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Contents: October 2005, Volume 73, Issue 10        Minireviews        Molecular Pathogenesis        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Bacterial Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular Genomics        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysins, a Family of Versatile Pore-Forming Toxins Rodney K. Tweten Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6199-6209; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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The Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi tsx Gene, Encoding a Nucleoside-Specific Porin, Is Essential for Prototrophic Growth in the Absence of Nucleosides Sergio A. Bucarey, Nicolás A. Villagra, Mara P. Martinic, A. Nicole Trombert, Carlos A. Santiviago, Nancy P. Maulén, Philip Youderian, and Guido C. Mora Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6210-6219; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Profiling of Target of RNAIII-Activating Protein, a Master Regulator of Staphylococcal Virulence Moshe Korem, Yael Gov, Madanahally D. Kiran, and Naomi Balaban Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6220-6228; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Absence of Evidence for the Participation of the Macrophage Cellular Prion Protein in Infection with Brucella suis Pascaline Fontes, Maria-Teresa Alvarez-Martinez, Antoine Gross, Claude Carnaud, Stephan Köhler, and Jean-Pierre Liautard Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6229-6236; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Cell Surface Export of Group A Streptococcal Anchorless Surface Dehydrogenase Affects Bacterial Adherence and Antiphagocytic Properties Grégory Boël, Hong Jin, and Vijay Pancholi Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6237-6248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SseJ Deacylase Activity by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Promotes Virulence in Mice Maikke B. Ohlson, Kerry Fluhr, Cheryl L. Birmingham, John H. Brumell, and Samuel I. Miller Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6249-6259; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of New Secreted Effectors in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Kaoru Geddes, Micah Worley, George Niemann, and Fred Heffron Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6260-6271; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Surface-Associated Protein of Staphylococcus saprophyticus Is a Lipase Türkan Sakinc, Magdalena Woznowski, Michael Ebsen, and Sören G. Gatermann Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6419-6428; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of an Alginate Lyase for Alginate Transport in Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sumita Jain and Dennis E. Ohman Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6429-6436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acid-Induced Activation of the Urease Promoters Is Mediated Directly by the ArsRS Two-Component System of Helicobacter pylori Michael Pflock, Simone Kennard, Isabel Delany, Vincenzo Scarlato, and Dagmar Beier Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6437-6445; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Type III Secretion System and Cytotoxic Enterotoxin Alter the Virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila Jian Sha, Lakshmi Pillai, Amin A. Fadl, Cristi L. Galindo, Tatiana E. Erova, and Ashok K. Chopra Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6446-6457; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functions of Cell Surface-Anchored Antigen I/II Family and Hsa Polypeptides in Interactions of Streptococcus gordonii with Host Receptors Nicholas S. Jakubovics, Steven W. Kerrigan, Angela H. Nobbs, Nicklas Strömberg, Craig J. van Dolleweerd, Dermot M. Cox, Charles G. Kelly, and Howard F. Jenkinson Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6629-6638; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Working Mechanism of Immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) Protease: Cleavage of IgA1 Antibody to Neisseria meningitidis PorA Requires De Novo Synthesis of IgA1 Protease Gestur Vidarsson, Natasja Overbeeke, Annette M. Stemerding, Germie van den Dobbelsteen, Peter van Ulsen, Peter van der Ley, Mogens Kilian, and Jan G. J. van de Winkel Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6721-6726; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Novel Sialic Acid Transporter in Haemophilus ducreyi Deborah M. B. Post, Rachna Mungur, Bradford W. Gibson, and Robert S. Munson, Jr. Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6727-6735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isocitrate Lyase Activity Is Required for Virulence of the Intracellular Pathogen Rhodococcus equi Daniel M. Wall, Pamela S. Duffy, Chris DuPont, John F. Prescott, and Wim G. Meijer Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6736-6741; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Transcriptional Profiling of Borrelia burgdorferi Clinical Isolates Differing in Capacities for Hematogenous Dissemination Caroline Ojaimi, Vishwaroop Mulay, Dionysios Liveris, Radha Iyer, and Ira Schwartz Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6791-6802; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Homologues of Insecticidal Toxin Complex Genes in Yersinia enterocolitica Biotype 1A and Their Contribution to Virulence Sharon M. Tennant, Narelle A. Skinner, Angela Joe, and Roy M. Robins-Browne Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6860-6867; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Poly-N-Acetylglucosamine Production in Staphylococcus aureus Is Essential for Virulence in Murine Models of Systemic Infection Andrea Kropec, Tomas Maira-Litran, Kimberly K. Jefferson, Martha Grout, Sarah E. Cramton, Friedrich Götz, Donald A. Goldmann, and Gerald B. Pier Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6868-6876; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

LPXTG Protein InlJ, a Newly Identified Internalin Involved in Listeria monocytogenes Virulence Christophe Sabet, Marc Lecuit, Didier Cabanes, Pascale Cossart, and Hélène Bierne Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6912-6922; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of HtrA in Surface Protein Expression and Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus mutans Saswati Biswas and Indranil Biswas Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6923-6934; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus iniae Phosphoglucomutase Is a Virulence Factor and a Target for Vaccine Development John T. Buchanan, Jason A. Stannard, Xavier Lauth, Vaughn E. Ostland, Henry C. Powell, Mark E. Westerman, and Victor Nizet Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6935-6944; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Digalactoside Expression in the Lipopolysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae and Its Role in Intravascular Survival Ruth Griffin, Chris D. Bayliss, Mark A. Herbert, Andrew D. Cox, Katherine Makepeace, James C. Richards, Derek W. Hood, and E. Richard Moxon Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7022-7026; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning Vectors and Fluorescent Proteins Can Significantly Inhibit Salmonella enterica Virulence in Both Epithelial Cells and Macrophages: Implications for Bacterial Pathogenesis Studies Leigh A. Knodler, Aaron Bestor, Caixia Ma, Imke Hansen-Wester, Michael Hensel, Bruce A. Vallance, and Olivia Steele-Mortimer Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7027-7031; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Actinobacillus suis Genes Essential for the Colonization of the Upper Respiratory Tract of Swine Shivani Ojha, Marc Sirois, and Janet I. MacInnes Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7032-7039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Inhibits Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin B Effects In Vitro: a Potential Protein Therapeutic? Teresa Krakauer, Stephen F. Little, and Bradley G. Stiles Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7069-7073; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Characterization of Legionella pneumophila pmiA, a Gene Essential for Infectivity of Protozoa and Macrophages Masaki Miyake, Takurou Watanabe, Hitomi Koike, Maëlle Molmeret, Yasuyuki Imai, and Yousef Abu Kwaik Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6272-6282; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Type III Effectors EspG and EspG2 Alter Epithelial Paracellular Permeability Takeshi Matsuzawa, Asaomi Kuwae, and Akio Abe Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6283-6289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Inhibits Fas Antigen-Mediated Gastric Mucosal Cell Apoptosis through Actin-Dependent Inhibition of Receptor Aggregation Calin Stoicov, Xun Cai, Hanchen Li, Kristine Klucevsek, Jane Carlson, Reza Saffari, and JeanMarie Houghton Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6311-6321; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes Expressing Anthrolysin O and Phosphatidylinositol-Specific Phospholipase C from Bacillus anthracis Zhengyu Wei, Pamela Schnupf, Mathilde A. Poussin, Lauren A. Zenewicz, Hao Shen, and Howard Goldfine Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6639-6646; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Behavior of eryC Mutants of Brucella suis Attenuated in Macrophages Sonja Burkhardt, Maria P. Jiménez de Bagüés, Jean-Pierre Liautard, and Stephan Köhler Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6782-6790; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptomycin-Dependent Exhibition of Cytokine-Inducing Activity in Streptomycin-Dependent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain 18b Yutaka Fukasawa, Ikuo Kawamura, Ryosuke Uchiyama, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Taijin Kaku, Takanari Tominaga, Takamasa Nomura, Satoshi Ichiyama, Takayuki Ezaki, and Masao