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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY: 2006 INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 1-18. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minireviews:

Manuela Raffatellu, Daniela Chessa, R. Paul Wilson, Çagla Tükel, Mustafa Akçelik, and Andreas J. Bäumler

Capsule-Mediated Immune Evasion: a New Hypothesis Explaining Aspects of Typhoid Fever Pathogenesis
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 19-27. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lena J. Heung, Chiara Luberto, and Maurizio Del Poeta

Role of Sphingolipids in Microbial Pathogenesis
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 28-39. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Pathogenesis:

Clarise Rivera Starr and N. Cary Engleberg

Role of Hyaluronidase in Subcutaneous Spread and Growth of Group A Streptococcus
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 40-48. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. G. Skibinski, Christophe Genisset, Silvia Barone, and John L. Telford

The Cell-Specific Phenotype of the Polymorphic vacA Midregion Is Independent of the Appearance of the Cell Surface Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ß
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 49-55. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shuangping Shi and Sabine Ehrt

Dihydrolipoamide Acyltransferase Is Critical for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 56-63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jay L. Mellies, Alex M. S. Barron, Kenneth R. Haack, Andrew S. Korson, and Derek A. Oldridge

The Global Regulator Ler Is Necessary for Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Colonization of Caenorhabditis elegans
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 64-72. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David E. Nelson, Deborah D. Crane, Lacey D. Taylor, David W. Dorward, Morgan M. Goheen, and Harlan D. Caldwell

Inhibition of Chlamydiae by Primary Alcohols Correlates with the Strain-Specific Complement of Plasticity Zone Phospholipase D Genes
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 73-80. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benedito A. Carneiro, Jun Fujii, Gerly A. C. Brito, Cirle Alcantara, Reinaldo B. Oriá, Aldo A. M. Lima, Tom Obrig, and Richard L. Guerrant

Caspase and Bid Involvement in Clostridium difficile Toxin A-Induced Apoptosis and Modulation of Toxin A Effects by Glutamine and Alanyl-Glutamine In Vivo and In Vitro
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 81-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna Carle, Christoph Höppner, Khaled Ahmed Aly, Qing Yuan, Amke den Dulk-Ras, Annette Vergunst, David O'Callaghan, and Christian Baron

The Brucella suis Type IV Secretion System Assembles in the Cell Envelope of the Heterologous Host Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Increases IncQ Plasmid pLS1 Recipient Competence
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 108-117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melissa L. Madsen, Dan Nettleton, Eileen L. Thacker, Robert Edwards, and F. Chris Minion

Transcriptional Profiling of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae during Heat Shock Using Microarrays
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 160-166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

John B. March, Catherine D. Jepson, Jason R. Clark, Makrina Totsika, and Michael J. Calcutt

Phage Library Screening for the Rapid Identification and In Vivo Testing of Candidate Genes for a DNA Vaccine against Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony Biotype
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 167-174. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ichiro Tatsuno, Rosanna Mundy, Gad Frankel, Yuwen Chong, Alan D. Phillips, Alfredo G. Torres, and James B. Kaper

The lpf Gene Cluster for Long Polar Fimbriae Is Not Involved in Adherence of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli or Virulence of Citrobacter rodentium
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 265-272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc Roger Couturier, Elizabetta Tasca, Cesare Montecucco, and Markus Stein

Interaction with CagF Is Required for Translocation of CagA into the Host via the Helicobacter pylori Type IV Secretion System
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 273-281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Doreen R. Fortune, Mitsu Suyemoto, and Craig Altier

Identification of CsrC and Characterization of Its Role in Epithelial Cell Invasion in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 331-339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryan C. MacFarlane and Upinder Singh

Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes in Virulent and Nonvirulent Entamoeba Species: Potential Implications for Amebic Pathogenesis
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 340-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

D. Ware, Y. Jiang, W. Lin, and E. Swiatlo

Involvement of potD in Streptococcus pneumoniae Polyamine Transport and Pathogenesis
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 352-361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William R. Schwan, Lynn Lehmann, and James McCormick

Transcriptional Activation of the Staphylococcus aureus putP Gene by Low-Proline-High Osmotic Conditions and during Infection of Murine and Human Tissues
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 399-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatiana E. Erova, Lakshmi Pillai, Amin A. Fadl, Jian Sha, Shaofei Wang, Cristi L. Galindo, and Ashok K. Chopra

DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Influences the Virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 410-424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James R. Johnson, Connie Clabots, and Henry Rosen

Effect of Inactivation of the Global Oxidative Stress Regulator oxyR on the Colonization Ability of Escherichia coli O1:K1:H7 in a Mouse Model of Ascending Urinary Tract Infection
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 461-468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheryl Jenkins, Jody L. Wilton, F. Chris Minion, Linda Falconer, Mark J. Walker, and Steven P. Djordjevic

Two Domains within the Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Cilium Adhesin Bind Heparin
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 481-487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lin Xu, Hualin Li, Cuong Vuong, Viveka Vadyvaloo, Jianping Wang, Yufeng Yao, Michael Otto, and Qian Gao

Role of the luxS Quorum-Sensing System in Biofilm Formation and Virulence of Staphylococcus epidermidis
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 488-496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rocío Canals, Natalia Jiménez, Silvia Vilches, Miguel Regué, Susana Merino, and Juan M. Tomás

The UDP N-Acetylgalactosamine 4-Epimerase Gene Is Essential for Mesophilic Aeromonas hydrophila Serotype O34 Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 537-548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ruchi M. Newman, Prabhakar Salunkhe, Adam Godzik, and John C. Reed

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Bacterial Virulence Factor That Shares Homology with Mammalian Toll/Interleukin-1 Receptor Family Proteins
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 594-601. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hanan Gancz, Stefano Censini, and D. Scott Merrell

Iron and pH Homeostasis Intersect at the Level of Fur Regulation in the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 602-614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Viktoria Roos, Glen C. Ulett, Mark A. Schembri, and Per Klemm

The Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Escherichia coli Strain 83972 Outcompetes Uropathogenic E. coli Strains in Human Urine
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 615-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Na Young Park, Jeong Hyun Lee, Myung Won Kim, Hee Gon Jeong, Byung Cheol Lee, Tae Sung Kim, and Sang Ho Choi

Identification of the Vibrio vulnificus wbpP Gene and Evaluation of Its Role in Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 721-728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroaki Inaba, Shinji Kawai, Takahiro Kato, Ichiro Nakagawa, and Atsuo Amano

Association between Epithelial Cell Death and Invasion by Microspheres Conjugated to Porphyromonas gingivalis Vesicles with Different Types of Fimbriae
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 734-739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yarery C. Smith, Kerian K. Grande, Susan B. Rasmussen, and Alison D. O'Brien

Novel Three-Dimensional Organoid Model for Evaluation of the Interaction of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli with Terminally Differentiated Human Urothelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 750-757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabella Vlisidou, Francis Dziva, Roberto M. La Ragione, Angus Best, Junkal Garmendia, Pippa Hawes, Paul Monaghan, Shaun A. Cawthraw, Gad Frankel, Martin J. Woodward, and Mark P. Stevens

Role of Intimin-Tir Interactions and the Tir-Cytoskeleton Coupling Protein in the Colonization of Calves and Lambs by Escherichia coli O157:H7
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 758-764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca L. Wilson, Lindsay L. Brown, Dana Kirkwood-Watts, Travis K. Warren, S. Amanda Lund, David S. King, Kevin F. Jones, and Dennis E. Hruby

Listeria monocytogenes 10403S HtrA Is Necessary for Resistance to Cellular Stress and Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 765-768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scarlett Goon, Cheryl P. Ewing, Maria Lorenzo, Dawn Pattarini, Gary Majam, and Patricia Guerry

A ²⁸-Regulated Nonflagella Gene Contributes to Virulence of Campylobacter jejuni 81-176
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 769-772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Per Klemm, Viktoria Roos, Glen C. Ulett, Catharina Svanborg, and Mark A. Schembri

Molecular Characterization of the Escherichia coli Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Strain 83972: the Taming of a Pathogen
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 781-785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacterial Infections:

Priscille Brodin, Laleh Majlessi, Laurent Marsollier, Marien I. de Jonge, Daria Bottai, Caroline Demangel, Jason Hinds, Olivier Neyrolles, Philip D. Butcher, Claude Leclerc, Stewart T. Cole, and Roland Brosch

Dissection of ESAT-6 System 1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Impact on Immunogenicity and Virulence
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 88-98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Romulo Aráoz, Nadine Honoré, Sungae Cho, Jong-Pill Kim, Sang-Nae Cho, Marc Monot, Caroline Demangel, Patrick J. Brennan, and Stewart T. Cole

