Contents: July 2004, Volume 72, Issue 7        Minireviews        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Bacterial Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular Genomics        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Role of Type III Effector Secretion during Bacterial Pathogenesis in Another Kingdom James R. Bretz and Steven W. Hutcheson Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3697-3705; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Simultaneous Deficiency in CD28 and STAT6 Results in Chronic Ectoparasite-Induced Inflammatory Skin Disease Qian Liu, Cristin Arseculeratne, Zhugong Liu, Jeannette Whitmire, Michael J. Grusby, Fred D. Finkelman, Thomas N. Darling, Allen W. Cheever, James Swearengen, Joseph F. Urban, and William C. Gause Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3706-3715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection with Toxoplasma gondii Reduces Established and Developing Th2 Responses Induced by Nippostrongylus brasiliensis Infection Oliver Liesenfeld, Ildiko R. Dunay, and Klaus J. Erb Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3812-3822; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dual Role of Interleukin-4 (IL-4) in Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis: Endogenous IL-4 Can Induce Protection or Exacerbation of Disease Depending on the Host Genetic Pattern Celina Arruda, Rita C. Valente-Ferreira, Adriana Pina, Suely S. Kashino, Raquel A. Fazioli, Celidéia A. C. Vaz, Marcello F. Franco, Alexandre C. Keller, and Vera L. G. Calich Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3932-3940; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Entamoeba histolytica Galactose-Inhibitable Lectin Epitopes Recognized by Human Immunoglobulin A Antibodies following Cure of Amebic Liver Abscess Mohamed D. Abd-Alla, Terry F. G. H. Jackson, Ginny C. Soong, Mary Mazanec, and Jonathan I. Ravdin Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3974-3980; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemotherapy for Schistosomiasis in Ugandan Fishermen: Treatment Can Cause a Rapid Increase in Interleukin-5 Levels in Plasma but Decreased Levels of Eosinophilia and Worm-Specific Immunoglobulin E Colin M. Fitzsimmons, Sarah Joseph, Frances M. Jones, Claus M. Reimert, Karl F. Hoffmann, Francis Kazibwe, Gachuhi Kimani, Joseph K. Mwatha, John H. Ouma, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Henry. C. Kariuki, Birgitte J. Vennervald, Narcis B. Kabatereine, and David W. Dunne Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4023-4030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Is Not Essential for Control of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Mice Kara L. Cummings and Rick L. Tarleton Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4081-4089; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxoplasma gondii Antigen-Pulsed-Dendritic Cell-Derived Exosomes Induce a Protective Immune Response against T. gondii Infection Fleur Aline, Daniel Bout, Sébastian Amigorena, Philippe Roingeard, and Isabelle Dimier-Poisson Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4127-4137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of ß-Glucan Recognition Site on C-Type Lectin, Dectin 1 Yoshiyuki Adachi, Takashi Ishii, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Akiyoshi Hoshino, Hiroshi Tamura, Jun Aketagawa, Shigenori Tanaka, and Naohito Ohno Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4159-4171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Response of the Splenic Dendritic Cell Population to Malaria Infection Andrew L. Leisewitz, Kirk A. Rockett, Bonginkosi Gumede, Margaret Jones, Britta Urban, and Dominic P. Kwiatkowski Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4233-4239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies Produced in Response to Cryptococcus neoformans Pulmonary Infection in Mice Have Characteristics of Nonprotective Antibodies Oscar Zaragoza and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4271-4274; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Susceptibility of Secretor Factor Gene Fut2-Null Mice to Experimental Vaginal Candidiasis Elizabeth A. Hurd and Steven E. Domino Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4279-4281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Epitope Structure of the Bordetella pertussis Protein P.69 Pertactin, a Major Vaccine Component and Protective Antigen Marcel Hijnen, Frits R. Mooi, Pieter G. M. van Gageldonk, Peter Hoogerhout, Audrey J. King, and Guy A. M. Berbers Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3716-3723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Fibronectin Attachment Protein Facilitates M-Cell Targeting and Invasion through a Fibronectin Bridge with Host Integrins T. E. Secott, T. L. Lin, and C. C. Wu Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3724-3732; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ITIH4 (Inter-Alpha-Trypsin Inhibitor Heavy Chain 4) Is a New Acute-Phase Protein Isolated from Cattle during Experimental Infection M. Piñeiro, M. Andrés, M. Iturralde, S. Carmona, J. Hirvonen, S. Pyörälä, P. M. H. Heegaard, K. Tjørnehøj, F. Lampreave, A. Piñeiro, and M. A. Alava Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3777-3782; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Interleukin-6 