Mitsuyama Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7051-7055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Requirement for Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 and Caveolae in Invasion of Human Oral Epithelial Cells by Porphyromonas gingivalis Riyoko Tamai, Yasuyuki Asai, and Tomohiko Ogawa Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6290-6298; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans Induces Persistent Inflammatory Responses in Mice Martinha S. Oliveira, Alexandra G. Fraga, Egídio Torrado, António G. Castro, João P. Pereira, Adhemar Longatto Filho, Fernanda Milanezi, Fernando C. Schmitt, Wayne M. Meyers, Françoise Portaels, Manuel T. Silva, and Jorge Pedrosa Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6299-6310; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Repeated Chlamydia pneumoniae Inoculations on Aortic Lipid Accumulation and Inflammatory Response in C57BL/6J Mice Liisa Törmäkangas, Leena Erkkilä, Taina Korhonen, Terttu Tiirola, Aini Bloigu, Pekka Saikku, and Maija Leinonen Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6458-6466; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Minimum Infective Dose of Mycobacterium bovis in Cattle Gillian S. Dean, Shelley G. Rhodes, Michael Coad, Adam O. Whelan, Paul J. Cockle, Derek J. Clifford, R. Glyn Hewinson, and H. Martin Vordermeier Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6467-6471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of NADase in Virulence in Experimental Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection Angela L. Bricker, Vincent J. Carey, and Michael R. Wessels Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6562-6566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Legionella pneumophila NudA Is a Nudix Hydrolase and Virulence Factor Paul H. Edelstein, Baofeng Hu, Takashi Shinzato, Martha A. C. Edelstein, Wenlian Xu, and Maurice J. Bessman Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6567-6576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction in Capsular Content and Enhanced Bacterial Susceptibility to Serum Killing of Vibrio cholerae O139 Associated with the 2002 Cholera Epidemic in Bangladesh Firdausi Qadri, Ann-Mari Svennerholm, Sohel Shamsuzzaman, Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Jason B. Harris, A. N. Ghosh, G. Balakrish Nair, Andrej Weintraub, Shah M. Faruque, Edward T. Ryan, David A. Sack, and Stephen B. Calderwood Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6577-6583; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variable Tick Protein in Two Genomic Groups of the Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia hermsii in Western North America Stephen F. Porcella, Sandra J. Raffel, Donald E. Anderson, Jr., Stacey D. Gilk, James L. Bono, Merry E. Schrumpf, and Tom G. Schwan Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6647-6658; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Immune Responses Directed toward a Recombinant Early Secretory Antigenic Target Six-Kilodalton Protein-Culture Filtrate Protein 10 Fusion Protein in Mycobacterium bovis-Infected Cattle Alexander C. Maue, W. Ray Waters, William C. Davis, Mitchell V. Palmer, F. Chris Minion, and D. Mark Estes Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6659-6667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the Rickettsia prowazekii pld or tlyC Gene in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Mediates Phagosomal Escape Ted Whitworth, Vsevolod L. Popov, Xue-Jie Yu, David H. Walker, and Donald H. Bouyer Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6668-6673; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hyperinfectivity of Human-Passaged Vibrio cholerae Can Be Modeled by Growth in the Infant Mouse Ashfaqul Alam, Regina C. LaRocque, Jason B. Harris, Cecily Vanderspurt, Edward T. Ryan, Firdausi Qadri, and Stephen B. Calderwood Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6674-6679; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Keratinocyte Production of Cathelicidin Provides Direct Activity against Bacterial Skin Pathogens Marissa H. Braff, Mohamed Zaiou, Joshua Fierer, Victor Nizet, and Richard L. Gallo Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6771-6781; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nasal Colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae Includes Subpopulations of Surface and Invasive Pneumococci David E. Briles, Lea Novak, Muneki Hotomi, Frederik W. van Ginkel, and Janice King Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6945-6951; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonization of the Cecal Mucosa by Helicobacter hepaticus Impacts the Diversity of the Indigenous Microbiota Carole J. Kuehl, Heather D. Wood, Terence L. Marsh, Thomas M. Schmidt, and Vincent B. Young Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6952-6961; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lethal Infection of C3H/HeJ and C3H/SCID Mice with an Isolate of Leptospira interrogans Serovar Copenhageni Jarlath E. Nally, Michael C. Fishbein, David