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Bacterial Infections:

N. Cary Engleberg, Andrew Heath, Kristal Vardaman, and Victor J. DiRita

Contribution of CsrR-Regulated Virulence Factors to the Progress and Outcome of Murine Skin Infections by Streptococcus pyogenes
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 623-628. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Suleyman Felek, Sam Telford, III, Richard C. Falco, and Yasuko Rikihisa

Sequence Analysis of p44 Homologs Expressed by Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Infected Ticks Feeding on Naive Hosts and in Mice Infected by Tick Attachment
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 659-666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Liza Danielsson Niemi and Ingegerd Johansson

Salivary Statherin Peptide-Binding Epitopes of Commensal and Potentially Infectious Actinomyces spp. Delineated by a Hybrid Peptide Construct
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 782-787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Siegfried Hapfelmeier, Kristin Ehrbar, Bärbel Stecher, Manja Barthel, Marcus Kremer, and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

Role of the Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 Effector Proteins SipA, SopB, SopE, and SopE2 in Salmonella enterica Subspecies 1 Serovar Typhimurium Colitis in Streptomycin-Pretreated Mice
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 795-809. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Debby Bogaert, Paul van der Valk, Reshmi Ramdin, Marcel Sluijter, Evelyn Monninkhof, Ron Hendrix, Ronald de Groot, and Peter W. M. Hermans

Host-Pathogen Interaction during Pneumococcal Infection in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 818-823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E. L. Nuermberger, T. Yoshimatsu, S. Tyagi, W. R. Bishai, and J. H. Grosset

Paucibacillary Tuberculosis in Mice after Prior Aerosol Immunization with Mycobacterium bovis BCG
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1065-1071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James G. Fox, Arlin B. Rogers, Mark T. Whary, Zhongming Ge, Nancy S. Taylor, Sandy Xu, Bruce H. Horwitz, and Susan E. Erdman

Gastroenteritis in NF-B-Deficient Mice Is Produced with Wild-Type Camplyobacter jejuni but Not with C. jejuni Lacking Cytolethal Distending Toxin despite Persistent Colonization with Both Strains
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1116-1125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ricky L. Ulrich and David DeShazer

Type III Secretion: a Virulence Factor Delivery System Essential for the Pathogenicity of Burkholderia mallei
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1150-1154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Valérie Lefranc Nègre, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Soren Schubert, Philippe Bidet, Xavier Nassif, and Edouard Bingen

The Siderophore Receptor IroN, but Not the High-Pathogenicity Island or the Hemin Receptor ChuA, Contributes to the Bacteremic Step of Escherichia coli Neonatal Meningitis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1216-1220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Yu-Chung Chen, Yin-Ching Chuang, Chun-Chin Chang, Chii-Ling Jeang, and Ming-Chung Chang

A K⁺ Uptake Protein, TrkA, Is Required for Serum, Protamine, and Polymyxin B Resistance in Vibrio vulnificus
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 629-636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hua Xie, Natalia Kozlova, and Richard J. Lamont

Porphyromonas gingivalis Genes Involved in fimA Regulation
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 651-658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bouke K. H. L. Boekema, Jos P. M. Van Putten, Norbert Stockhofe-Zurwieden, and Hilde E. Smith

Host Cell Contact-Induced Transcription of the Type IV Fimbria Gene Cluster of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 691-700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Amanda J. Beddek, Brian J. Sheehan, Janine T. Bossé, Andrew N. Rycroft, J. Simon Kroll, and Paul R. Langford

Two TonB Systems in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: Their Roles in Iron Acquisition and Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 701-708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rania Jounblat, Aras Kadioglu, Francesco Iannelli, Gianni Pozzi, Paul Eggleton, and Peter W. Andrew

Binding and Agglutination of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Human Surfactant Protein D (SP-D) Vary between Strains, but SP-D Fails To Enhance Killing by Neutrophils
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 709-716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rosemarie B. Rea, Cormac G. M. Gahan, and Colin Hill

Disruption of Putative Regulatory Loci in Listeria monocytogenes Demonstrates a Significant Role for Fur and PerR in Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 717-727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Artiushin, J. F. Timoney, J. Nally, and A. Verma

Host-Inducible Immunogenic Sphingomyelinase-Like Protein, Lk73.5, of Leptospira interrogans
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 742-749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Arnoud H. M. van Vliet, Ernst J. Kuipers, Jeroen Stoof, Sophie W. Poppelaars, and Johannes G. Kusters