Protects Neutrophils from Apoptosis in Osteomyelitis Víctor Asensi, Eulalia Valle, Alvaro Meana, Joshua Fierer, Antonio Celada, Victoria Alvarez, José Paz, Eliecer Coto, José Antonio Carton, José Antonio Maradona, Angeles Dieguez, Julián Sarasúa, Marcos G. Ocaña, and José Manuel Arribas Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3823-3828; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of Interleukin-15 Increases Susceptibility to Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Liver Injury in Mice Primed with Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Toshiki Yajima, Hitoshi Nishimura, Kimika Saito, Hiroyuki Kuwano, and Yasunobu Yoshikai Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3855-3862; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of an I-Ed-Restricted T-Cell Epitope of Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Protein F Kristina M. Williams and Elmer C. Bigley, III Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3907-3913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori with a Truncated Lipopolysaccharide O Chain Fails To Induce Gastritis in SCID Mice Injected with Splenocytes from Wild-Type C57BL/6J Mice K. A. Eaton, S. M. Logan, P. E. Baker, R. A. Peterson, M. A. Monteiro, and E. Altman Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3925-3931; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Murine Oviduct Epithelial Cell Cytokine Responses to Chlamydia muridarum Infection Include Interleukin-12-p70 Secretion Raymond M. Johnson Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3951-3960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

S100 and Cytokine Expression in Caries Julia L. McLachlan, Alastair J. Sloan, Anthony J. Smith, Gabriel Landini, and Paul R. Cooper Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4102-4108; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flagella and Chemotaxis Are Required for Efficient Induction of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Colitis in Streptomycin-Pretreated Mice Bärbel Stecher, Siegfried Hapfelmeier, Catherine Müller, Marcus Kremer, Thomas Stallmach, and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4138-4150; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Responses of Intestinal Epithelial Cells to Infection with Vibrio cholerae Neil R. Stokes, Xin Zhou, Stephen J. Meltzer, and James B. Kaper Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4240-4248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pyocyanin Is Critical for Lung Infection in Mice Gee W. Lau, Huimin Ran, Fansheng Kong, Daniel J. Hassett, and Dimitri Mavrodi Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4275-4278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multivariate Analysis of Cytokine Responses Identifies Distinctive Sensitivities to Lipopolysaccharide in Humans David D. Duncan, Lorrie Tiberio, and John H. Eldridge Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4282-4285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Purified Lipoteichoic Acid from Staphylococcus aureus Induces Procoagulant Activity and Tissue Factor Expression in Human Monocytes but Is a Weak Inducer in Whole Blood: Comparison with Peptidoglycan Eva Mattsson, Thomas Hartung, Siegfried Morath, and Arne Egesten Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4322-4326; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Docosahexaenoic Acid and Eicosapentaenoic Acid Antagonize the Proinflammatory Interactions of Pneumolysin with Human Neutrophils Riana Cockeran, Annette J. Theron, Charles Feldman, Timothy J. Mitchell, and Ronald Anderson Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4327-4329; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Zipper-Like Internalization of Dr-Positive Escherichia coli by Epithelial Cells Is Preceded by an Adhesin-Induced Mobilization of Raft-Associated Molecules in the Initial Step of Adhesion Imad Kansau, Cédric Berger, Maxime Hospital, Raymonde Amsellem, Valérie Nicolas, Alain L. Servin, and Marie-Françoise Bernet-Camard Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3733-3742; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Porphyromonas gingivalis Genes Specifically Expressed in Human Gingival Epithelial Cells by Using Differential Display Reverse Transcription-PCR Yoonsuk Park, Özlem Yilmaz, Il-Young Jung, and Richard J. Lamont Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3752-3758; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Limited Antigen-Specific Cellular Response Is Sufficient for the Early Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Lung but Is Insufficient for Long-Term Survival Joanne Turner, Karen M. Dobos, Marc A Keen, Anthony A. Frank, Stefan Ehlers, Ian M. Orme, John T. Belisle, and Andrea M. Cooper Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3759-3768; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intestinal P Glycoprotein Acts as a Natural Defense Mechanism against Listeria monocytogenes Brien L. Neudeck, Jennifer M. Loeb, Nancy G. Faith, and Charles J. Czuprynski Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3849-3854; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cleavage of Host Keratin 8 by a Chlamydia-Secreted Protease Feng Dong, Heng Su, Yanqing Huang, Youmin Zhong, and Guangming