R. Blanco, and Michael A. Lovett Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7014-7017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Dexamethasone and Transient Malnutrition on Rabbits Infected with Aerosolized Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551 Anup K. Kesavan, Susana E. Mendez, Christine L. Hatem, Javier Lopez-Molina, Katherine Aird, M. Louise M. Pitt, Arthur M. Dannenberg, Jr, and Yukari C. Manabe Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7056-7060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Th1 Cytokines Are Essential for Placental Immunity to Listeria monocytogenes Ellen M. Barber, Melissa Fazzari, and Jeffrey W. Pollard Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6322-6331; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conserved Structure and Function in the Granulysin and NK-Lysin Peptide Family Charlotte M. A. Linde, Susanna Grundström, Erik Nordling, Essam Refai, Patrick J. Brennan, and Mats Andersson Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6332-6339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Apoptotic Response to Pneumolysin Is Toll-Like Receptor 4 Dependent and Protects against Pneumococcal Disease Amit Srivastava, Philipp Henneke, Alberto Visintin, Sarah C. Morse, Victoria Martin, Claire Watkins, James C. Paton, Michael R. Wessels, Douglas T. Golenbock, and Richard Malley Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6479-6487; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Resistance to Bacterial Superinfection in Mice by Treatment with Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor N. Pollak, T. Sterns, B. Echtenacher, and D. N. Männel Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6488-6492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

THP-1 Monocytes Up-Regulate Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 in Response to Pneumolysin from Streptococcus pneumoniae Justin Thornton and Larry S. McDaniel Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6493-6498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Regulation of Transcription Factors Ets and NF-B in Mycobacterium-Infected Macrophages and Role of These Factors in Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Nitric Oxide Synthase 2 Promoter Function Seong-Beom Lee and Jeffrey S. Schorey Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6499-6507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clearance of Bordetella parapertussis from the Lower Respiratory Tract Requires Humoral and Cellular Immunity Daniel N. Wolfe, Girish S. Kirimanjeswara, and Eric T. Harvill Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6508-6513; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Chemokine CCL2 Is Required for Control of Murine Gastric Salmonella enterica Infection R. William DePaolo, Rashida Lathan, Barrett J. Rollins, and William J. Karpus Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6514-6522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NK Cells in Gamma-Interferon-Deficient Mice Suppress Lung Innate Immunity against Mycoplasma spp. Matthew D. Woolard, Dorothy Hudig, Leslie Tabor, James A. Ivey, and Jerry W. Simecka Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6742-6751; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator on Gene Expression in Response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Nina Reiniger, Jeffrey K. Ichikawa, and Gerald B. Pier Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6822-6830; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Deletion or Overexpression of the 19-Kilodalton Lipoprotein Rv3763 on the Innate Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Graham R. Stewart, Katalin A. Wilkinson, Sandra M. Newton, Susan M. Sullivan, Olivier Neyrolles, John R. Wain, Janisha Patel, Kara-Lee Pool, Douglas B. Young, and Robert J. Wilkinson Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6831-6837; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases Subsequent to Urogenital Chlamydia muridarum Infection of Mice K.H. Ramsey, I.M. Sigar, J. H. Schripsema, N. Shaba, and K. P. Cohoon Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6962-6973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pathophysiological Manifestations in Mice Exposed to Anthrax Lethal Toxin Nathan C. Culley, David M. Pinson, Anuradha Chakrabarty, Matthew S. Mayo, and Steven M. LeVine Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7006-7010; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Role of Neutrophils in Mice Experimentally Infected with Rhodococcus equi Ronald J. Martens, Noah D. Cohen, Samuel L. Jones, Thomas A. Moore, and John F. Edwards Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7040-7042; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterial Lipomannan Induces Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Expression in Human Macrophagic Cells through a Toll-Like Receptor 1 (TLR1)/TLR2- and CD14-Dependent Mechanism Elisabeth Elass, Laëtitia Aubry, Maryse Masson, Agnès Denys, Yann Guérardel, Emmanuel Maes, Dominique