Acid-Responsive Gene Induction of Ammonia-Producing Enzymes in Helicobacter pylori Is Mediated via a Metal-Responsive Repressor Cascade
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 766-773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael C. Fontaine, Jose Perez-Casal, and Philip J. Willson

Investigation of a Novel DNase of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 774-781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anja Lührmann, Norman Mauder, Tobias Sydor, Eugenia Fernandez-Mora, Jan Schulze-Luehrmann, Shinji Takai, and Albert Haas

Necrotic Death of Rhodococcus equi-Infected Macrophages Is Regulated by Virulence-Associated Plasmids
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 853-862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Amy E. Kirby, Natalie D. King, and Terry D. Connell

RhuR, an Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor Activator, Is Essential for Heme-Dependent Expression of the Outer Membrane Heme and Hemoprotein Receptor of Bordetella avium
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 896-907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Julie A. Morrissey, Alan Cockayne, Kirsty Brummell, and Paul Williams

The Staphylococcal Ferritins Are Differentially Regulated in Response to Iron and Manganese and via PerR and Fur
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 972-979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tahar van der Straaten, Laurence Zulianello, Angela van Diepen, Donald L. Granger, Riny Janssen, and Jaap T. van Dissel

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium RamA, Intracellular Oxidative Stress Response, and Bacterial Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 996-1003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Drew M. Catron, Yvonne Lange, Jayme Borensztajn, Matthew D. Sylvester, Bradley D. Jones, and Kasturi Haldar

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Requires Nonsterol Precursors of the Cholesterol Biosynthetic Pathway for Intracellular Proliferation
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1036-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jian Sha, E. V. Kozlova, A. A. Fadl, J. P. Olano, C. W. Houston, J. W. Peterson, and A. K. Chopra

Molecular Characterization of a Glucose-Inhibited Division Gene, gidA, That Regulates Cytotoxic Enterotoxin of Aeromonas hydrophila
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1084-1095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thomas A. Halsey, Andrés Vazquez-Torres, Daniel J. Gravdahl, Ferric C. Fang, and Stephen J. Libby

The Ferritin-Like Dps Protein Is Required for Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Oxidative Stress Resistance and Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1155-1158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michel Gilbert, Peggy C. R. Godschalk, Marie-France Karwaski, C. Wim Ang, Alex van Belkum, Jianjun Li, Warren W. Wakarchuk, and Hubert P. Endtz

Evidence for Acquisition of the Lipooligosaccharide Biosynthesis Locus in Campylobacter jejuni GB11, a Strain Isolated from a Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, by Horizontal Exchange
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1162-1165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sang-Hyun Kim, Wenyi Jia, Russell E. Bishop, and Carlton Gyles

An msbB Homologue Carried in Plasmid pO157 Encodes an Acyltransferase Involved in Lipid A Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli O157:H7
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1174-1180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Louisa B. Tabatabai and Emilie S. Zehr

Identification of Five Outer Membrane-Associated Proteins among Cross-Protective Factor Proteins of Pasteurella multocida
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1195-1198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Ping Zhang, Michael Martin, Qiu-Bo Yang, Suzanne M. Michalek, and Jannet Katz

Role of B7 Costimulatory Molecules in Immune Responses and T-Helper Cell Differentiation in Response to Recombinant HagB from Porphyromonas gingivalis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 637-644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David Baud, Jalil Benyacoub, Véronique Revaz, Menno Kok, Françoise Ponci, Martine Bobst, Roy Curtiss, III, Pierre De Grandi, and Denise Nardelli-Haefliger

Immunogenicity against Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Virus-Like Particles Is Strongly Enhanced by the PhoP^c Phenotype in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 750-756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guoquan Zhang, Katalin Kiss, Rekha Seshadri, Laura R. Hendrix, and James E. Samuel

Identification and Cloning of Immunodominant Antigens of Coxiella burnetii
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 844-852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yasuyuki Imai, Rio Nagai, Yousuke Ono, Tomoyuki Ishikawa, Hiroki Nakagami, Takashi Tanikawa, and Kohta Kurohane

Production of Secretory Immunoglobulin A against Shiga Toxin-Binding Subunits in Mice by Mucosal Immunization
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 889-895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David E. Katz, Trinka S. Coster, Marcia K. Wolf, Fernando C. Trespalacios, Dani Cohen, Guy Robins, Antoinette B. Hartman, Malabi M. Venkatesan, David N. Taylor, and Thomas L. Hale