Antigen Discovery: a Postgenomic Approach to Leprosy Diagnosis
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 175-182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tracy H. Vemulapalli, Ramesh Vemulapalli, Gerhardt G. Schurig, Stephen M. Boyle, and Nammalwar Sriranganathan

Role in Virulence of a Brucella abortus Protein Exhibiting Lectin-Like Activity
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 183-191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mrutyunjay Suar, Jonathan Jantsch, Siegfried Hapfelmeier, Marcus Kremer, Thomas Stallmach, Paul A. Barrow, and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

Virulence of Broad- and Narrow-Host-Range Salmonella enterica Serovars in the Streptomycin-Pretreated Mouse Model
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 632-644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew M. Edwards, Tracy J. Grossman, and Joel D. Rudney

Fusobacterium nucleatum Transports Noninvasive Streptococcus cristatus into Human Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 654-662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alban Le Monnier, Olivier F. Join-Lambert, Francis Jaubert, Patrick Berche, and Samer Kayal

Invasion of the Placenta during Murine Listeriosis
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 663-672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yukihiro Takahashi, Eizo Takashima, Kisaki Shimazu, Hisao Yagishita, Takaaki Aoba, and Kiyoshi Konishi

Contribution of Sialic Acid-Binding Adhesin to Pathogenesis of Experimental Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus gordonii DL1
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 740-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franca R. Jones, Shahida Baqar, Alfonso Gozalo, Gladys Nunez, Nereyda Espinoza, Sharina M. Reyes, Milagros Salazar, Rina Meza, Chad K. Porter, and Stephen E. Walz

New World Monkey Aotus nancymae as a Model for Campylobacter jejuni Infection and Immunity
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 790-793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Amna Hashim, Grace Mulcahy, Billy Bourke, and Marguerite Clyne

Interaction of Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum with Primary Human and Bovine Intestinal Cells
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 99-107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hannelore Lotter, Thomas Jacobs, Iris Gaworski, and Egbert Tannich

Sexual Dimorphism in the Control of Amebic Liver Abscess in a Mouse Model of Disease
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 118-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jenny L. Hardison, Ruth A. Wrightsman, Philip M. Carpenter, Thomas E. Lane, and Jerry E. Manning

The Chemokines CXCL9 and CXCL10 Promote a Protective Immune Response but Do Not Contribute to Cardiac Inflammation following Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 125-134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jenny L. Hardison, Ruth A. Wrightsman, Philip M. Carpenter, William A. Kuziel, Thomas E. Lane, and Jerry E. Manning

The CC Chemokine Receptor 5 Is Important in Control of Parasite Replication and Acute Cardiac Inflammation following Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 135-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zong Liang Chang, Dale Netski, Peter Thorkildson, and Thomas R. Kozel

Binding and Internalization of Glucuronoxylomannan, the Major Capsular Polysaccharide of Cryptococcus neoformans, by Murine Peritoneal Macrophages
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 144-151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ghada S. Hassan, Shankar Mukherjee, Fnu Nagajyothi, Louis M. Weiss, Stefka B. Petkova, Cecilia J. de Almeida, Huan Huang, Mahalia S. Desruisseaux, Boumediene Bouzahzah, Richard G. Pestell, Chris Albanese, George J. Christ, Michael P. Lisanti, and Herbert B. Tanowitz

Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Induces Proliferation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 152-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yanji Xu, Peter Takvorian, Ann Cali, Fang Wang, Hong Zhang, George Orr, and Louis M. Weiss

Identification of a New Spore Wall Protein from Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 239-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Eric Tongren, Christopher J. Drakeley, Suzanna L. R. McDonald, Hugh G. Reyburn, Alphaxard Manjurano, Watoky M. M. Nkya, Martha M. Lemnge, Channe D. Gowda, Jim E. Todd, Patrick H. Corran, and Eleanor M. Riley

Target Antigen, Age, and Duration of Antigen Exposure Independently Regulate Immunoglobulin G Subclass Switching in Malaria
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 257-264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melissa R. Held, Richard D. Bungiro, Lisa M. Harrison, Iqbal Hamza, and Michael Cappello

Dietary Iron Content Mediates Hookworm Pathogenesis In Vivo
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 289-295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mason X. Zhang, M. Charlotte Bohlman, Carol Itatani, Dennis R. Burton, Paul W. H. I. Parren, Stephen C. St. Jeor, and Thomas R. Kozel

