Contents: July 2003, Volume 71, Issue 7        Minireviews        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Host Response and Inflammation        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Genomics        Errata        Authors' Corrections Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Interleukin-10 and Inhibition of Innate Immunity to Yersiniae: Roles of Yops and LcrV (V Antigen) Robert R. Brubaker Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3673-3681; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Nitric Oxide Production and Mononuclear Cell Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in Malaria-Tolerant Papuan Adults Craig S. Boutlis, Emiliana Tjitra, Helena Maniboey, Mary A. Misukonis, Jocelyn R. Saunders, Sri Suprianto, J. Brice Weinberg, and Nicholas M. Anstey Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3682-3689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of Interleukin-4 in Lungs of Mice Impairs Elimination of Histoplasma capsulatum Lucy A. Gildea, Reta Gibbons, Fred D. Finkelman, and George S. Deepe, Jr. Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3787-3793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Various Types of Dirofilaria immitis Polyproteins Selectively Induce a Th2-Type Immune Response Hiroyuki Tezuka, Shinjiro Imai, Shinya Hidano, Setsuko Tsukidate, and Koichiro Fujita Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3802-3811; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Protective Immunity against Schistosoma mansoni via DNA Priming and Boosting with the Large Subunit of Calpain (Sm-p80): Adjuvant Effects of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor and Interleukin-4 Afzal A. Siddiqui, Troy Phillips, Hugues Charest, Ron B. Podesta, Martha L. Quinlin, Justin R. Pinkston, Jenny D. Lloyd, Michelle Paz, Rachael M. Villalovos, and Janet Pompa Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3844-3851; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Transmission of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. muris through Immunocompetent BALB/c Mice F. Gigliotti, A. G. Harmsen, and T. W. Wright Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3852-3856; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Combined Treatment with Interleukin-12 and Mebendazole Lessens the Severity of Experimental Eosinophilic Meningitis Caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis in ICR Mice Wen-Yuan Du, Jiunn-Wang Liao, Chia-Kwung Fan, and Kua-Eyre Su Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3947-3953; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immune Responses Induced by the Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani A2 Antigen, but Not by the LACK Antigen, Are Protective against Experimental Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis Infection Eduardo Antonio Ferraz Coelho, Carlos Alberto Pereira Tavares, Fernando Aécio Amorim Carvalho, Karina Figueiredo Chaves, Kadima Nayara Teixeira, Rafaela Chitarra Rodrigues, Hugues Charest, Greg Matlashewski, Ricardo Tostes Gazzinelli, and Ana Paula Fernandes Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3988-3994; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthesis of Melanin-Like Pigments by Sporothrix schenckii In Vitro and during Mammalian Infection Rachael Morris-Jones, Sirida Youngchim, Beatriz L. Gomez, Phil Aisen, Roderick J. Hay, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Arturo Casadevall, and Andrew J. Hamilton Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4026-4033; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of the ICOS-B7RP-1 Costimulatory Pathway Leads to Enhanced Hepatic Immunopathology and Increased Gamma Interferon Production by CD4 T Cells in Murine Schistosomiasis Laura I. Rutitzky, Engin Özkaynak, James B. Rottman, and Miguel J. Stadecker Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4040-4044; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Candida albicans Septin Mutants Are Defective for Invasive Growth and Virulence Amy J. Warenda, Sarah Kauffman, Taylor P. Sherrill, Jeffrey M. Becker, and James B. Konopka Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4045-4051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thioredoxin from Brugia malayi: Defining a 16-Kilodalton Class of Thioredoxins from Nematodes Kannan Kunchithapautham, B. Padmavathi, R. B. Narayanan, P. Kaliraj, and Alan L. Scott Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4119-4126; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Strains of Toxoplasma gondii Induce Different Cytokine Responses in CBA/Ca Mice Fausto G. Araujo and Teri Slifer Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4171-4174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of Gender-Specific Antibody Recognition of Products from Domains of a var Gene Implicated in Pregnancy-Associated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Anja T. R. Jensen, Hanne D. Zornig, Caecilie Buhmann, Ali Salanti, Kwadwo A. Koram, Eleanor M. Riley, Thor G. Theander, Lars Hviid, and Trine