Legrand, Joël Mazurier, and Laurent Kremer Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7064-7068; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Macrophage Internalization of Fungal ß-Glucans Is Not Necessary for Initiation of Related Inflammatory Responses Frances McCann, Eva Carmona, Vishwajeet Puri, Richard E. Pagano, and Andrew H. Limper Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6340-6349; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific Antibody Can Prevent Fungal Biofilm Formation and This Effect Correlates with Protective Efficacy Luis R. Martinez and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6350-6362; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alteration in Host Cell Tropism Limits the Efficacy of Immunization with a Surface Protein of Malaria Merozoites Qifang Shi, Amy Cernetich, Thomas M. Daly, Gina Galvan, Akhil B. Vaidya, Lawrence W. Bergman, and James M. Burns, Jr Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6363-6371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Live Nonpathogenic Parasitic Vector as a Candidate Vaccine against Visceral Leishmaniasis Marie Breton, Michel J Tremblay, Marc Ouellette, and Barbara Papadopoulou Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6372-6382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Massive Destruction of Malaria-Parasitized Red Blood Cells despite Spleen Closure Jürgen Krücken, Liv I. Mehnert, Mohamed A. Dkhil, Manal El-Khadragy, W. Peter M. Benten, Horst Mossmann, and Frank Wunderlich Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6390-6398; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adherence to Human Vaginal Epithelial Cells Signals for Increased Expression of Trichomonas vaginalis Genes Ashwini S. Kucknoor, Vasanthakrishna Mundodi, and J. F. Alderete Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6472-6478; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Markers for Host-Induced Gene Expression in Trichophyton Dermatophytosis Gil Kaufman, Israela Berdicevsky, Judith A. Woodfolk, and Benjamin A. Horwitz Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6584-6590; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of a Locus Encoding a Nucleolar Zinc Finger Protein Decreases Tachyzoite-to-Bradyzoite Differentiation in Toxoplasma gondii Padmini Vanchinathan, Jeremy L. Brewer, Omar S. Harb, John C. Boothroyd, and Upinder Singh Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6680-6688; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Metalloproteinase of Coccidioides posadasii Contributes to Evasion of Host Detection Chiung-Yu Hung, Kalpathi R. Seshan, Jieh-Juen Yu, Ruth Schaller, Jianmin Xue, Venkatesha Basrur, Malcolm J. Gardner, and Garry T. Cole Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6689-6703; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmodium berghei Resists Killing by Reactive Oxygen Species Peter Sobolewski, Irene Gramaglia, John A. Frangos, Marcos Intaglietta, and Henri van der Heyde Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6704-6710; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Dendritic Cell Activity against Histoplasma capsulatum Is Mediated via Phagolysosomal Fusion Lucy A. Gildea, Georgianne M. Ciraolo, Randal E. Morris, and Simon L. Newman Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6803-6811; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptor 2 Regulates Interleukin-1ß-Dependent Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy Triggered by Trypanosoma cruzi Christine A. Petersen, Katherine A. Krumholz, and Barbara A. Burleigh Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6974-6980; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding Hot Spot for Invasion Inhibitory Molecules on Plasmodium falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1 Karen S. Harris, Joanne L. Casey, Andrew M. Coley, Rosella Masciantonio, Jennifer K. Sabo, David W. Keizer, Erinna F. Lee, Andrew McMahon, Raymond S. Norton, Robin F. Anders, and Michael Foley Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6981-6989; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Innate Refractoriness of the Lewis Rat to Toxoplasmosis Is a Dominant Trait That Is Intrinsic to Bone Marrow-Derived Cells Véronique Sergent, Bastien Cautain, Jamal Khalife, Didier Deslée, Patrick Bastien, Anne Dao, Jean-François Dubremetz, Gilbert J. Fournié, Abdelhadi Saoudi, and Marie-France Cesbron-Delauw Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6990-6997; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of B Cells in Vaccine-Induced Immunity against Coccidioidomycosis D. Mitchell Magee, Rhonda L. Friedberg, Melanie D. Woitaske, Stephen Albert Johnston, and Rebecca A. Cox Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7011-7013; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of New Antigens in Visceral Leishmaniasis by Expression Cloning and Immunoblotting with Sera of Kala-Azar Patients from Bihar, India Stephan M. Theinert, Rajatava Basu, Michael Forgber, Syamal Roy, Shyam Sundar, and Peter