Other Issues

Contents: August 2004, Volume 72, Issue 8        Minireviews        Bacterial Infections        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Pathogenesis        Host Response and Inflammation        Letters        Errata

Table of Contents

[Index by Author]

To see an article, click its [Full Text], [Abstract] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.

---

Minireviews:

---

Modulation and Utilization of Host Cell Phosphoinositides by Salmonella spp. Dan Drecktrah, Leigh A. Knodler, and Olivia Steele-Mortimer Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4331-4335; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Bacterial Infections:

---

Expression of Members of the 28-Kilodalton Major Outer Membrane Protein Family of Ehrlichia chaffeensis during Persistent Infection Jian-zhi Zhang, Hong Guo, Gary M. Winslow, and Xue-jie Yu Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4336-4343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cleavage of Human Transferrin by Porphyromonas gingivalis Gingipains Promotes Growth and Formation of Hydroxyl Radicals Véronique Goulet, Bradley Britigan, Koji Nakayama, and Daniel Grenier Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4351-4356; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential Involvement of Gelatinases and Their Inhibitors in Mannheimia haemolytica Pneumonia in Cattle Amanda E. Starr, Tonima Dan, Kanwal Minhas, Patricia E. Shewen, and Brenda L. Coomber Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4393-4400; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attenuation of the Bacterial Load in Blood by Pretreatment with Granulocyte-Colony-Stimulating Factor Protects Rats from Fatal Outcome and Brain Damage during Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis Christian T. Brandt, Jens D. Lundgren, Søren Peter Lund, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Thomas Christensen, Thomas Benfield, Frank Espersen, David M. Hougaard, and Christian Østergaard Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4647-4653; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chronic Helicobacter pylori Infection with Sydney Strain 1 and a Newly Identified Mouse-Adapted Strain (Sydney Strain 2000) in C57BL/6 and BALB/c Mice Lucinda J. Thompson, Stephen J. Danon, John E. Wilson, Jani L. O'Rourke, Nina R. Salama, Stanley Falkow, Hazel Mitchell, and Adrian Lee Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4668-4679; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reinfection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum in BALB/c Mice and Cross-Protection between Two Sympatric Isolates Michael L. Levin, Dondrae J. Coble, and Danielle E. Ross Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4723-4730; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Murine Model of Pulmonary Anthrax: Kinetics of Dissemination, Histopathology, and Mouse Strain Susceptibility C. Rick Lyons, Julie Lovchik, Julie Hutt, Mary F. Lipscomb, Eugenia Wang, Sara Heninger, Lucy Berliba, and Kristin Garrison Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4801-4809; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intact Purine Biosynthesis Pathways Are Required for Wild-Type Virulence of Brucella abortus 2308 in the BALB/c Mouse Model Rosemarie B. Alcantara, Richard D. A. Read, Michelle Wright Valderas, Timothy D. Brown, and R. Martin Roop, II Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4911-4917; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

---

1-Antitrypsin Binds to and Interferes with Functionality of EspB from Atypical and Typical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Sabine Knappstein, Tina Ide, M. Alexander Schmidt, and Gerhard Heusipp Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4344-4350; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Icm/Dot-Independent Entry of Legionella pneumophila into Amoeba and Macrophage Hosts Purnima Bandyopadhyay, Huifang Xiao, Hope A. Coleman, Alexa Price-Whelan, and Howard M. Steinman Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4541-4551; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Models of Tissue Penetration and Destruction by Porphyromonas gingivalis Elisoa Andrian, Daniel Grenier, and Mahmoud Rouabhia Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4689-4698; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adherence to, Invasion by, and Cytokine Production in Response to Serotype VIII Group B Streptococci Hiroshige Mikamo, Atul K. Johri, Lawrence C. Paoletti, Lawrence C. Madoff, and Andrew B. Onderdonk Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4716-4722; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar L2 with the Host Autophagic Pathway Hesham M. Al-Younes, Volker Brinkmann, and Thomas F. Meyer Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4751-4762; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaplasma phagocytophilum Utilizes Multiple Host Evasion Mechanisms To Thwart NADPH Oxidase-Mediated Killing during Neutrophil Infection Jason A. Carlyon, Dalia Abdel Latif, Marc Pypaert, Paige Lacy, and Erol Fikrig Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4772-4783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Dr Adhesin with Collagen Type IV Is a Critical Step in Escherichia coli Renal Persistence Rangaraj Selvarangan, Pawel Goluszko, Jyotsana Singhal, Christophe Carnoy, Steve Moseley, Billy Hudson, Stella Nowicki, and Bogdan Nowicki Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4827-4835; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proapoptotic Effect of Proteolytic Activation of Matrix Metalloproteinases by Streptococcus pyogenes Thiol Proteinase (Streptococcus Pyrogenic Exotoxin B) Fumio Tamura, Rumiko Nakagawa, Teruo Akuta, Shigefumi Okamoto, Shigeyuki Hamada, Hiroshi Maeda, Shigetada Kawabata, and Takaaki Akaike Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4836-4847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aeromonas hydrophila Beta-Hemolysin Induces Active Chloride Secretion in Colon Epithelial Cells (HT-29/B6) H. J. Epple, J. Mankertz, R. Ignatius, O. Liesenfeld, M. Fromm, M. Zeitz, T. Chakraborty, and J. D. Schulzke Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4848-4858; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Diffusely Adhering Escherichia coli Expressing Afa/Dr Adhesins That Use Human CD55 (Decay-Accelerating Factor) as a Receptor Does Not Bind the Rodent and Pig Analogues of CD55 Sylvie Hudault, O. Brad Spiller, B. Paul Morgan, and Alain L. Servin Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4859-4863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycoplasma penetrans Is Capable of Activating V9/V2 T Cells While Other Human Pathogenic Mycoplasmas Fail To Do So Matthias Eberl, Martin Hintz, Zandraa Jamba, Ewald Beck, Hassan Jomaa, and Gunna Christiansen Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4881-4883; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