Two Studies Evaluating the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Live, Attenuated Shigella flexneri 2a Vaccine (SC602) and Excretion of Vaccine Organisms in North American Volunteers
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 923-930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Catharina Lindholm, Andrew Naylor, Eva-Liz Johansson, and Marianne Quiding-Järbrink

Mucosal Vaccination Increases Endothelial Expression of Mucosal Addressin Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1004-1009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Linda J. Berry, Danica K. Hickey, Kathryn A. Skelding, Shisan Bao, Amanda M. Rendina, Philip M. Hansbro, Christine M. Gockel, and Kenneth W. Beagley

Transcutaneous Immunization with Combined Cholera Toxin and CpG Adjuvant Protects against Chlamydia muridarum Genital Tract Infection
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1019-1028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Frank Sommer, Henning Wilken, Gerhard Faller, and Michael Lohoff

Systemic Th1 Immunization of Mice against Helicobacter pylori Infection with CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides as Adjuvants Does Not Protect from Infection but Enhances Gastritis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1029-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Frank A. Roberts, Laura S. Houston, Sheila A. Lukehart, Lloyd A. Mancl, G. Rutger Persson, and Roy C. Page

Periodontitis Vaccine Decreases Local Prostaglandin E₂ Levels in a Primate Model
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1166-1168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gary R. Matyas, Arthur M. Friedlander, Gregory M. Glenn, Stephen Little, Jianmei Yu, and Carl R. Alving

Needle-Free Skin Patch Vaccination Method for Anthrax
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1181-1183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Charlotte Larsson, Jan Holmgren, Gunnar Lindahl, and Charlotta Bergquist

Intranasal Immunization of Mice with Group B Streptococcal Protein Rib and Cholera Toxin B Subunit Confers Protection against Lethal Infection
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1184-1187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Jeffrey A. Gold, Yoshihiko Hoshino, Naohiko Tanaka, William N. Rom, Bindu Raju, Rany Condos, and Michael D. Weiden

Surfactant Protein A Modulates the Inflammatory Response in Macrophages during Tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 645-650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Judith Branger, Sylvia Knapp, Sebastiaan Weijer, Jaklien C. Leemans, Jennie M. Pater, Peter Speelman, Sandrine Florquin, and Tom van der Poll

Role of Toll-Like Receptor 4 in Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Pneumonia in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 788-794. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Masaru Ohara, Tomonori Hayashi, Yoichiro Kusunoki, Mutsumi Miyauchi, Takashi Takata, and Motoyuki Sugai

Caspase-2 and Caspase-7 Are Involved in Cytolethal Distending Toxin-Induced Apoptosis in Jurkat and MOLT-4 T-Cell Lines
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 871-879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Martina M. Prendergast, David R. Tribble, Shahida Baqar, Daniel A. Scott, John A. Ferris, Richard I. Walker, and Anthony P. Moran

In Vivo Phase Variation and Serologic Response to Lipooligosaccharide of Campylobacter jejuni in Experimental Human Infection
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 916-922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ghislaine Prévot, Eliane Bourreau, Herve Pascalis, Roger Pradinaud, Audrey Tanghe, Kris Huygen, and Pascal Launois

Differential Production of Systemic and Intralesional Gamma Interferon and Interleukin-10 in Nodular and Ulcerative Forms of Buruli Disease
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 958-965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hui-Min Feng and David H. Walker

Mechanisms of Immunity to Ehrlichia muris: a Model of Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 966-971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maggie X. Zhong, William A. Kuziel, Eric G. Pamer, and Natalya V. Serbina

Chemokine Receptor 5 Is Dispensable for Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Listeria monocytogenes Infection
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1057-1064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Junzo Norimine, Juan Mosqueda, Guy H. Palmer, Harris A. Lewin, and Wendy C. Brown

Conservation of Babesia bovis Small Heat Shock Protein (Hsp20) among Strains and Definition of T Helper Cell Epitopes Recognized by Cattle with Diverse Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Haplotypes
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1096-1106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Todd M. Lasco, Oliver C. Turner, Lynne Cassone, Isamu Sugawara, Hiroyuki Yamada, David N. McMurray, and Ian M. Orme

Rapid Accumulation of Eosinophils in Lung Lesions in Guinea Pigs Infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1147-1149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne B. Lichtenwalner, Dorothy L. Patton, Wesley C. Van Voorhis, Yvonne T. Cosgrove Sweeney, and Cho-Chou Kuo