Human Recombinant Antimannan Immunoglobulin G1 Antibody Confers Resistance to Hematogenously Disseminated Candidiasis in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 362-369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tjalling Leenstra, Luz P. Acosta, Hai-Wei Wu, Gretchen C. Langdon, Julie S. Solomon, Daria L. Manalo, Li Su, Mario Jiz, Blanca Jarilla, Archie O. Pablo, Stephen T. McGarvey, Remigio M. Olveda, Jennifer F. Friedman, and Jonathan D. Kurtis

T-Helper-2 Cytokine Responses to Sj97 Predict Resistance to Reinfection with Schistosoma japonicum
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 370-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mônica Santiago Barbosa, Sônia Nair Báo, Patrícia Ferrari Andreotti, Fabrícia P. de Faria, Maria Sueli S. Felipe, Luciano dos Santos Feitosa, Maria José Soares Mendes-Giannini, and Célia Maria de Almeida Soares

Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Is a Cell Surface Protein Involved in Fungal Adhesion to Extracellular Matrix Proteins and Interaction with Cells
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 382-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jesse Wells, Constantine G. Haidaris, Terry W. Wright, and Francis Gigliotti

Complement and Fc Function Are Required for Optimal Antibody Prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 390-393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fariba Mirbod-Donovan, Ruth Schaller, Chiung-Yu Hung, Jianmin Xue, Utz Reichard, and Garry T. Cole

Urease Produced by Coccidioides posadasii Contributes to the Virulence of This Respiratory Pathogen
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 504-515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric J. Tarcha, Venkatesha Basrur, Chiung-Yu Hung, Malcolm J. Gardner, and Garry T. Cole

A Recombinant Aspartyl Protease of Coccidioides posadasii Induces Protection against Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 516-527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine P. A. Ivory, Kathy Keller, and Kris Chadee

CpG-Oligodeoxynucleotide Is a Potent Adjuvant with an Entamoeba histolytica Gal-Inhibitable Lectin Vaccine against Amoebic Liver Abscess in Gerbils
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 528-536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. A. Rogers, A. B. Rogers, B. A. Leav, A. Sanchez, E. Vannier, S. Uematsu, S. Akira, D. Golenbock, and H. D. Ward

MyD88-Dependent Pathways Mediate Resistance to Cryptosporidium parvum Infection in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 549-556. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosalind Polley, Simona Stager, Sara Prickett, Asher Maroof, Soombul Zubairi, Deborah F. Smith, and Paul M. Kaye

Adoptive Immunotherapy against Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis with CD8⁺ T Cells Requires the Presence of Cognate Antigen
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 773-776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Host Response and Inflammation:

Aisha Nazli, Arthur Wang, Oren Steen, David Prescott, Jun Lu, Mary H. Perdue, Johan D. Söderholm, Philip M. Sherman, and Derek M. McKay

Enterocyte Cytoskeleton Changes Are Crucial for Enhanced Translocation of Nonpathogenic Escherichia coli across Metabolically Stressed Gut Epithelia
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 192-201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valérie Rosseels, Sylvie Marché, Virginie Roupie, Marc Govaerts, Jacques Godfroid, Karl Walravens, and Kris Huygen

Members of the 30- to 32-Kilodalton Mycolyl Transferase Family (Ag85) from Culture Filtrate of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Are Immunodominant Th1-Type Antigens Recognized Early upon Infection in Mice and Cattle
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 202-212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Jeevan, C. T. McFarland, T. Yoshimura, T. Skwor, H. Cho, T. Lasco, and D. N. McMurray

Production and Characterization of Guinea Pig Recombinant Gamma Interferon and Its Effect on Macrophage Activation
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 213-224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Roshick, Heidi Wood, Harlan D. Caldwell, and Grant McClarty

Comparison of Gamma Interferon-Mediated Antichlamydial Defense Mechanisms in Human and Mouse Cells
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 225-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shingo Yamanishi, Tadasu Iizumi, Eri Watanabe, Masumi Shimizu, Shigeru Kamiya, Kumiko Nagata, Yoshihiro Kumagai, Yoshitaka Fukunaga, and Hidemi Takahashi