Staalsoe Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4193-4196; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transforming Growth Factor Binds to Trypanosoma cruzi Amastigotes To Induce Signaling and Cellular Proliferation A. Deloris Alexander, Fernando Villalta, and Maria F. Lima Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4201-4205; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Selection of Small-Colony Variants of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in Nonphagocytic Eucaryotic Cells David A. Cano, M. Graciela Pucciarelli, Marina Martínez-Moya, Josep Casadesús, and Francisco García-del Portillo Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3690-3698; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Linear and Circular Plasmid Content in Borrelia burgdorferi Clinical Isolates Radha Iyer, Ogori Kalu, Joye Purser, Steven Norris, Brian Stevenson, and Ira Schwartz Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3699-3706; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Similarities between the icm/dot Pathogenesis Systems of Coxiella burnetii and Legionella pneumophila Tal Zusman, Gal Yerushalmi, and Gil Segal Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3714-3723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of the Oxidative Burst of Human Neutrophils by Staphylococcal Leukotoxins Didier A. Colin and Henri Monteil Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3724-3729; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gingipain RgpB Is Excreted as a Proenzyme in the vimA-Defective Mutant Porphyromonas gingivalis FLL92 G. Jon Olango, Francis Roy, Shaun M. Sheets, Mary K. Young, and Hansel M. Fletcher Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3740-3747; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Heat Shock and Mutations in ClpL and ClpP on Virulence Gene Expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae Hyog-Young Kwon, Seung-Whan Kim, Moo-Hyun Choi, A. David Ogunniyi, James C. Paton, Sin-Hee Park, Suhk-Neung Pyo, and Dong-Kwon Rhee Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3757-3765; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Lysogenic Conversion of Tox- Streptococcus pyogenes to Tox+ with Lysogenic Streptococci or Free Phage Thomas B. Broudy and Vincent A. Fischetti Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3782-3786; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytadherence-Deficient Mutants of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Generated by Transposon Mutagenesis Sigalit Mudahi-Orenstein, Sharon Levisohn, Steven J. Geary, and David Yogev Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3812-3820; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variable Lipoprotein Genes of Mycoplasma agalactiae Are Activated In Vivo by Promoter Addition via Site-Specific DNA Inversions Ravenna Flitman-Tene, Sigalit Mudahi-Orenstein, Sharon Levisohn, and David Yogev Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3821-3830; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Combined Contributions of Streptolysin O and Streptolysin S to Virulence of Serotype M5 Streptococcus pyogenes Strain Manfredo Michael C. Fontaine, Jeong Jin Lee, and Michael A. Kehoe Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3857-3865; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of a luxS-Signaling Molecule in Bacillus anthracis Marcus B. Jones and Martin J. Blaser Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3914-3919; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glutamine Synthetase GlnA1 Is Essential for Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Human THP-1 Macrophages and Guinea Pigs Michael V. Tullius, Günter Harth, and Marcus A. Horwitz Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3927-3936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Macrophage-Mediated Germination of Bacillus anthracis Endospores Requires the gerH Operon Matthew A. Weiner and Philip C. Hanna Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3954-3959; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Genes Important for Survival during Infection in Its Natural Host Brian J. Sheehan, Janine T. Bossé, Amanda J. Beddek, Andrew N. Rycroft, J. Simon Kroll, and Paul R. Langford Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3960-3970; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host-Adapted Borrelia burgdorferi in Mice Expresses OspA during Inflammation Helena Crowley and Brigitte T. Huber Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4003-4010; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Delta Subunit of RNA Polymerase Is Required for Virulence of Streptococcus agalactiae Amanda L. Jones, Rachel H. V. Needham, and Craig E. Rubens Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4011-4017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Translocated Leucine-Rich Repeat Effector Protein Inhibits NF-B-Dependent Gene Expression Andrea Haraga and Samuel I. Miller Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4052-4058; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cholera Holotoxin Assembly Requires a Hydrophobic Domain at the A-B5 Interface: Mutational Analysis and Development of an In Vitro Assembly System Juliette K. Tinker, Jarrod L. Erbe, Wim G. J. Hol, and Randall K. Holmes Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4093-4101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExoU, a Toxin Transported by the Type III Secretion System, Kills Saccharomyces cerevisiae Shira D. P. Rabin and Alan R. Hauser Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4144-4150; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Cellulose and Curli Fimbriae by Members of the Family Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from the Human Gastrointestinal Tract Xhavit Zogaj, Werner Bokranz, Manfred Nimtz, and Ute Römling Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4151-4158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Yersinia pestis TonB: Role in Iron, Heme, and Hemoprotein Utilization Robert D. Perry, Jessica Shah, Scott W. Bearden, Jan M. Thompson, and Jacqueline D. Fetherston Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4159-4162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deletion of a Vibrio cholerae ClC Channel Results in Acid Sensitivity and Enhanced Intestinal Colonization Yanpeng Ding and Matthew K. Waldor Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4197-4200; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation of sarA in Staphylococcus aureus Limits Biofilm Formation Karen E. Beenken, Jon S. Blevins, and Mark S. Smeltzer Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4206-4211; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Teichoic Acids Are Not Required for Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus Cell Walls To Trigger the Release of Tumor Necrosis Factor by Peripheral Blood Monocytes P. A. Majcherczyk, E. Rubli, D. Heumann, M. P. Glauser, and P. Moreillon Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3707-3713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Pulmonary and Systemic Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Responses in Transgenic Mice Expressing Human Elafin J.-M. Sallenave, G. A. Cunningham, R. M. James, G. McLachlan, and C. Haslett Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3766-3774; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Interactions with Corneal Epithelial Cells by Human Tear Fluid Suzanne M. J. Fleiszig, Mary S. F. Kwong, and David J. Evans Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3866-3874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Gene Expression in Ceca of Helicobacter hepaticus-Infected A/JCr Mice before and after Development of Typhlitis Matthew H. Myles, Robert S. Livingston, Beth A. Livingston, Jennifer M. Criley, and Craig L. Franklin Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3885-3893; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of Toll-Like Receptor 2 (TLR2) and TLR4/MD2 by Neisseria Is Independent of Capsule and Lipooligosaccharide (LOS) Sialylation but Varies Widely among LOS from Different Strains Alison C. Pridmore, Gary A. Jarvis, Constance M. John, Dominic L. Jack, Steven K. Dower, and Robert C. Read Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3901-3908; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The C-Terminal Domain of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium OmpA Is an Immunodominant Antigen in Mice but Appears To Be Only Partially Exposed on the Bacterial Cell Surface Shiva P. Singh, Yvonne U. Williams, Stephanie Miller, and Hiroshi Nikaido Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3937-3946; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Borrelia burgdorferi-Induced Tolerance as a Model of Persistence via Immunosuppression Isabel Diterich, Carolin Rauter, Carsten J. Kirschning, and Thomas Hartung Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3979-3987; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Soluble CD14 Reduces Severity of Intramammary Infection by Escherichia coli Jai-Wei Lee, Max J. Paape, Theodore H. Elsasser, and Xin Zhao Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4034-4039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infectious Agent and Immune Response Characteristics of Chronic Enterocolitis in Captive Rhesus Macaques Karol Sestak, Christopher K. Merritt, Juan Borda, Elizabeth Saylor, Shelle R. Schwamberger, Frank Cogswell, Elizabeth S. Didier, Peter J. Didier, Gail Plauche, Rudolf P. Bohm, Pyone P. Aye, Pavel Alexa, Richard L. Ward, and Andrew A. Lackner Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4079-4086; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Effect of p47phox and gp91phox Deficiency on the Course of Pneumococcal Meningitis Manuela Schaper, Stephen L. Leib, Damian N. Meli, Ralf P. Brandes, Martin G. Täuber, and Stephan Christen Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4087-4092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptor 4-Defective C3H/HeJ Mice Are Not More Susceptible than Other C3H Substrains to Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Arati B. Kamath, Jennifer Alt, Hajer Debbabi, and Samuel M. Behar Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4112-4118; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Preferentially