Heat Shock Protein 60 Is the Major Antigen Which Stimulates Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Reaction in the Macaque Model of Chlamydia trachomatis Salpingitis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1159-1161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. A. Theus, M. D. Cave, and K. D. Eisenach

Activated THP-1 Cells: an Attractive Model for the Assessment of Intracellular Growth Rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1169-1173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

George Hajishengallis and Robert J. Genco

Downregulation of the DNA-Binding Activity of Nuclear Factor-B p65 Subunit in Porphyromonas gingivalis Fimbria-Induced Tolerance
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1188-1191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maike Bolm, Wouter T. M. Jansen, Ralf Schnabel, and Gursharan S. Chhatwal

Hydrogen Peroxide-Mediated Killing of Caenorhabditis elegans: a Common Feature of Different Streptococcal Species
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1192-1194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marilena Galdiero, Massimiliano Galdiero, Emiliana Finamore, Fabio Rossano, Maria Gambuzza, Maria Rosaria Catania, Giuseppe Teti, Angelina Midiri, and Giuseppe Mancuso

Haemophilus influenzae Porin Induces Toll-Like Receptor 2-Mediated Cytokine Production in Human Monocytes and Mouse Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1204-1209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Jeremy Geiger, Deborah Wessels, Shawn R. Lockhart, and David R. Soll

Release of a Potent Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Chemoattractant Is Regulated by White-Opaque Switching in Candida albicans
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 667-677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xiaochun Zhang, Zhi Zhang, Diane Alexander, Rivka Bracha, David Mirelman, and Samuel L. Stanley, Jr.

Expression of Amoebapores Is Required for Full Expression of Entamoeba histolytica Virulence in Amebic Liver Abscess but Is Not Necessary for the Induction of Inflammation or Tissue Damage in Amebic Colitis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 678-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sarah Joseph, Frances M. Jones, Gachuhi Kimani, Joseph K. Mwatha, Timothy Kamau, Francis Kazibwe, Jovanice Kemijumbi, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Mark Booth, Henry C. Kariuki, John H. Ouma, Birgitte J. Vennervald, and David W. Dunne

Cytokine Production in Whole Blood Cultures from a Fishing Community in an Area of High Endemicity for Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda: the Differential Effect of Parasite Worm and Egg Antigens
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 728-734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eunita A. Ohas, John H. Adams, John N. Waitumbi, Alloys S. S. Orago, Arnoldo Barbosa, David E. Lanar, and José A. Stoute

Measurement of Antibody Levels against Region II of the Erythrocyte-Binding Antigen 175 of Plasmodium falciparum in an Area of Malaria Holoendemicity in Western Kenya
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 735-741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Timothy D. Thullen, Alan D. Ashbaugh, Kieran R. Daly, Michael J. Linke, Paul E. Steele, and Peter D. Walzer

Sensitized Splenocytes Result in Deleterious Cytokine Cascade and Hyperinflammatory Response in Rats with Pneumocystis Pneumonia despite the Presence of Corticosteroids
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 757-765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David Abraham, Ofra Leon, Silvia Schnyder-Candrian, Chun Chi Wang, Ann Marie Galioto, Laura A. Kerepesi, James J. Lee, and Sara Lustigman

Immunoglobulin E and Eosinophil-Dependent Protective Immunity to Larval Onchocerca volvulus in Mice Immunized with Irradiated Larvae
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 810-817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carl De Trez, Maryse Brait, Oberdan Leo, Tony Aebischer, Fabiola Aguilar Torrentera, Yves Carlier, and Eric Muraille

Myd88-Dependent In Vivo Maturation of Splenic Dendritic Cells Induced by Leishmania donovani and Other Leishmania Species
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 824-832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Antonella Torosantucci, Giulia Romagnoli, Paola Chiani, Annarita Stringaro, Pasqualina Crateri, Sabrina Mariotti, Raffaela Teloni, Giuseppe Arancia, Antonio Cassone, and Roberto Nisini

Candida albicans Yeast and Germ Tube Forms Interfere Differently with Human Monocyte Differentiation into Dendritic Cells: a Novel Dimorphism-Dependent Mechanism To Escape the Host's Immune Response
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 833-843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rajesh Ravindran, Khairul Anam, Bibhas C. Bairagi, Bibhuti Saha, Netai Pramanik, Subhasis K. Guha, Rama P. Goswami, Dwijadas Banerjee, and Nahid Ali