Implications for Induction of Autoimmunity via Activation of B-1 Cells by Helicobacter pylori Urease
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 248-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melanie J. Ragin, Nisebita Sahu, and Avery August

Differential Regulation of Cytokine Production by CD1d-Restricted NKT Cells in Response to Superantigen Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Exposure
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 282-288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura J. Plant and Ann-Beth Jonsson

Type IV Pili of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Influence the Activation of Human CD4⁺ T Cells
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 442-448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher K. Cote, Nico Van Rooijen, and Susan L. Welkos

Roles of Macrophages and Neutrophils in the Early Host Response to Bacillus anthracis Spores in a Mouse Model of Infection
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 469-480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Per Åkesson, Linnea Moritz, Mikael Truedsson, Bertil Christensson, and Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen

IdeS, a Highly Specific Immunoglobulin G (IgG)-Cleaving Enzyme from Streptococcus pyogenes, Is Inhibited by Specific IgG Antibodies Generated during Infection
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 497-503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lynn Bry, Manfred Brigl, and Michael B. Brenner

CD4⁺-T-Cell Effector Functions and Costimulatory Requirements Essential for Surviving Mucosal Infection with Citrobacter rodentium
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 673-681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Kuyler Doyle, Kimberly A. Nethery, Vsevolod L. Popov, and Jere W. McBride

Differentially Expressed and Secreted Major Immunoreactive Protein Orthologs of Ehrlichia canis and E. chaffeensis Elicit Early Antibody Responses to Epitopes on Glycosylated Tandem Repeats
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 711-720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

Chad S. Brooks, Santosh R. Vuppala, Amy M. Jett, and Darrin R. Akins

Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi Outer Surface Proteins
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 296-304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuanyi Li, Gabriela Martinez, Marcelo Gottschalk, Sonia Lacouture, Philip Willson, J. Daniel Dubreuil, Mario Jacques, and Josee Harel

Identification of a Surface Protein of Streptococcus suis and Evaluation of Its Immunogenic and Protective Capacity in Pigs
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 305-312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

O. J. A. E. Ophorst, K. Radosevic, M. J. E. Havenga, M. G. Pau, L. Holterman, B. Berkhout, J. Goudsmit, and M. Tsuji

Immunogenicity and Protection of a Recombinant Human Adenovirus Serotype 35-Based Malaria Vaccine against Plasmodium yoelii in Mice
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 313-320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shay Weiss, David Kobiler, Haim Levy, Hadar Marcus, Avi Pass, Nili Rothschild, and Zeev Altboum

Immunological Correlates for Protection against Intranasal Challenge of Bacillus anthracis Spores Conferred by a Protective Antigen-Based Vaccine in Rabbits
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 394-398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teresa M. Wozniak, Anthony A. Ryan, James A. Triccas, and Warwick J. Britton

Plasmid Interleukin-23 (IL-23), but Not Plasmid IL-27, Enhances the Protective Efficacy of a DNA Vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 557-565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lea-Ann S. Kirkham, Alison R. Kerr, Gill R. Douce, Gavin K. Paterson, Deborah A. Dilts, Dai-Fang Liu, and Tim J. Mitchell

Construction and Immunological Characterization of a Novel Nontoxic Protective Pneumolysin Mutant for Use in Future Pneumococcal Vaccines
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 586-593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shee Eun Lee, Soo Young Kim, Byung Chul Jeong, Young Ran Kim, Soo Jang Bae, Ouk Seon Ahn, Je-Jung Lee, Ho-Chun Song, Jung Mogg Kim, Hyon E. Choy, Sun Sik Chung, Mi-Na Kweon, and Joon Haeng Rhee

A Bacterial Flagellin, Vibrio vulnificus FlaB, Has a Strong Mucosal Adjuvant Activity To Induce Protective Immunity
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 694-702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chahnaz Kébaïer, Jude E. Uzonna, Stephen M. Beverley, and Phillip Scott

Immunization with Persistent Attenuated lpg2 Leishmania major Parasites Requires Adjuvant To Provide Protective Immunity in C57BL/6 Mice
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 777-780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcela Parra, Nathalie Cadieux, Thames Pickett, Veerabadran Dheenadhayalan, and Michael J. Brennan

A PE Protein Expressed by Mycobacterium avium Is an Effective T-Cell Immunogen
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 786-789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristina K. Peachman, Mangala Rao, Carl R. Alving, Robert Burge, Stephen H. Leppla, Venigalla B. Rao, and Gary R. Matyas