Walden Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7018-7021; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationship of Virulence Factor Expression to Evolved Virulence in Mouse-Passaged Cryptococcus neoformans Lines Erin E. McClelland, Wesley T. Perrine, Wayne K. Potts, and Arturo Casadevall Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7047-7050; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of SAP7 Correlates with Virulence in an Intravenous Infection Model of Candidiasis but Not in a Vaginal Infection Model in Mice Brad N. Taylor, Holger Hannemann, Miriam Sehnal, Antje Biesemeier, Anja Schweizer, Martin Röllinghoff, and Klaus Schröppel Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7061-7063; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Doubly Branched Hexasaccharide Epitope on the Cell Wall Polysaccharide of Group A Streptococci Recognized by Human and Rabbit Antisera Francis Michon, Samuel L. Moore, John Kim, Milan S. Blake, France-Isabelle Auzanneau, Blair D. Johnston, Margaret A. Johnson, and B. Mario Pinto Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6383-6389; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anti-Idiotypic Antibody as a Potential Candidate Vaccine for Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B In Ho Park, Ju Ho Youn, In-Hong Choi, Moon H. Nahm, Se Jong Kim, and Jeon-Soo Shin Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6399-6406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Shiga Toxin B-Subunit-Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin Conjugate Vaccine Protects Mice from Shigatoxemia Paola Marcato, Thomas P. Griener, George L. Mulvey, and Glen D. Armstrong Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6523-6529; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Three Pichia pastoris-Expressed Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Proteins as a Combination Vaccine against Infection with Blood-Stage Parasites Dongmei Zhang and Weiqing Pan Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6530-6536; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A DNA Vaccine Coding for the Brucella Outer Membrane Protein 31 Confers Protection against B. melitensis and B. ovis Infection by Eliciting a Specific Cytotoxic Response Juliana Cassataro, Carlos A. Velikovsky, Silvia de la Barrera, Silvia M. Estein, Laura Bruno, Raúl Bowden, Karina A. Pasquevich, Carlos A. Fossati, and Guillermo H. Giambartolomei Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6537-6546; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Anthrax Lethal Factor-Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody Protects Rats before and after Challenge with Anthrax Toxin Nam-Kyu Lim, Jung-Hwan Kim, Mee Sook Oh, Sangyoon Lee, Se-Yeon Kim, Keun-Soo Kim, Hyun-jung Kang, Hyo Jeong Hong, and Kyung-Soo Inn Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6547-6551; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transfection of Trypanosoma cruzi with Host CD40 Ligand Results in Improved Control of Parasite Infection Mustapha Chamekh, Vincent Vercruysse, Mohammed Habib, Maxime Lorent, Michel Goldman, Abdelmounaïm Allaoui, and Bernard Vray Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6552-6561; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Immunogenic and Serum Binding Proteins of Staphylococcus epidermidis Bret R. Sellman, Alan P. Howell, Cari Kelly-Boyd, and Steve M. Baker Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6591-6600; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Antibody Response to Outer Membrane Protein G1a, a Lipoprotein of Moraxella catarrhalis Diana G. Adlowitz, Sanjay Sethi, Paul Cullen, Ben Adler, and Timothy F. Murphy Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6601-6607; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protection against Hemorrhagic Colitis in an Animal Model by Oral Immunization with Isogeneic Rabbit Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Attenuated by Truncating Intimin Tonia S. Agin, Chengru Zhu, Laura A. Johnson, Timothy E. Thate, Zhuolu Yang, and Edgar C. Boedeker Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6608-6619; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigen Requirements for Efficient Priming of CD8+ T Cells by Leishmania major-Infected Dendritic Cells Sylvie Bertholet, Alain Debrabant, Farhat Afrin, Elisabeth Caler, Susana Mendez, Khaled S. Tabbara, Yasmine Belkaid, and David L. Sacks Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6620-6628; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhancement of Innate and Cell-Mediated Immunity by Antimycobacterial Antibodies S. de Vallière, G. Abate, A. Blazevic, R. M. Heuertz, and D. F. Hoft Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6711-6720; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Opsonic and Protective Activities of Staphylococcus aureus Conjugate Vaccines Containing Native or Deacetylated Staphylococcal Poly-N-Acetyl-ß-(1-6)-Glucosamine Tomás Maira-Litrán, Andrea Kropec, Donald A. Goldmann, and Gerald