Zhong Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3863-3868; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Responses of Well-Differentiated Airway Epithelial Cell Cultures from Healthy Donors and Patients with Cystic Fibrosis to Burkholderia cenocepacia Infection Umadevi Sajjan, Shaf Keshavjee, and Janet Forstner Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4188-4199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural Relationships and Cellular Tropism of Staphylococcal Superantigen-Like Proteins Ali M. Al-Shangiti, Claire E. Naylor, Sean P. Nair, David C. Briggs, Brian Henderson, and Benjamin M. Chain Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4261-4270; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Function of the Fibronectin-Binding Serum Opacity Factor of Streptococcus pyogenes in Adherence to Epithelial Cells Sonja Oehmcke, Andreas Podbielski, and Bernd Kreikemeyer Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4302-4308; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Point Mutation Resulting in Loss of Cell Wall Anchoring Activity of SrtA of Streptococcus mutans NG5 Song F. Lee and Mary K. H. McGavin Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4314-4317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Activation of the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway Contributes to Survival of Primary Epithelial Cells Infected with the Periodontal Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis Özlem Yilmaz, Thomas Jungas, Philippe Verbeke, and David M. Ojcius Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3743-3751; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptation of Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168 to High-Level Colonization of the Avian Gastrointestinal Tract Michael A. Jones, Kerrie L. Marston, Claire A. Woodall, Duncan J. Maskell, Dennis Linton, Andrey V. Karlyshev, Nick Dorrell, Brendan W. Wren, and Paul A. Barrow Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3769-3776; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relative Importance of Heat-Labile Enterotoxin in the Causation of Severe Diarrheal Disease in the Gnotobiotic Piglet Model by a Strain of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli That Produces Multiple Enterotoxins Emil M. Berberov, You Zhou, David H. Francis, Michael A. Scott, Stephen D. Kachman, and Rodney A. Moxley Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3914-3924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Murine Model for the Study of Chlamydia trachomatis Genitourinary Tract Infections in Males Sukumar Pal, Ellena M. Peterson, and Luis M. de la Maza Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4210-4216; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NadA Diversity and Carriage in Neisseria meningitidis Maurizio Comanducci, Stefania Bambini, Dominique A. Caugant, Marirosa Mora, Brunella Brunelli, Barbara Capecchi, Laura Ciucchi, Rino Rappuoli, and Mariagrazia Pizza Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4217-4223; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The galU Gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Required for Corneal Infection and Efficient Systemic Spread following Pneumonia but Not for Infection Confined to the Lung Gregory P. Priebe, Charles R. Dean, Tanweer Zaidi, Gloria J. Meluleni, Fadie T. Coleman, Yamara S. Coutinho, Michael J. Noto, Teresa A. Urban, Gerald B. Pier, and Joanna B. Goldberg Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4224-4232; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia trachomatis Lacks an Adaptive Response to Changes in Carbon Source Availability Tracy L. Nicholson, Karen Chiu, and Richard S. Stephens Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4286-4289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Inoculation of A/J Mice for Detection of Invasiveness Differences between Listeria monocytogenes Epidemic and Environmental Strains So Hyun Kim, Marlene K. Bakko, Don Knowles, and Monica K. Borucki Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4318-4321; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Isolation of a Chromosomal Region of Klebsiella pneumoniae Associated with Allantoin Metabolism and Liver Infection Huei-Chi Chou, Cha-Ze Lee, Li-Chen Ma, Chi-Tai Fang, Shan-Chwen Chang, and Jin-Town Wang Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3783-3792; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of a Continuous-Flow Anaerobic Culture To Characterize Enteric Virulence Gene Expression Fernando Ruiz-Perez, Jalaluddin Sheikh, Suzanne Davis, Edgar C. Boedeker, and James P. Nataro Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3793-3802; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RsbU-Dependent Regulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm Formation Is Mediated via the Alternative Sigma Factor B by Repression of the Negative Regulator Gene icaR Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, Sebastian Jäger, Matthias A. Horstkotte, Holger Rohde, and Dietrich Mack Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3838-3848; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intramolecular Dimerization Is Required for the Chlamydia-Secreted Protease CPAF To Degrade Host Transcriptional Factors Feng Dong, Jyotika Sharma, Yanming Xiao, Youmin Zhong, and Guangming