Contents: March 2003, Volume 71, Issue 3        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular Pathogenesis        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Genomics        Bacterial Infections        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Authors' Corrections Other Issues

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Regions of PspA/EF3296 Best Able To Elicit Protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Murine Infection Model Hazeline Roche, Anders Håkansson, Susan K. Hollingshead, and David E. Briles Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1033-1041; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enteral Immunization with Attenuated Recombinant Listeria monocytogenes as a Live Vaccine Vector: Organ-Dependent Dynamics of CD4 T Lymphocytes Reactive to a Leishmania major Tracer Epitope Hélène Saklani-Jusforgues, Elisabeth Fontan, Neirouz Soussi, Geneviève Milon, and Pierre L. Goossens Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1083-1090; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhalational Poisoning by Botulinum Toxin and Inhalation Vaccination with Its Heavy-Chain Component Jong-Beak Park and Lance L. Simpson Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1147-1154; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression and Immunogenicity of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Heat Shock Protein Antigen P42 by DNA Vaccination Ya-Lei Chen, Shao-Ning Wang, Wen-Jen Yang, Yi-Jiun Chen, Hsi-Hsun Lin, and David Shiuan Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1155-1160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunogenicity and Protective Immunity Induced by Synthetic Peptides Associated with Putative Immunodominant Regions of Streptococcus mutans Glucan-Binding Protein B Daniel J. Smith, William F. King, Leigh A. Barnes, Zachary Peacock, and Martin A. Taubman Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1179-1184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Immune Response to Outer Membrane Protein CD of Moraxella catarrhalis in Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Timothy F. Murphy, Charmaine Kirkham, Dai-Fang Liu, and Sanjay Sethi Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1288-1294; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Characterization and Immunogenicity of Coli Surface Antigen 4 from Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli when It Is Expressed in a Shigella Live-Vector Strain Zeev Altboum, Myron M. Levine, James E. Galen, and Eileen M. Barry Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1352-1360; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protection against Fatal Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia in Mice after Nasal Immunization with a Live, Attenuated aroA Deletion Mutant Gregory P. Priebe, Gloria J. Meluleni, Fadie T. Coleman, Joanna B. Goldberg, and Gerald B. Pier Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1453-1461; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus-Vectored Vaccines Protect Mice against Anthrax Spore Challenge John S. Lee, Angela G. Hadjipanayis, and Susan L. Welkos Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1491-1496; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutant Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Toxin B Subunit That Separates Toxoid-Mediated Signaling and Immunomodulatory Action from Trafficking and Delivery Functions Sylvia A. Fraser, Lolke de Haan, Arron R. Hearn, Heather K. Bone, Robert J. Salmond, A. Jennifer Rivett, Neil A. Williams, and Timothy R. Hirst Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1527-1537; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Vaccination with Refined Components of the Organism on Infection of Mice with Mycobacterium leprae Maeya Ngamying, Pathom Sawanpanyalert, Raywadee Butraporn, Junjira Nikasri, Sang-Nae Cho, Louis Levy, and Patrick J. Brennan Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1596-1598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clostridium difficile Vaccine and Serum Immunoglobulin G Antibody Response to Toxin A Samer Aboudola, Karen L. Kotloff, Lorraine Kyne, Michel Warny, Eoin C. Kelly, Stavros Sougioultzis, Paul J. Giannasca, Thomas P. Monath, and Ciarán P. Kelly Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1608-1610; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Identification and Characterization of a Streptococcus pyogenes Operon Involved in Binding of Hemoproteins and Acquisition of Iron Christopher S. Bates, Griselle E. Montañez, Charles R. Woods, Rebecca M. Vincent, and Zehava Eichenbaum Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1042-1055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of the Type IV Secretion System Differs among Brucella Species as Revealed with VirB5- and VirB8-Specific Antisera Bruno Rouot, Maria-Teresa Alvarez-Martinez, Carine Marius, Pierrette Menanteau, Laurence Guilloteau, Rose-Anne Boigegrain, Robert Zumbihl, David O'Callaghan, Natalie Domke, and Christian Baron Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1075-1082; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Genetic Loci Required for Capsular Expression in Vibrio vulnificus Amy B. Smith and Ronald J. Siebeling Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1091-1097; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deletion of Two-Component Regulatory Systems Increases the Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tanya Parish, Debbie A. Smith, Sharon Kendall, Nicola Casali, Gregory J. Bancroft, and Neil G. Stoker Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1134-1140; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Shufflon of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Regulates Type IVB Pilus-Mediated Bacterial Self-Association Christina Morris, Cecilia M. C. Yip, Inez S. M. Tsui, Danny K.