Induces Interleukin 12 (IL-12) Rather than IL-6 or IL-10 in Human Dendritic Cells Donald G. Guiney, Patty Hasegawa, and Sheri P. Cole Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4163-4166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 1 Enhances Reactive Oxygen Species-Dependent Transcription and Secretion of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Human Uroepithelial Cells Loredana Falzano, Maria Giovanna Quaranta, Sara Travaglione, Perla Filippini, Alessia Fabbri, Marina Viora, Gianfranco Donelli, and Carla Fiorentini Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4178-4181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inflammatory Cytokine Response to Vibrio vulnificus Elicited by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Chronic Alcohol Users Is Associated with Biomarkers of Cellular Oxidative Stress Jan L. Powell, Kathy A. Strauss, Cynthia Wiley, Min Zhan, and J. Glenn Morris, Jr. Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4212-4216; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Staphylococcus aureus Susceptibility to Innate Antimicrobial Peptides, ß-Defensins and CAP18, Expressed by Human Keratinocytes Kazushige Midorikawa, Kazuhisa Ouhara, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Toshihisa Kawai, Sakuo Yamada, Tamaki Fujiwara, Kenshi Yamazaki, Koji Sayama, Martin A. Taubman, Hidemi Kurihara, Koji Hashimoto, and Motoyuki Sugai Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3730-3739; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Induces RANTES through Activation of NF-B Naoki Mori, Alan M. Krensky, Romas Geleziunas, Akihiro Wada, Toshiya Hirayama, Chihiro Sasakawa, and Naoki Yamamoto Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3748-3756; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Major Surface Protein 2 of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Facilitates Adherence to Granulocytes Jinho Park, Kyoung Seong Choi, and J. Stephen Dumler Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4018-4025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Soluble Extracts from Helicobacter pylori Induce Dome Formation in Polarized Intestinal Epithelial Monolayers in a Laminin-Dependent Manner A. M. Terrés, H. J. Windle, E. Ardini, and D. P. Kelleher Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4067-4078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD44-Regulated Intracellular Proliferation of Listeria monocytogenes Emma Eriksson, Lone Dons, Antonio Gigliotti Rothfuchs, Paraskevi Heldin, Hans Wigzell, and Martin E. Rottenberg Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4102-4111; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nuclear Factor B Protects against Host Cell Apoptosis during Rickettsia rickettsii Infection by Inhibiting Activation of Apical and Effector Caspases and Maintaining Mitochondrial Integrity Suresh G. Joshi, Charles W. Francis, David J. Silverman, and Sanjeev K. Sahni Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4127-4136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The B Regulon Influences Internalization of Staphylococcus aureus by Osteoblasts Sean P. Nair, Markus Bischoff, Maria M. Senn, and Brigitte Berger-Bächi Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4167-4170; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Antibody Specificities and Effect of Meningococcal Carriage in Icelandic Teenagers Receiving the Norwegian Serogroup B Outer Membrane Vesicle Vaccine Elisabeth Wedege, Betsy Kuipers, Karin Bolstad, Harry van Dijken, L. Oddvar Frøholm, Clementien Vermont, Dominique A. Caugant, and Germie van den Dobbelsteen Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3775-3781; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Expressing a Chromosomally Integrated Copy of the Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen Gene Protects Mice against an Anthrax Spore Challenge Helen S. Garmory, Richard W. Titball, Kate F. Griffin, Ulrike Hahn, Reinhard Böhm, and Wolfgang Beyer Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3831-3836; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigenic Properties of HpaA and Omp18, Two Outer Membrane Proteins of Helicobacter pylori Petra Voland, Nadia Hafsi, Marco Zeitner, Stephanie Laforsch, Hermann Wagner, and Christian Prinz Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3837-3843; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mucoid Exopolysaccharide-Alginate Conjugate Vaccine Christian Theilacker, Fadie T. Coleman, Simone Mueschenborn, Nicolas Llosa, Martha Grout, and Gerald B. Pier Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3875-3884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tripalmitoyl-S-Glyceryl-Cysteine-Dependent OspA Vaccination of Toll-Like Receptor 2-Deficient Mice Results in Effective Protection from Borrelia burgdorferi Challenge Alyson Yoder, Xiaohui Wang, Ying Ma, Mario T. Philipp, Marta Heilbrun, John H. Weis, Carsten J. Kirschning, R. Mark Wooten, and Janis J. Weis Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3894-3900; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intestinal