Correlation between Lethal Toxin-Neutralizing Antibody Titers and Protection from Intranasal Challenge with Bacillus anthracis Ames Strain Spores in Mice after Transcutaneous Immunization with Recombinant Anthrax Protective Antigen
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 794-797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thilan Wickramarachchi, Prasad H. Premaratne, K. L. R. Lakshman Perera, Sumith Bandara, Clemens H. M. Kocken, Alan W. Thomas, Shiroma M. Handunnetti, and Preethi V. Udagama-Randeniya

Natural Human Antibody Responses to Plasmodium vivax Apical Membrane Antigen 1 under Low Transmission and Unstable Malaria Conditions in Sri Lanka
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 798-801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Genomics:

Kai Shen, John Gladitz, Patricia Antalis, Bethany Dice, Benjamin Janto, Randy Keefe, Jay Hayes, Azad Ahmed, Richard Dopico, Nathan Ehrlich, Jennifer Jocz, Laura Kropp, Shujun Yu, Laura Nistico, David P. Greenberg, Karen Barbadora, Robert A. Preston, J. Christopher Post, Garth D. Ehrlich, and Fen Z. Hu

Characterization, Distribution, and Expression of Novel Genes among Eight Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 321-330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Joseph Aduse-Opoku, Jennifer M. Slaney, Ahmed Hashim, Alexandra Gallagher, Robert P. Gallagher, Minnie Rangarajan, Khalil Boutaga, Marja L. Laine, Arie J. Van Winkelhoff, and Michael A. Curtis

Identification and Characterization of the Capsular Polysaccharide (K-Antigen) Locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 449-460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian W. Brunelle and George F. Sensabaugh

The ompA Gene in Chlamydia trachomatis Differs in Phylogeny and Rate of Evolution from Other Regions of the Genome
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 578-585. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrei P. Pomerantsev, Ramakrishnan Sitaraman, Craig R. Galloway, Violetta Kivovich, and Stephen H. Leppla

Genome Engineering in Bacillus anthracis Using Cre Recombinase
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 682-693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Timothy J. Johnson, and Lisa K. Nolan

The pap Operon of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strain O1:K1 Is Located on a Novel Pathogenicity Island
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 744-749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

Gabriela E. Bergonzelli, Dominique Granato, Raymond D. Pridmore, Laure F. Marvin-Guy, Dominique Donnicola, and Irène E. Corthésy-Theulaz

GroEL of Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 (NCC 533) Is Cell Surface Associated: Potential Role in Interactions with the Host and the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 425-434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joshua R. Fischer, Kimberly T. LeBlanc, and John M. Leong

Fibronectin Binding Protein BBK32 of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Promotes Bacterial Attachment to Glycosaminoglycans
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 435-441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Uta Gasanov, Craig Koina, Kenneth W. Beagley, R. John Aitken, and Philip M. Hansbro

Identification of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Receptor as a Novel Receptor for Binding and Invasion by Listeria monocytogenes
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 566-577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Tyrer, A. Ruth Foxwell, Allan W. Cripps, Michael A. Apicella, and Jennelle M. Kyd

Microbial Pattern Recognition Receptors Mediate M-Cell Uptake of a Gram-Negative Bacterium
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 625-631. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel C. Wassmer, Valéry Combes, Francisco J. Candal, Irène Juhan-Vague, and Georges E. Grau

Platelets Potentiate Brain Endothelial Alterations Induced by Plasmodium falciparum
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 645-653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Özlem Yilmaz, Philippe Verbeke, Richard J. Lamont, and David M. Ojcius

Intercellular Spreading of Porphyromonas gingivalis Infection in Primary Gingival Epithelial Cells
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 703-710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne J. Tunbridge, Tania M. Stevanin, Margaret Lee, Helen M. Marriott, James W. B. Moir, Robert C. Read, and David H. Dockrell

Inhibition of Macrophage Apoptosis by Neisseria meningitidis Requires Nitric Oxide Detoxification Mechanisms
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 729-733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Lakshmi Ramachandra, Jamie L. Smialek, Sam S. Shank, Marilyn Convery, W. Henry Boom, and Clifford V. Harding

Phagosomal Processing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigen 85B Is Modulated Independently of Mycobacterial Viability and Phagosome Maturation
Infect. Immun. 2006 74: 802. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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