-H. Wong, and Jim Hackett Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1141-1146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rho GTPase Is Activated by Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 1 in Peripheral Blood T Lymphocytes: Potential Cytotoxicity for Intestinal Epithelial Cells Patrick Brest, Baharia Mograbi, Véronique Hofman, Agnès Loubat, Bernard Rossi, Patrick Auberger, and Paul Hofman Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1161-1169; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Gene Cloning, Gene Expression, and Mutants of Dps from the Obligate Anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis Junichi Ueshima, Mikio Shoji, Dinath B. Ratnayake, Kihachiro Abe, Shinichi Yoshida, Kenji Yamamoto, and Koji Nakayama Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1170-1178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polymorphic Membrane Protein H Has Evolved in Parallel with the Three Disease-Causing Groups of Chlamydia trachomatis Diane R. Stothard, Gregory A. Toth, and Byron E. Batteiger Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1200-1208; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural Characterization of the N Terminus of IpaC from Shigella flexneri Amanda T. Harrington, Patricia D. Hearn, Wendy L. Picking, Jeffrey R. Barker, Andrew Wessel, and William D. Picking Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1255-1264; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

HilE Interacts with HilD and Negatively Regulates hilA Transcription and Expression of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Invasive Phenotype M. Aaron Baxter, Thomas F. Fahlen, Rebecca L. Wilson, and Bradley D. Jones Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1295-1305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduced Glutathione Is Required for Pertussis Toxin Secretion by Bordetella pertussis Trevor H. Stenson, Angela K. Patton, and Alison A. Weiss Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1316-1320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Genomics Approach to the Identification of Virulence Genes Involved in Edwardsiella tarda Pathogenesis Putanae S. Srinivasa Rao, Tit Meng Lim, and Ka Yin Leung Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1343-1351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Novel Superantigens Found in Both Group A and Group C Streptococcus Thomas Proft, Phillip D. Webb, Vanessa Handley, and John D. Fraser Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1361-1369; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Acid-Inducible Genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the Use of Recombinase-Based In Vivo Expression Technology Beatrice Saviola, Samuel C. Woolwine, and William R. Bishai Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1379-1388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attenuated Virulence of a Burkholderia cepacia Type III Secretion Mutant in a Murine Model of Infection Mladen Tomich, Adam Griffith, Christine A. Herfst, Jane L. Burns, and Christian D. Mohr Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1405-1415; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amino Acid Sequence Requirements in the Hinge of Human Immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) for Cleavage by Streptococcal IgA1 Proteases Margaret R. Batten, Bernard W. Senior, Mogens Kilian, and Jenny M. Woof Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1462-1469; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Toll-Like Receptor Signaling in the Apoptotic Response of Macrophages to Yersinia Infection Yue Zhang and James B. Bliska Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1513-1519; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Zinc-Dependent Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Binding Site of Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin C Is Critical for Maximal Superantigen Function and Toxic Activity Timothy J. Tripp, John K. McCormick, Jennifer M. Webb, and Patrick M. Schlievert Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1548-1550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Studies of the Mechanism of Action of the Aerolysin-Like Hemolysin of Aeromonas sobria in Stimulating T84 Cells To Produce Cyclic AMP Yoshio Fujii, Tomohiko Nomura, Ritsuko Yokoyama, Sumio Shinoda, and Keinosuke Okamoto Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1557-1560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