Zhong Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3869-3875; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of the Streptococcus gordonii DL1 Sialic Acid-Binding Adhesin and Its Essential Role in Bacterial Binding to Platelets Yukihiro Takahashi, Ayako Yajima, John O. Cisar, and Kiyoshi Konishi Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3876-3882; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaplasma phagocytophilum Has a Functional msp2 Gene That Is Distinct from p44 Quan Lin, Yasuko Rikihisa, Suleyman Felek, Xueqi Wang, Robert F. Massung, and Zerai Woldehiwet Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3883-3889; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Uropathogenic Escherichia coli-Associated Fimbrial Gene Cluster Eric L. Buckles, Farah K. Bahrani-Mougeot, Anita Molina, C. Virgina Lockatell, David E. Johnson, Cinthia B. Drachenberg, Valerie Burland, Fred R. Blattner, and Michael S. Donnenberg Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3890-3901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Ami-AliA/AliB Permease of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Involved in Nasopharyngeal Colonization but Not in Invasive Disease A. R. Kerr, P. V. Adrian, S. Estevão, R. de Groot, G. Alloing, J.-P. Claverys, T. J. Mitchell, and P. W. M. Hermans Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3902-3906; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ultrastructure of Proteus mirabilis Swarmer Cell Rafts and Role of Swarming in Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Brian V. Jones, Robert Young, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, and David J. Stickler Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3941-3950; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Anaerobiosis on Expression of Virulence Factors in Vibrio cholerae H. H. Krishnan, Amalendu Ghosh, Kalidas Paul, and Rukhsana Chowdhury Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3961-3967; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Two-Component covRS Regulatory System Regulates Expression of Fructosyltransferase and a Novel Extracellular Carbohydrate in Streptococcus mutans Song F. Lee, Gillian D. Delaney, and Mohammad Elkhateeb Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3968-3973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Complement-Binding Protein, DRS, from Strains of Streptococcus pyogenes Containing the emm12 and emm55 Genes Michael Binks and K. S. Sriprakash Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3981-3986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Two Murein Lipoproteins of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Contribute to the Virulence of the Organism J. Sha, A. A. Fadl, G. R. Klimpel, D. W. Niesel, V. L. Popov, and A. K. Chopra Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3987-4003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Yersinia enterocolitica Type III Secretion Depends on the Proton Motive Force but Not on the Flagellar Motor Components MotA and MotB Gottfried Wilharm, Verena Lehmann, Kristina Krauss, Beatrix Lehnert, Susanna Richter, Klaus Ruckdeschel, Jürgen Heesemann, and Konrad Trülzsch Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4004-4009; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Burkholderia cenocepacia Genes Required for Bacterial Survival In Vivo Tracey A. Hunt, Cora Kooi, Pamela A. Sokol, and Miguel A. Valvano Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4010-4022; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of the Phagosomal Membrane and Egress of Legionella pneumophila into the Cytoplasm during the Last Stages of Intracellular Infection of Macrophages and Acanthamoeba polyphaga Maëlle Molmeret, Dina M. Bitar, Lihui Han, and Yousef Abu Kwaik Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4040-4051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

egc-Encoded Superantigens from Staphylococcus aureus Are Neutralized by Human Sera Much Less Efficiently than Are Classical Staphylococcal Enterotoxins or Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin Silva Holtfreter, Kristin Bauer, Damien Thomas, Christine Feig, Vera Lorenz, Katharina Roschack, Erika Friebe, Kathleen Selleng, Sandra Lövenich, Timm Greve, Andreas Greinacher, Brigitte Panzig, Susanne Engelmann, Gérard Lina, and Barbara M. Bröker Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4061-4071; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tritrichomonas foetus Induces Apoptotic Cell Death in Bovine Vaginal Epithelial Cells B. N. Singh, J. J. Lucas, G. R. Hayes, Ish Kumar, D. H. Beach, Marcel Frajblat, R. O. Gilbert, U. Sommer, and C. E. Costello Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4151-4158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Gene Loss to the Pathogenic Evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei Richard A. Moore, Shauna Reckseidler-Zenteno, Heenam Kim, William Nierman, Yan Yu, Apichai Tuanyok, Jonathan Warawa, David DeShazer, and Donald E. Woods Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4172-4187; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Urease Attenuates Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Trafficking to the Macrophage Cell Surface Khalid Sendide, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Jean-Marc Reyrat, Amina Talal, and Zakaria