Characterization of Immunoglobulin G and Its Subclass Response to Indian Kala-Azar Infection before and after Chemotherapy
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 863-870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sanjai Kumar, Trevor R. Jones, Miranda S. Oakley, Hong Zheng, Shanmuga P. Kuppusamy, Alem Taye, Arthur M. Krieg, Anthony W. Stowers, David C. Kaslow, and Stephen L. Hoffman

CpG Oligodeoxynucleotide and Montanide ISA 51 Adjuvant Combination Enhanced the Protective Efficacy of a Subunit Malaria Vaccine
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 949-957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thomas J. Templeton, Cheryl A. Lancto, Vladimir Vigdorovich, Chang Liu, Nicole R. London, Kelly Z. Hadsall, and Mitchell S. Abrahamsen

The Cryptosporidium Oocyst Wall Protein Is a Member of a Multigene Family and Has a Homolog in Toxoplasma
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 980-987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hai Qi, Jiaxiang Ji, Nanchaya Wanasen, and Lynn Soong

Enhanced Replication of Leishmania amazonensis Amastigotes in Gamma Interferon-Stimulated Murine Macrophages: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 988-995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kerrianne Mello, Thomas M. Daly, Carole A. Long, James M. Burns, and Lawrence W. Bergman

Members of the Merozoite Surface Protein 7 Family with Similar Expression Patterns Differ in Ability To Protect against Plasmodium yoelii Malaria
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1010-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joanne L. Casey, Andrew M. Coley, Robin F. Anders, Vince J. Murphy, Karen S. Humberstone, Alan W. Thomas, and Michael Foley

Antibodies to Malaria Peptide Mimics Inhibit Plasmodium falciparum Invasion of Erythrocytes
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1126-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Deborah Negrão-Corrêa, Danielle G. Souza, Vanessa Pinho, Michele M. Barsante, Adriano L. S. Souza, and Mauro M. Teixeira

Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor Deficiency Delays Elimination of Adult Worms but Reduces Fecundity in Strongyloides venezuelensis-Infected Mice
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1135-1142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Molecular Genomics:

Carol L. Pickett, Robert B. Lee, Aysegul Eyigor, Ben Elitzur, Emily M. Fox, and Nancy A. Strockbine

Patterns of Variations in Escherichia coli Strains That Produce Cytolethal Distending Toxin
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 684-690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philippe Lehours, Armelle Ménard, Sandrine Dupouy, Bernard Bergey, Fréderique Richy, Frank Zerbib, Agnès Ruskoné-Fourmestraux, Jean Charles Delchier, and Francis Mégraud

Evaluation of the Association of Nine Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factors with Strains Involved in Low-Grade Gastric Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 880-888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yehuda Flashner, Emanuelle Mamroud, Avital Tidhar, Raphael Ber, Moshe Aftalion, David Gur, Shirley Lazar, Anat Zvi, Tamar Bino, Naomi Ariel, Baruch Velan, Avigdor Shafferman, and Sara Cohen

Generation of Yersinia pestis Attenuated Strains by Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis in Search of Novel Vaccine Candidates
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 908-915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nasim A. Begum, Kazuo Ishii, Mitsue Kurita-Taniguchi, Masako Tanabe, Mika Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Moriwaki, Misako Matsumoto, Yasuo Fukumori, Ichiro Azuma, Kumao Toyoshima, and Tsukasa Seya

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Cell Wall-Specific Differentially Expressed Genes Identified by Differential Display and cDNA Subtraction in Human Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 937-948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michel Doumith, Christel Cazalet, Natalie Simoes, Lionel Frangeul, Christine Jacquet, Frank Kunst, Paul Martin, Pascale Cossart, Philippe Glaser, and Carmen Buchrieser

New Aspects Regarding Evolution and Virulence of Listeria monocytogenes Revealed by Comparative Genomics and DNA Arrays
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1072-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert S. Munson, Jr., Huachun Zhong, Rachna Mungur, William C. Ray, Robin J. Shea, Gregory G. Mahairas, and Martha H. Mulks

Haemophilus ducreyi Strain ATCC 27722 Contains a Genetic Element with Homology to the Vibrio RS1 Element That Can Replicate as a Plasmid and Confer NAD Independence on Haemophilus influenzae
Infect. Immun. 2004 72: 1143-1146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Edward E. Leonard, II, Lucy S. Tompkins, Stanley Falkow, and Irving Nachamkin

Comparison of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates Implicated in Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Strains That Cause Enteritis by a DNA Microarray
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