N-Terminal E-Cadherin Peptides Act as Decoy Receptors for Listeria monocytogenes Fernanda da Silva Tatley, Frank E. Aldwell, Anita K. Dunbier, and Parry J. Guilford Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1580-1583; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DsbA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Essential for Multiple Virulence Factors Un-Hwan Ha, Yanping Wang, and Shouguang Jin Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1590-1595; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification of Fully Activated Clostridium botulinum Serotype B Toxin for Treatment of Patients with Dystonia Hideyuki Arimitsu, Kaoru Inoue, Yoshihiko Sakaguchi, Jaechul Lee, Yukako Fujinaga, Toshihiro Watanabe, Tohru Ohyama, Robert Hirst, and Keiji Oguma Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1599-1603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Antibodies Raised against Bcvir15, an Extrachromosomal Double-Stranded RNA-Encoded Protein from Babesia canis, Inhibit the In Vitro Growth of the Parasite P. Drakulovski, B. Carcy, K. Moubri, C. Carret, D. Depoix, T. P. M. Schetters, and A. Gorenflot Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1056-1067; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence that Development of Severe Cardiomyopathy in Human Chagas' Disease Is Due to a Th1-Specific Immune Response J. A. S. Gomes, L. M. G. Bahia-Oliveira, M. O. C. Rocha, O. A. Martins-Filho, G. Gazzinelli, and R. Correa-Oliveira Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1185-1193; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Natural Killer T Cells by -Galactosylceramide Impairs DNA Vaccine-Induced Protective Immunity against Trypanosoma cruzi Yasushi Miyahira, Masaharu Katae, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Hideo Yagita, Ko Okumura, Seiki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Tsuneo Kamiyama, Yoshinosuke Fukuchi, and Takashi Aoki Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1234-1241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Congenital Exposure to Plasmodium falciparum Antigens: Prevalence and Antigenic Specificity of In Utero-Produced Antimalarial Immunoglobulin M Antibodies Guoling Xi, Rose G. F. Leke, Lucy W. Thuita, Ainong Zhou, Robert J. I. Leke, Robinson Mbu, and Diane Wallace Taylor Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1242-1246; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Plays a Critical Role in Mediating Protection against the Helminth Parasite Taenia crassiceps Miriam Rodríguez-Sosa, Lucia E. Rosas, John R. David, Rafael Bojalil, Abhay R. Satoskar, and Luis I. Terrazas Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1247-1254; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Surface Amebic Cysteine Proteinase Inactivates Interleukin-18 Xuchu Que, Soo-Hyun Kim, Mohammed Sajid, Lars Eckmann, Charles A. Dinarello, James H. McKerrow, and Sharon L. Reed Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1274-1280; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Localized Eosinophil Degranulation Mediates Disease in Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia Laura O'Bryan, Paula Pinkston, V. Kumaraswami, V. Vijayan, Gordon Yenokida, Helene F. Rosenberg, Ronald Crystal, Eric A. Ottesen, and Thomas B. Nutman Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1337-1342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Primed Peritoneal B Lymphocytes Are Sufficient To Transfer Protection against Brugia pahangi Infection in Mice Natalia Paciorkowski, Leonard D. Shultz, and T. V. Rajan Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1370-1378; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD40-CD40 Ligand Costimulation Is Not Required for Initiation and Maintenance of a Th1-Type Response to Leishmania major Infection Udaikumar M. Padigel and Jay P. Farrell Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1389-1395; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Geographical Structure of Diversity and Differences between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Infections for Plasmodium falciparum Vaccine Candidate AMA1 Alfred Cortés, Mata Mellombo, Ivo Mueller, Ariadna Benet, John C. Reeder, and Robin F. Anders Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1416-1426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of PLB1 in Pulmonary Inflammation and Cryptococcal Eicosanoid Production Mairi C. Noverr, Gary M. Cox, John R. Perfect, and Gary B. Huffnagle Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1538-1547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Adhesion and Ca2+ Signaling Activity in Stably Transfected Trypanosoma cruzi Epimastigotes Expressing the Metacyclic Stage-Specific Surface Molecule gp82 Patricio M. Manque, Ivan Neira, Vanessa D. Atayde, Esteban Cordero, Alice T. Ferreira, José Franco da Silveira, Marcel Ramirez, and Nobuko Yoshida Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1561-1565; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Interleukin-6 in the Control of Acute and Chronic Giardia lamblia Infections in Mice Ping Zhou, Erqiu Li, Nannan Zhu, Jason