Hmama Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4200-4209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Strain 2019 Produces a Biofilm Containing N-Acetylneuraminic Acid That May Mimic Sialylated O-Linked Glycans L. L. Greiner, H. Watanabe, N. J. Phillips, J. Shao, A. Morgan, A. Zaleski, B. W. Gibson, and M. A. Apicella Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4249-4260; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Oral Tolerance in T Cells Is Accompanied by Induction of Effector Function in Lymphoid Organs after Systemic Immunization Neetha Parameswaran, Devadoss John Samuvel, Ramesh Kumar, Sangeeta Thatai, Vineeta Bal, Satyajit Rath, and Anna George Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3803-3811; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Murine H2-Dd- and H2-Ab-Restricted T-Cell Epitopes on a Novel Protective Antigen, MPT51, of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mina Suzuki, Taiki Aoshi, Toshi Nagata, and Yukio Koide Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 3829-3837; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Vaccination with Brucella melitensis WR201 Protects Mice against Intranasal Challenge with Virulent Brucella melitensis 16M Mina J. Izadjoo, Apurba K. Bhattacharjee, Chrysanthi M. Paranavitana, Ted L. Hadfield, and David L. Hoover Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4031-4039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mucosal Vaccination against Serogroup B Meningococci: Induction of Bactericidal Antibodies and Cellular Immunity following Intranasal Immunization with NadA of Neisseria meningitidis and Mutants of Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin Frances Bowe, Ed C. Lavelle, Edel A. McNeela, Christine Hale, Simon Clare, Beatrice Arico, Marzia M. Giuliani, Aaron Rae, Alan Huett, Rino Rappuoli, Gordon Dougan, and Kingston H. G. Mills Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4052-4060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nasal Delivery of Antigen with the B Subunit of Escherichia coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin Augments Antigen-Specific T-Cell Clonal Expansion and Differentiation Maria Apostolaki and Neil A. Williams Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4072-4080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthetic Fragments of Vibrio cholerae O1 Inaba O-Specific Polysaccharide Bound to a Protein Carrier Are Immunogenic in Mice but Do Not Induce Protective Antibodies Michael D. Meeks, Rina Saksena, Xingquan Ma, Terri K. Wade, Ronald K. Taylor, Pavol Kovác, and William F. Wade Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4090-4101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protection Afforded by Heat Shock Protein 60 from Francisella tularensis Is Due to Copurified Lipopolysaccharide M. G. Hartley, M. Green, G. Choules, D. Rogers, D. G. C. Rees, S. Newstead, A. Sjostedt, and R. W. Titball Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4109-4113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiserotype Protection of Mice against Pneumococcal Colonization of the Nasopharynx and Middle Ear by Killed Nonencapsulated Cells Given Intranasally with a Nontoxic Adjuvant Richard Malley, Sarah C. Morse, Luciana C. C. Leite, Ana Paula Mattos Areas, Paulo Lee Ho, Flavia S. Kubrusly, Igor C. Almeida, and Porter Anderson Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4290-4292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of a C Terminally Truncated Form of Pertussis Toxin S1 Subunit Effectively Induces Protection against Pertussis Toxin following DNA-Based Immunization Kazunari Kamachi and Yoshichika Arakawa Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4293-4296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oral Immunization with an rfaH Mutant Elicits Protection against Salmonellosis in Mice Gábor Nagy, Ulrich Dobrindt, Jörg Hacker, and Levente Emödy Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4297-4301; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization with Native or Recombinant Streptococcus pneumoniae Neuraminidase Affords Protection in the Chinchilla Otitis Media Model J. P. Long, H. H. Tong, and T. F. DeMaria Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4309-4313; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Description of the Transcriptomes of Immune Response-Activated Hemocytes from the Mosquito Vectors Aedes aegypti and Armigeres subalbatus Lyric C. Bartholomay, Wen-Long Cho, Thomas A. Rocheleau, Jon P. Boyle, Eric T. Beck, Jeremy F. Fuchs, Paul Liss, Michael Rusch, Katherine M. Butler, Roy Chen-Chih Wu, Shih-Pei Lin, Hang-Yen Kuo, I-Yu Tsao, Chiung-Yin Huang, Tze-Tze Liu, Kwang-Jen Hsiao, Shih-Feng Tsai, Ueng-Cheng Yang, Anthony J. Nappi, Nicole T. Perna, Chen-Cheng Chen, and Bruce M. Christensen Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4114-4126; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Evidence for a Hybrid Genomic Island in Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli CL3 (Serotype O113:H21) Containing Segments of EDL933 (Serotype O157:H7) O Islands 122 and 48 Songhai Shen, Mariola Mascarenhas, Kris Rahn, James B. Kaper, and Mohamed A. Karmali Infect. Immun. July 2004 72: 4330 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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