---

Chlamydia trachomatis-Specific Human CD8+ T Cells Show Two Patterns of Antigen Recognition Malgosia K. Matyszak and J. S. Hill Gaston Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4357-4367; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Coadministration of the Cry1Ac Protoxin with Amoebal Lysates Increases Protection against Naegleria fowleri Meningoencephalitis Saúl Rojas-Hernández, Marco A. Rodríguez-Monroy, Rubén López-Revilla, Aldo A. Reséndiz-Albor, and Leticia Moreno-Fierros Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4368-4375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Diverts Alpha Interferon-Induced Monocyte Differentiation from Dendritic Cells into Immunoprivileged Macrophage-Like Host Cells Sabrina Mariotti, Raffaela Teloni, Elisabetta Iona, Lanfranco Fattorini, Giulia Romagnoli, Maria Cristina Gagliardi, Graziella Orefici, and Roberto Nisini Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4385-4392; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunostimulatory CpG Oligodeoxynucleotide Confers Protection in a Murine Model of Infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei Surasakdi Wongratanacheewin, Wannapa Kespichayawattana, Pakamas Intachote, Sathit Pichyangkul, Rasana W. Sermswan, Arthur M. Krieg, and Stitaya Sirisinha Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4494-4502; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protection against Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Mice by Monoclonal Antibodies to Pneumolysin María del Mar García-Suárez, María Dolores Cima-Cabal, Noelia Flórez, Pilar García, Rafael Cernuda-Cernuda, Aurora Astudillo, Fernando Vázquez, Juan R. De Los Toyos, and F. Javier Méndez Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4534-4540; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gamma Interferon Production by Bovine T Cells following Stimulation with Mycobacterial Mycolylarabinogalactan Peptidoglycan B. Vesosky, O. C. Turner, J. Turner, and I. M. Orme Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4612-4618; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mucosally Delivered Salmonella Live Vector Vaccines Elicit Potent Immune Responses against a Foreign Antigen in Neonatal Mice Born to Naive and Immune Mothers Alejandra V. E. Capozzo, Lilian Cuberos, Myron M. Levine, and Marcela F. Pasetti Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4637-4646; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Streptococcus mutans P1 Epitope Recognized by Immunomodulatory Monoclonal Antibody 6-11A Nikki R. Rhodin, Jenny M. Cutalo, Kenneth B. Tomer, William P. McArthur, and L. Jeannine Brady Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4680-4688; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

