicobacter pylori Colonization in Mice Is Interleukin-12 Dependent but Gamma Interferon and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Independent Christine A. Garhart, Frederick P. Heinzel, Steven J. Czinn, and John G. Nedrud Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 910-921; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection by Streptococcus pyogenes Induces the Receptor Activator of NF-B Ligand Expression in Mouse Osteoblastic Cells Nobuo Okahashi, Atsuo Sakurai, Ichiro Nakagawa, Taku Fujiwara, Shigetada Kawabata, Atsuo Amano, and Shigeyuki Hamada Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 948-955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Nramp1 Is Not a Major Determinant in the Control of Brucella melitensis Infection in Mice Laurence A. Guilloteau, Jacques Dornand, Antoine Gross, Michel Olivier, Fabienne Cortade, Yves Le Vern, and Dominique Kerboeuf Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 621-628; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonial Morphology of Burkholderia cepacia Complex Genomovar III: Implications in Exopolysaccharide Production, Pilus Expression, and Persistence in the Mouse Jacqueline W. Chung, Eleonora Altman, Terry J. Beveridge, and David P. Speert Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 904-909; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transposon Mutagenesis of Mycobacterium marinum Identifies a Locus Linking Pigmentation and Intracellular Survival Lian-Yong Gao, Richard Groger, Jeffery S. Cox, Stephen M. Beverley, Elise H. Lawson, and Eric J. Brown Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 922-929; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of J774.1 Macrophage L-Arginine Metabolism by Intracellular Mycobacterium bovis BCG Marcy A. Peteroy-Kelly, Vishwanath Venketaraman, Meliza Talaue, Anjali Seth, and Nancy D. Connell Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 1011-1015; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Molecular and Phenotypic Analysis of the CS54 Island of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium: Identification of Intestinal Colonization and Persistence Determinants Robert A. Kingsley, Andrea D. Humphries, Eric H. Weening, Marcel R. de Zoete, Sebastian Winter, Anastasia Papaconstantinopoulou, Gordon Dougan, and Andreas J. Bäumler Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 629-640; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clostridium sordellii Phospholipase C: Gene Cloning and Comparison of Enzymatic and Biological Activities with Those of Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium bifermentans Phospholipase C Tadahiro Karasawa, Xingmin Wang, Tsuneo Maegawa, Yoshio Michiwa, Hiroyuki Kita, Koichi Miwa, and Shinichi Nakamura Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 641-646; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The msbB Mutant of Neisseria meningitidis Strain NMB Has a Defect in Lipooligosaccharide Assembly and Transport to the Outer Membrane Deborah M. B. Post, Margaret R. Ketterer, Nancy J. Phillips, Bradford W. Gibson, and Michael A. Apicella Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 647-655; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Sortase in Surface Expression of the Major Protein Adhesin P1, Saliva-Induced Aggregation and Adherence, and Cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans Song F. Lee and Thomas L. Boran Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 676-681; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lon, a Stress-Induced ATP-Dependent Protease, Is Critically Important for Systemic Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection of Mice Akiko Takaya, Masato Suzuki, Hidenori Matsui, Toshifumi Tomoyasu, Hiroshi Sashinami, Akio Nakane, and Tomoko Yamamoto Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 690-696; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sensitivity of Polarized Epithelial Cells to the Pore-Forming Toxin Aerolysin Laurence Abrami, Marc Fivaz, Pierre-Etienne Glauser, Nakaba Sugimoto, Chiara Zurzolo, and F. Gisou van der Goot Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 739-746; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterogeneity of Mycolactones Produced by Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium ulcerans: Implications for Virulence Armand Mve-Obiang, Richard E. Lee, Françoise Portaels, and P. L. C. Small Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 774-783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus pyogenes Glycoprotein-Binding Strepadhesin Activity Is Mediated by a Surface-Associated Carbohydrate-Degrading Enzyme, Pullulanase Jukka Hytönen, Sauli Haataja, and Jukka Finne Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 784-793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Five-Member Gene Family of Bartonella quintana Michael F. Minnick, Kate N. Sappington, Laura S. Smitherman, Siv G. E. Andersson, Olof Karlberg, and James A. Carroll Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 814-821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction by Sphingomyelinase of Shiga Toxin Receptor and Shiga Toxin 2 Sensitivity in Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells T. G. Obrig, R. M. Seaner, M. Bentz, C. A. Lingwood, B. Boyd, A. Smith, and W. Narrow Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 845-849; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of Epithelial Barrier Integrity by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Requires Geranylgeranylated Proteins Farideh Tafazoli, Karl-Eric Magnusson, and Limin Zheng Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 872-881; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Model To Study Requirements for Trafficking of Yersinia pestis YopM in Eucaryotic Cells Elzbieta Skrzypek, Tanya Myers-Morales, Sidney W. Whiteheart, and Susan C. Straley Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 937-947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Apoptotic Killing and Phagocytosis of Host Cells by the Parasite Entamoeba histolytica Christopher D. Huston, Douglas R. Boettner, Vanessa Miller-Sims, and William A. Petri, Jr. Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 964-972; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Restricted Expression of Shiga Toxin Binding Sites on Mucosal Epithelium of Mouse Distal Colon Yasuyuki Imai, Takashi Fukui, Kohta Kurohane, Daisei Miyamoto, Yasuo Suzuki, Tomoyuki Ishikawa, Yousuke Ono, and Masaki Miyake Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 985-990; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Alkylation Damage as a Sensor of Nitrosative Stress in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Steven I. Durbach, Burkhard Springer, Edith E. Machowski, Robert J. North, K. G. Papavinasasundaram, M. Jo Colston, Erik C. Böttger, and Valerie Mizrahi Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 997-1000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Expression of the Borrelia burgdorferi ß3-Chain Integrin Ligand, P66, in Ticks and in Culture Carla Cugini, Melisa Medrano, Tom G. Schwan, and Jenifer Coburn Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 1001-1007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pathogenic Potential of Environmental Vibrio cholerae Strains Carrying Genetic Variants of the Toxin-Coregulated Pilus Pathogenicity Island Shah M. Faruque, M. Kamruzzaman, Ismail M. Meraj, Nityananda Chowdhury, G. Balakrish Nair, R. Bradley Sack, Rita R. Colwell, and David A. Sack Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 1020-1025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

UreR, the Transcriptional Activator of the Proteus mirabilis Urease Gene Cluster, Is Required for Urease Activity and Virulence in Experimental Urinary Tract Infections Jonathan D. Dattelbaum, C. Virginia Lockatell, David E. Johnson, and Harry L. T. Mobley Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 1026-1030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Availability of Complement Bound to Staphylococcus aureus To Interact with Membrane Complement Receptors Influences Efficiency of Phagocytosis K. M. Cunnion, H.-M. Zhang, and M. M. Frank Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 656-662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccines Exhibit Defects in Alanine and Serine Catabolism Jeffrey M. Chen, David C. Alexander, Marcel A. Behr, and Jun Liu Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 708-716; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Levels of Diphtheria-Neutralizing Antibody Induced in Healthy Volunteers by Unilateral Priming-Boosting Intranasal Immunization Associated with Restricted Ipsilateral Mucosal Secretory Immunoglobulin A Kingston H. G. Mills, Catherine Cosgrove, Edel A. McNeela, Amy Sexton, Rafaela Giemza, Inderjit Jabbal-Gill, Anne Church, Wu Lin, Lisbeth Illum, Audino Podda, Rino Rappuoli, Mariagrazia Pizza, George E. Griffin, and David J. M. Lewis Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 726-732; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Systemic and Mucosal Immune Responses in Reciprocal Protection against Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis in a Murine Model of Respiratory Infection Mineo Watanabe and Masaaki Nagai Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 733-738; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Conformational Epitope of Guy's 13, a Monoclonal Antibody That Prevents Streptococcus mutans Colonization in Humans Craig J. van Dolleweerd, Daniel Chargelegue, and Julian K.-C. Ma Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 754-765; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonization of C57BL/6J and BALB/c Wild-Type and Knockout Mice with Helicobacter pylori: Effect of Vaccination and Implications for Innate and Acquired Immunity Klaus Panthel, Gerhard Faller, and Rainer Haas Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 794-800; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of a Promoter Trap System in Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus subtilis for the Development of Recombinant Protective Antigen-Based Vaccines O. Gat, I. Inbar, R. Aloni-Grinstein, E. Zahavy, C. Kronman, I. Mendelson, S. Cohen, B. Velan, and A. Shafferman Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 801-813; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Does Host Complement Kill Borrelia burgdorferi within Ticks? Sivaprakash Rathinavelu, Anne Broadwater, and Aravinda M. de Silva Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 822-829; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protection of Chickens against Escherichia coli Infections by DNA Containing CpG Motifs Susantha Gomis, Lorne Babiuk, Dale L. Godson, Brenda Allan, Tannis Thrush, Hugh Townsend, Philip Willson, Edwin Waters, Rolf Hecker, and Andrew Potter Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 857-863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Restoration of Cytoadherence to an Adherence-Deficient Mutant of Mycoplasma arthritidis by Genetic Complementation Leigh R. Washburn, Daniel W. Bird, and Kevin Dybvig Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 671-675; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Inhibition of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1 and 2 Pathway on Apoptosis and bcl-2 Expression in Helicobacter pylori-Infected AGS Cells Il Ju Choi, Joo Sung Kim, Jung Mogg Kim, Hyun Chae Jung, and In Sung Song Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 830-837; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Restricted Fusion of Chlamydia trachomatis Vesicles with Endocytic Compartments during the Initial Stages of Infection Marci A. Scidmore, Elizabeth R. Fischer, and Ted Hackstadt Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 973-984; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epithelial Cell Surface Sites Involved in the Polyvalent Adherence of Porphyromonas gingivalis: a Convincing Role for Neuraminic Acid and Glucuronic Acid G. Agnani, S. Tricot-Doleux, S. Houalet, and M. Bonnaure-Mallet Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 991-996; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Migration through the Extracellular Matrix by the Parasitic Protozoan Leishmania Is Enhanced by Surface Metalloprotease gp63 Bradford S. McGwire, Kwang-Poo Chang, and David M. Engman Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 1008-1010; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Extracellular Bactericidal Agents on Bacteria within Macrophages Terri S. Hamrick, Adam H. Diaz, Edward A. Havell, John R. Horton, and Paul E. Orndorff Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 1016-1019; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Transcriptional Analysis of Rickettsia prowazekii Invasion Gene Homolog (invA) during Host Cell Infection Jariyanart Gaywee, Suzana Radulovic, James A. Higgins, and Abdu F. Azad Infect. Immun. February 2003 71: 1031 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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