Robertson, Theodore Nash, and Steven M. Singer Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1566-1568; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-6-Deficient Mice Are Highly Susceptible to Giardia lamblia Infection but Exhibit Normal Intestinal Immunoglobulin A Responses against the Parasite Marianne Bienz, Wen Juan Dai, Monika Welle, Bruno Gottstein, and Norbert Müller Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1569-1573; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Variant Surface Antigens by Plasmodium falciparum Parasites in the Peripheral Blood of Clinically Immune Pregnant Women Indicates Ongoing Placental Infection Michael F. Ofori, Trine Staalsoe, Victoria Bam, Maja Lundquist, Kim P. David, Edmund N. L. Browne, Bartholomew D. Akanmori, and Lars Hviid Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1584-1586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-12 Regulates Chemokine Gene Expression during the Early Immune Response to Leishmania major Colby Zaph and Phillip Scott Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1587-1589; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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The Afa/Dr Adhesins of Diffusely Adhering Escherichia coli Stimulate Interleukin-8 Secretion, Activate Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, and Promote Polymorphonuclear Transepithelial Migration in T84 Polarized Epithelial Cells Fréderic Bétis, Patrick Brest, Véronique Hofman, Julie Guignot, Marie-Françoise Bernet-Camard, Bernard Rossi, Alain Servin, and Paul Hofman Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1068-1074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enteric Salmonella Infection Inhibits Paneth Cell Antimicrobial Peptide Expression Nita H. Salzman, Margaret M. Chou, Hendrik de Jong, Lide Liu, Edith M. Porter, and Yvonne Paterson Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1109-1115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Allelic Variation in TLR4 Is Linked to Susceptibility to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Infection in Chickens Gary Leveque, Vincenzo Forgetta, Shaun Morroll, Adrian L. Smith, Nat Bumstead, Paul Barrow, J. C. Loredo-Osti, Kenneth Morgan, and Danielle Malo Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1116-1124; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microarray Analysis of mRNA Levels from RAW264.7 Macrophages Infected with Brucella abortus Linda Eskra, Angela Mathison, and Gary Splitter Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1125-1133; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Modulates In Vivo Expression of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Molecules on Antigen-Presenting Cells and T-Cell Stimulatory Activity of Dendritic Cells in a Strain-Dependent Manner Catalina D. Alba Soto, Gerardo A. Mirkin, Maria E. Solana, and Stella M. González Cappa Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1194-1199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitric Oxide Partially Controls Coxiella burnetii Phase II Infection in Mouse Primary Macrophages Dario S. Zamboni and Michel Rabinovitch Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1225-1233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intrapulmonary Expression of Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1 (CCL3) Induces Neutrophil and NK Cell Accumulation and Stimulates Innate Immunity in Murine Bacterial Pneumonia Xianying Zeng, Thomas A. Moore, Michael W. Newstead, Ruben Hernandez-Alcoceba, Wan C. Tsai, and Theodore J. Standiford Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1306-1315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complement Activation Influences Staphylococcus aureus Adherence to Endothelial Cells K. M. Cunnion and M. M. Frank Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1321-1327; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis in Interleukin-10 Gene Knockout Mice Nerida Cole, Mark Krockenberger, Fiona Stapleton, Shamila Khan, Emma Hume, Alan J. Husband, and Mark Willcox Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1328-1336; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Disrupts Stat1-Mediated Gamma Interferon Signal Transduction in Epithelial Cells Peter J. M. Ceponis, Derek M. McKay, Joyce C. Y. Ching, Perpetual Pereira, and Philip M. Sherman Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1396-1404; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 2 on Human Schwann Cells: a Mechanism of Nerve Damage in Leprosy Rosane B. Oliveira, Maria T. Ochoa, Peter A. Sieling, Thomas H. Rea, Anura Rambukkana, Euzenir N. Sarno, and Robert L. Modlin Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1427-1433; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD14- and Toll-Like Receptor-Dependent Activation of Bladder Epithelial Cells by Lipopolysaccharide and Type 1 Piliated Escherichia coli Joel D. Schilling, Steven M. Martin, David A. Hunstad, Kunal P. Patel, Matthew A. Mulvey, Sheryl S. Justice, Robin G. Lorenz, and Scott J. Hultgren Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1470-1480; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga Toxin 1 Triggers