---

Long-Term Multiepitopic Cytotoxic-T-Lymphocyte Responses Induced in Chimpanzees by Combinations of Plasmodium falciparum Liver-Stage Peptides and Lipopeptides Lbachir BenMohamed, Alan Thomas, and Pierre Druilhe Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4376-4384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gamma Interferon Production, but Not Perforin-Mediated Cytolytic Activity, of T Cells Is Required for Prevention of Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in BALB/c Mice Genetically Resistant to the Disease Xisheng Wang, Hoil Kang, Takane Kikuchi, and Yasuhiro Suzuki Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4432-4438; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD4+ Th1 Cells Induced by Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy in Mice Chronically Infected with Leishmania amazonensis Do Not Promote Healing Yannick F. Vanloubbeeck, Amanda E. Ramer, Fei Jie, and Douglas E. Jones Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4455-4463; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of the Subdomains of the Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Ectodomain and Analysis of the Immune Response P. V. Lalitha, Lisa A. Ware, Arnoldo Barbosa, Sheetij Dutta, J. Kathleen Moch, J. David Haynes, Bader B. Fileta, Charles E. White, and David E. Lanar Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4464-4470; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an I-E-Restricted, gp63-Specific, CD4-T-Cell Clone from Leishmania major-Resistant C3H Mice That Secretes Type 2 Cytokines and Exacerbates Infection with L. major Cynthia M. Theodos, Robin V. Morris, Jeanette V. Bishop, Jeremy D. Jones, W. Robert McMaster, and Richard G. Titus Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4486-4493; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intranasal Vaccination against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with a Particulated Leishmanial Antigen or DNA Encoding LACK Eduardo Fonseca Pinto, Roberta Olmo Pinheiro, Alice Rayol, Vicente Larraga, and Bartira Rossi-Bergmann Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4521-4527; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A STAT4-Dependent Th1 Response Is Required for Resistance to the Helminth Parasite Taenia crassiceps Miriam Rodríguez-Sosa, Rafael Saavedra, Eda P. Tenorio, Lucia E. Rosas, Abhay R. Satoskar, and Luis I. Terrazas Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4552-4560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inbred Strains Derived from Feral Mice Reveal New Pathogenic Mechanisms of Experimental Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania major Besma E. C. Babay, Hechmi Louzir, Chahnaz Kebaïer, Samir Boubaker, Koussay Dellagi, and Pierre-André Cazenave Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4603-4611; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pneumocystis carinii Cell Wall Biosynthesis Kinase Gene CBK1 Is an Environmentally Responsive Gene That Complements Cell Wall Defects of cbk-Deficient Yeast Theodore J. Kottom and Andrew H. Limper Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4628-4636; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Phage Display-Based Subtractive Screening To Identify Vaccine Candidates of Brugia malayi Munirathinam Gnanasekar, Kakaturu V. N. Rao, Yi-Xun He, Pankaj K. Mishra, Thomas B. Nutman, Perumal Kaliraj, and Kalyanasundaram Ramaswamy Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4707-4715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of the Aspergillus fumigatus Gene Encoding Nucleolar Protein CgrA Impairs Thermotolerant Growth and Reduces Virulence Ruchi Bhabhra, Michael D. Miley, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Doug Boettner, Jarrod Fortwendel, John C. Panepinto, Michael Postow, Judith C. Rhodes, and David S. Askew Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4731-4740; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Experimental Infections of Neonatal Mice with Cysts of Giardia lamblia Clone GS/M-83-H7 Are Associated with an Antigenic Reset of the Parasite N. von Allmen, M. Bienz, A. Hemphill, and N. Müller Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4763-4771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Neospora caninum Microneme-Associated Protein (NcMIC4) That Exhibits Unique Lactose-Binding Properties Nadine Keller, Michèle Riesen, Arunasalam Naguleswaran, Nathalie Vonlaufen, Rebecca Stettler, Angela Leepin, Jonathan M. Wastling, and Andrew Hemphill Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4791-4800; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective and Nonprotective Human Immunoglobulin M Monoclonal Antibodies to Cryptococcus neoformans Glucuronoxylomannan Manifest Different Specificities and Gene Use Profiles Robert W. Maitta, Kausik Datta, Qing Chang, Robin X. Luo, Bradley Witover, Krishanthi Subramaniam, and Liise-anne Pirofski Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4810-4818; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Elevated Nitric Oxide Production in Children with Malarial Anemia: Hemozoin-Induced Nitric Oxide Synthase Type 2 Transcripts and Nitric Oxide in Blood Mononuclear Cells Christopher C. Keller, Peter G. Kremsner, James B. Hittner, Mary A. Misukonis, J. Brice Weinberg, and Douglas J. Perkins Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4868-4873; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Susceptibility of Mice to Candida albicans Vaginitis Correlates with Host Estrogen Sensitivity Karl V. Clemons, Jimmy L. Spearow, Rachana Parmar, Marife Espiritu, and David A. Stevens Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4878-4880; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of the Chemokine RANTES (CCL5) in Resistance to Experimental Infection with Leishmania major Helton da Costa Santiago, Carolina Ferreira Oliveira, Luciana Santiago, Fernanda Oliveira Ferraz, Daniele da Glória de Souza, Luiz Antônio Rodrigues De-Freitas, Luís Carlos Crocco Afonso, Mauro Martins Teixeira, Ricardo Tostes Gazzinelli, and Leda Quercia Vieira Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4918-4923; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA-Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Primer-Booster Vaccination Biases towards T Helper 1 Responses and Enhances Protection against Leishmania major Infection in Mice Uta G. Lange, Pietro Mastroeni, Jenefer M. Blackwell, and Carmel B. Stober Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4924-4928; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Molecular Pathogenesis:

---

Sequence and Binding Activity of the Autolysin-Adhesin Ami from Epidemic Listeria monocytogenes 4b Eliane Milohanic, Renaud Jonquières, Philippe Glaser, Pierre Dehoux, Christine Jacquet, Patrick Berche, Pascale Cossart, and Jean-Louis Gaillard Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4401-4409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of the Enterococcus faecalis hypR Gene Encoding a New Transcriptional Regulator on Oxidative Stress Response and Intracellular Survival within Macrophages Nicolas Verneuil, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Yoann Le Breton, Brunella Posteraro, Giovanni Fadda, Yanick Auffray, Axel Hartke, and Jean-Christophe Giard Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4424-4431; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Specific Genomic Location within the icm/dot Pathogenesis Region of Different Legionella Species Encodes Functionally Similar but Nonhomologous Virulence Proteins Michal Feldman and Gil Segal Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4503-4511; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytotoxicity of Hydrogen Peroxide Produced by Enterococcus faecium Terence I. Moy, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Stephen B. Calderwood, and Frederick M. Ausubel Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4512-4520; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the LspA1 and LspA2 Proteins by Haemophilus ducreyi Is Required for Virulence in Human Volunteers Diane M. Janowicz, Kate R. Fortney, Barry P. Katz, Jo L. Latimer, Kaiping Deng, Eric J. Hansen, and Stanley M. Spinola Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4528-4533; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

phgABC, a Three-Gene Operon Required for Growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Hyperosmotic Medium and In Vivo Jeremy S. Brown, Sarah M. Gilliland, Shilpa Basavanna, and David W. Holden Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4579-4588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Plague Virulence Protein YopM Targets the Innate Immune Response by Causing a Global Depletion of NK Cells Edward J. Kerschen, Donald A. Cohen, Alan M. Kaplan, and Susan C. Straley Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4589-4602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Functions of the Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein LrrA of Treponema denticola Akihiko Ikegami, Kiyonobu Honma, Ashu Sharma, and Howard K. Kuramitsu Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4619-4627; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Two-Component Regulator CpxAR in the Virulence of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Sue Humphreys, Gary Rowley, Andrew Stevenson, Muna F. Anjum, Martin J. Woodward, Stephen Gilbert, Jan Kormanec, and Mark Roberts Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4654-4661; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of the Alanine-Rich Region of Streptococcus mutans P1 to Antigenicity, Surface Expression, and Interaction with the Proline-Rich Repeat Domain Trevor B. Seifert, Arnold S. Bleiweis, and L. Jeannine Brady Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4699-4706; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The V Antigen of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Required for Assembly of the Functional PopB/PopD Translocation Pore in Host Cell Membranes Julien Goure, Alexandrine Pastor, Eric Faudry, Jacqueline Chabert, Andréa Dessen, and Ina Attree Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4741-4750; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

YAPI, a New Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Pathogenicity Island François Collyn, Alain Billault, Chantal Mullet, Michel Simonet, and Michaël Marceau Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4784-4790; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Interactions of Surface Protein Peptides of Streptococcus gordonii with Human Salivary Components Tomoyuki Hamada, Masatsugu Kawashima, Haruo Watanabe, Junji Tagami, and Hidenobu Senpuku Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4819-4826; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The luxS Gene Is Not Required for Borrelia burgdorferi Tick Colonization, Transmission to a Mammalian Host, or Induction of Disease Jon S. Blevins, Andrew T. Revel, Melissa J. Caimano, Xiaofeng F. Yang, James A. Richardson, Kayla E. Hagman, and Michael V. Norgard Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4864-4867; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Adenylate Cyclase-Hemolysin Gene Duplication in a Bordetella pertussis Isolate Karine Dalet, Christian Weber, Laurent Guillemot, Elisabeth Njamkepo, and Nicole Guiso Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4874-4877; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