B. Pier Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6752-6762; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Mechanisms of the Adjuvant Activity of the Flagellin Component FljB of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium To Potentiate Mucosal and Systemic Responses Oscar Pino, Michael Martin, and Suzanne M. Michalek Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6763-6770; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Successful Selection of Cross-Protective Vaccine Candidates for Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale Infection D. F. Schuijffel, P. C. M. van Empel, A. M. M. A. Pennings, J. P. M. van Putten, and P. J. M. Nuijten Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6812-6821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Recombinant Lipidated P2086 Protein as a Vaccine Candidate for Group B Neisseria meningitidis in a Murine Nasal Challenge Model Duzhang Zhu, Ying Zhang, Vicki Barniak, Liesel Bernfield, Alan Howell, and Gary Zlotnick Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6838-6845; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody Profiles Characteristic of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection State Amy Davidow, Ganga V. Kanaujia, Lanbo Shi, Justin Kaviar, XuDong Guo, Nackmoon Sung, Gilla Kaplan, Dick Menzies, and Maria L. Gennaro Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6846-6851; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies to the Iron Uptake ABC Transporter Lipoproteins PiaA and PiuA Promote Opsonophagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Maha Jomaa, Jose Yuste, James C. Paton, Christopher Jones, Gordon Dougan, and Jeremy S. Brown Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6852-6859; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression Library Immunization Confers Protection against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Infection J. F. Huntley, J. R. Stabel, M. L. Paustian, T. A. Reinhardt, and J. P. Bannantine Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6877-6884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Protective Immunity to Anthrax Lethal Toxin with a Nonhuman Primate Adenovirus-Based Vaccine in the Presence of Preexisting Anti-Human Adenovirus Immunity Masahiko Hashimoto, Julie L. Boyer, Neil R. Hackett, James M. Wilson, and Ronald G. Crystal Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6885-6891; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterotoxin-Based Mucosal Adjuvants Alter Antigen Trafficking and Induce Inflammatory Responses in the Nasal Tract Frederik W. van Ginkel, Raymond J. Jackson, Naoto Yoshino, Yukari Hagiwara, Daniel J. Metzger, Terry D. Connell, Hong L. Vu, Michael Martin, Kohtaro Fujihashi, and Jerry R. McGhee Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6892-6902; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical Characterization and Vaccine Potential of a Heme-Binding Glutathione Transferase from the Adult Hookworm Ancylostoma caninum Bin Zhan, Sen Liu, Samirah Perally, Jian Xue, Ricardo Fujiwara, Peter Brophy, Shuhua Xiao, Yueyuan Liu, Jianjun Feng, Angela Williamson, Yan Wang, Lilian L. Bueno, Susana Mendez, Gaddam Goud, Jeffrey M. Bethony, John M. Hawdon, Alex Loukas, Karen Jones, and Peter J. Hotez Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6903-6911; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Antibody Response to the Receptor Binding Domain of Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotypes A and E Michael R. Baldwin, William H. Tepp, Christina L. Pier, Marite Bradshaw, Mengfei Ho, Brenda A. Wilson, Robert B. Fritz, Eric A. Johnson, and Joseph T. Barbieri Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6998-7005; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies to Conserved Pneumococcal Antigens Correlate with, but Are Not Required for, Protection against Pneumococcal Colonization Induced by Prior Exposure in a Mouse Model Krzysztof Trzcinski, Claudette Thompson, Richard Malley, and Marc Lipsitch Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7043-7046; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Comparative Genomic Analysis of Chlamydia trachomatis Oculotropic and Genitotropic Strains John H. Carlson, Stephen F. Porcella, Grant McClarty, and Harlan D. Caldwell Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 6407-6418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Gelatinase Is Important for Translocation of Enterococcus faecalis across Polarized Human Enterocyte-Like T84 Cells Jing Zeng, Fang Teng, and Barbara E. Murray Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7074 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Origin of Isolates, Especially Endocarditis Isolates, and Various Genes on Biofilm Formation by Enterococcus faecalis Jamal A. Mohamed, Wenxiang Huang, Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, Fang Teng, and Barbara E. Murray Infect. Immun. October 2005 73: 7075 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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