a Ribotoxic Stress Response Leading to p38 and JNK Activation and Induction of Apoptosis in Intestinal Epithelial Cells Wendy E. Smith, Anne V. Kane, Sausan T. Campbell, David W. K. Acheson, Brent H. Cochran, and Cheleste M. Thorpe Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1497-1504; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Respiratory Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection on Allergen-Induced Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness and Lung Inflammation in Mice Hong Wei Chu, Joyce M. Honour, Catherine A. Rawlinson, Ronald J. Harbeck, and Richard J. Martin Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1520-1526; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Position-Based Scanning for Comparative Genomics and Identification of Genetic Islands in Haemophilus influenzae Type b Nicholas H. Bergman and Brian J. Akerley Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1098-1108; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Functional CD40 Expression Induced following Bacterial Infection of Mouse and Human Osteoblasts Laura W. Schrum, Ian Marriott, Betsy R. Butler, Elaine K. Thomas, Michael C. Hudson, and Kenneth L. Bost Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1209-1216; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Role of Bphs/Hrh1 in the Genetic Control of Responsiveness to Pertussis Toxin Jian Feng Gao, Stanford B. Call, Parley D. Fillmore, Takeshi Watanabe, Nathan D. Meeker, and Cory Teuscher Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1281-1287; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intravenous Mouse Infection Model for Studying the Pathology of Enterococcus faecalis Infections Claudia Gentry-Weeks, Monica Estay, Cindy Loui, and Dale Baker Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1434-1441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Brucella suis Lipopolysaccharide O Antigen in Phagosomal Genesis and in Inhibition of Phagosome-Lysosome Fusion in Murine Macrophages Françoise Porte, Aroem Naroeni, Safia Ouahrani-Bettache, and Jean-Pierre Liautard Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1481-1490; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lymphoid Follicle-Dense Mucosa at the Terminal Rectum Is the Principal Site of Colonization of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the Bovine Host Stuart W. Naylor, J. Christopher Low, Thomas E. Besser, Arvind Mahajan, George J. Gunn, Michael C. Pearce, Iain J. McKendrick, David G. E. Smith, and David L. Gally Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1505-1512; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nonhuman Primate Model for Listeria monocytogenes-Induced Stillbirths Mary Alice Smith, Kazue Takeuchi, Robert E. Brackett, Harold M. McClure, Richard B. Raybourne, Kristina M. Williams, Uma S. Babu, Glenn O. Ware, J. Roger Broderson, and Michael P. Doyle Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1574-1579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial [Cu,Zn]-Cofactored Superoxide Dismutase Protects Opsonized, Encapsulated Neisseria meningitidis from Phagocytosis by Human Monocytes/Macrophages Kate L. R. Dunn, Jayne L. Farrant, Paul R. Langford, and J. Simon Kroll Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1604-1607; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Expression of Truncated Internalin A Is Involved in Impaired Internalization of Some Listeria monocytogenes Isolates Carried Asymptomatically by Humans Maïwenn Olier, Fabrice Pierre, Sandrine Rousseaux, Jean-Paul Lemaître, André Rousset, Pascal Piveteau, and Jean Guzzo Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1217-1224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotypic Switching in Mycoplasma gallisepticum Hemadsorption Is Governed by a High-Frequency, Reversible Point Mutation Florian Winner, Ivana Markovà, Peter Much, Albin Lugmair, Karin Siebert-Gulle, Gunther Vogl, Renate Rosengarten, and Christine Citti Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1265-1273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the NF-B Signaling Pathway and B cis-Regulatory Elements on the IRF-1 and iNOS Promoter Regions in Mycobacterial Lipoarabinomannan Induction of Nitric Oxide Kristin R. Morris, Ryan D. Lutz, Hyung-Seok Choi, Tetsu Kamitani, Kathryn Chmura, and Edward D. Chan Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1442-1452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Ectopically Expressed Neuronal Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein Domains on Rickettsia rickettsii Actin-Based Motility Ronald S. Harlander, Michael Way, Qun Ren, Dale Howe, Scott S. Grieshaber, and Robert A. Heinzen Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1551-1556; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Authors' Corrections:

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Organization of the Plasmid cpe Locus in Clostridium perfringens Type A Isolates Kazuaki Miyamoto, Ganes Chakrabarti, Yosiharu Morino, and Bruce A. McClane Infect. Immun. March 2003 71: 1611 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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