N19 Polyepitope as a Carrier for Enhanced Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccines Karin Baraldo, Elena Mori, Antonella Bartoloni, Roberto Petracca, Aldo Giannozzi, Francesco Norelli, Rino Rappuoli, Guido Grandi, and Giuseppe Del Giudice Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4884-4887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biofilm Formation In Vitro and Virulence In Vivo of Mutants of Klebsiella pneumoniae Heather F. Lavender, Jennifer R. Jagnow, and Steven Clegg Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4888-4890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of the ciaH Gene in Streptococcus mutans Diminishes Mutacin Production and Competence Development, Alters Sucrose-Dependent Biofilm Formation, and Reduces Stress Tolerance Fengxia Qi, Justin Merritt, Renate Lux, and Wenyuan Shi Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4895-4899; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Flagellum and Motility in Pathogenesis of Vibrio vulnificus Jong-Ho Lee, Jong Bok Rho, Kyung-Je Park, Chang Beom Kim, Yang-Soo Han, Sang Ho Choi, Kyu-Ho Lee, and Soon-Jung Park Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4905-4910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Host Response and Inflammation:

---

Analysis of Serum Cytokines in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Yuanchun Zhang, Jing Li, Yuliang Zhan, Lianqiu Wu, Xueying Yu, Wenjian Zhang, Liya Ye, Shiqing Xu, Ruihua Sun, Yunting Wang, and Jinning Lou Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4410-4415; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Maturation and Cytokine Release of Human Dendritic Cells by Helicobacter pylori Katharina Kranzer, Alexander Eckhardt, Michael Aigner, Gertrud Knoll, Ludwig Deml, Cornelia Speth, Norbert Lehn, Michael Rehli, and Wulf Schneider-Brachert Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4416-4423; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mouse Susceptibility to Anthrax Lethal Toxin Is Influenced by Genetic Factors in Addition to Those Controlling Macrophage Sensitivity Mahtab Moayeri, Nathaniel W. Martinez, Jason Wiggins, Howard A. Young, and Stephen H. Leppla Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4439-4447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Major Subunit of the Toxin-Coregulated Pilus TcpA Induces Mucosal and Systemic Immunoglobulin A Immune Responses in Patients with Cholera Caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Edward T. Ryan, Manohar John, Long Hang, Ashraful I. Khan, A. S. G. Faruque, Ronald K. Taylor, Stephen B. Calderwood, and Firdausi Qadri Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4448-4454; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Gene Expression Profiling Implicates Genes for Susceptibility and Resistance to Alveolar Bone Loss G. T. Hart, D. J. Shaffer, S. Akilesh, A. C. Brown, L. Moran, D. C. Roopenian, and P. J. Baker Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4471-4479; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Induces Apoptosis of Human Monocytes but Not Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells: Role of the cag Pathogenicity Island Mario Galgani, Immacolata Busiello, Stefano Censini, Serafino Zappacosta, Luigi Racioppi, and Raffaele Zarrilli Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4480-4485; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptor 2 Represses Nonpilus Adhesin-Induced Signaling in Acute Infections with the Pseudomonas aeruginosa pilA Mutant Eva Lorenz, Diana C. Chemotti, Karen Vandal, and Philippe A. Tessier Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4561-4569; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Triggers Oxygen-Dependent Apoptosis in Human Neutrophils through the Cooperative Effect of Type 1 Fimbriae and Lipopolysaccharide Robert Blomgran, Limin Zheng, and Olle Stendahl Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4570-4578; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in Middle Ear Mucosa Hyperplasia during Bacterial Otitis Media Sean D. Palacios, Kwang Pak, Alexander Z. Rivkin, Ayse G. Kayali, Darrell Austen, Christoph Aletsee, Åsa Melhus, Nicholas J. G. Webster, and Allen F. Ryan Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4662-4667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthase Exacerbates Group B Streptococcus Sepsis and Arthritis in Mice Manuela Puliti, Christina von Hunolstein, Francesco Bistoni, Graziella Orefici, and Luciana Tissi Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4891-4894; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia pneumoniae Decreases Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation through Induction of Prostaglandin E2 Synthesis Jürgen Rödel, Dirk Prochnau, Katrin Prager, Jürgen Baumert, Karl-Hermann Schmidt, and Eberhard Straube Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4900-4904; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Letters:

---

Roles of the Maltese Cross Form of Babesia microti in the Development of Parasitemia in B. microti Infection Tomás Camacho and Ikuo Igarashi Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4929-4930; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Errata:

---

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. August 2004 72: 4931 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clostridium sordellii Lethal Toxin Is Maintained in a Multimeric Protein Complex Daniel E. Voth, Maen Qa'Dan, Elaine E. Hamm, Joy M. Pelfrey, and Jimmy D. Ballard Infect. Immun. August 2004 72: 4932 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.