and Systemic Immune Responses to an Oral Cholera Toxoid B Subunit Whole-Cell Vaccine Administered during Zinc Supplementation Tom H. Karlsen, Halvor Sommerfelt, Skjalg Klomstad, Per Kragh Andersen, Tor A. Strand, Rune J. Ulvik, Christina Åhrén, and Harleen M. S. Grewal Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3909-3913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of CD8 T-Lymphocyte Epitopes in OmpB of Rickettsia conorii Zhen Li, C. Marcela Díaz-Montero, Gustavo Valbuena, Xue-Jie Yu, Juan P. Olano, Hui-Min Feng, and David H. Walker Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3920-3926; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of DNA Vaccines against Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome in a Murine Model Alejandra V. E. Capozzo, Virginia Pistone Creydt, Graciela Dran, Gabriela Fernández, Sonia Gómez, Leticia V. Bentancor, Carolina Rubel, Cristina Ibarra, Martín Isturiz, and Marina S. Palermo Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3971-3978; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigen Processing of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Carrier Protein CRM197 Differs Depending on the Serotype of the Attached Polysaccharide Ethan G. Leonard, David H. Canaday, Clifford V. Harding, and John R. Schreiber Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4186-4189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccine Efficacy of a Lysine Auxotroph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Martin S. Pavelka, Jr., Bing Chen, Cynthia L. Kelley, Frank M. Collins, and William R. Jacobs, Jr. Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4190-4192; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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The Largest Open Reading Frame (pks12) in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genome Is Involved in Pathogenesis and Dimycocerosyl Phthiocerol Synthesis Tatiana D. Sirakova, Vinod S. Dubey, Hwa-Jung Kim, Michael H. Cynamon, and Pappachan E. Kolattukudy Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3794-3801; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

HEp-2 Cell Adherence, Actin Aggregation, and Intimin Types of Attaching and Effacing Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Healthy Infants in Germany and Australia Lothar Beutin, Olivier Marchés, Karl A. Bettelheim, Kerstin Gleier, Sonja Zimmermann, Herbert Schmidt, and Eric Oswald Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 3995-4002; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Drosophila melanogaster Toll Pathway Participates in Resistance to Infection by the Gram-Negative Human Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gee W. Lau, Boyan C. Goumnerov, Cynthia L. Walendziewicz, Jennifer Hewitson, Wenzhong Xiao, Shalina Mahajan-Miklos, Ronald G. Tompkins, Lizabeth A. Perkins, and Laurence G. Rahme Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4059-4066; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bordetella bronchiseptica Persists in the Nasal Cavities of Mice and Triggers Early Delivery of Dendritic Cells in the Lymph Nodes Draining the Lower and Upper Respiratory Tract Pascale Gueirard, Patrick Ave, Anne-Marie Balazuc, Sabine Thiberge, Michel Huerre, Genevieve Milon, and Nicole Guiso Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4137-4143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leptin Modulates Neutrophil Phagocytosis of Klebsiella pneumoniae Sharlene I. Moore, Gary B. Huffnagle, Gwo-Hsiao Chen, Eric S. White, and Peter Mancuso Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4182-4185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Virulence Factors and Clonal Relationships among Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Broiler Chickens with Cellulitis Benito Guimarães de Brito, Luiz Carlos J. Gaziri, and Marilda C. Vidotto Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4175-4177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Asymmetrical Distribution of Neisseria Miniature Insertion Sequence DNA Repeats among Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Neisseria Strains Eliana De Gregorio, Chiara Abrescia, M. Stella Carlomagno, and Pier Paolo Di Nocera Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4217-4221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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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. July 2003 71: 4222 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Authors' Corrections:

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Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genomics of Shigella flexneri Serotype 2a Strain 2457T J. Wei, M. B. Goldberg, V. Burland, M. M. Venkatesan, W. Deng, G. Fournier, G. F. Mayhew, G. Plunkett, III, D. J. Rose, A. Darling, B. Mau, N. T. Perna, S. M. Payne, L. J. Runyen-Janecky, S. Zhou, D. C. Schwartz, and F. R. Blattner Infect. Immun. July 2003 71: 4223 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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