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Contents: January 2006, Volume 74, Issue 1        Instructions To Authors        Minireviews        Molecular Pathogenesis        Bacterial Infections        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular Genomics        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Errata

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Instructions To Authors:

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

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Minireviews:

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Capsule-Mediated Immune Evasion: a New Hypothesis Explaining Aspects of Typhoid Fever Pathogenesis Manuela Raffatellu, Daniela Chessa, R. Paul Wilson, Çagla Tükel, Mustafa Akçelik, and Andreas J. Bäumler Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 19-27; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Sphingolipids in Microbial Pathogenesis Lena J. Heung, Chiara Luberto, and Maurizio Del Poeta Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 28-39; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Role of Hyaluronidase in Subcutaneous Spread and Growth of Group A Streptococcus Clarise Rivera Starr and N. Cary Engleberg Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 40-48; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Cell-Specific Phenotype of the Polymorphic vacA Midregion Is Independent of the Appearance of the Cell Surface Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ß David A. G. Skibinski, Christophe Genisset, Silvia Barone, and John L. Telford Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 49-55; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dihydrolipoamide Acyltransferase Is Critical for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis Shuangping Shi and Sabine Ehrt Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 56-63; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Global Regulator Ler Is Necessary for Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Colonization of Caenorhabditis elegans Jay L. Mellies, Alex M. S. Barron, Kenneth R. Haack, Andrew S. Korson, and Derek A. Oldridge Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 64-72; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Chlamydiae by Primary Alcohols Correlates with the Strain-Specific Complement of Plasticity Zone Phospholipase D Genes David E. Nelson, Deborah D. Crane, Lacey D. Taylor, David W. Dorward, Morgan M. Goheen, and Harlan D. Caldwell Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 73-80; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Benedito A. Carneiro, Jun Fujii, Gerly A. C. Brito, Cirle Alcantara, Reinaldo B. Oriá, Aldo A. M. Lima, Tom Obrig, and Richard L. Guerrant Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 81-87; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Anna Carle, Christoph Höppner, Khaled Ahmed Aly, Qing Yuan, Amke den Dulk-Ras, Annette Vergunst, David O'Callaghan, and Christian Baron Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 108-117; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Profiling of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae during Heat Shock Using Microarrays Melissa L. Madsen, Dan Nettleton, Eileen L. Thacker, Robert Edwards, and F. Chris Minion Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 160-166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 John B. March, Catherine D. Jepson, Jason R. Clark, Makrina Totsika, and Michael J. Calcutt Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 167-174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The lpf Gene Cluster for Long Polar Fimbriae Is Not Involved in Adherence of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli or Virulence of Citrobacter rodentium Ichiro Tatsuno, Rosanna Mundy, Gad Frankel, Yuwen Chong, Alan D. Phillips, Alfredo G. Torres, and James B. Kaper Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 265-272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction with CagF Is Required for Translocation of CagA into the Host via the Helicobacter pylori Type IV Secretion System Marc Roger Couturier, Elizabetta Tasca, Cesare Montecucco, and Markus Stein Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 273-281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of CsrC and Characterization of Its Role in Epithelial Cell Invasion in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Doreen R. Fortune, Mitsu Suyemoto, and Craig Altier Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 331-339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes in Virulent and Nonvirulent Entamoeba Species: Potential Implications for Amebic Pathogenesis Ryan C. MacFarlane and Upinder Singh Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 340-351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of potD in Streptococcus pneumoniae Polyamine Transport and Pathogenesis D. Ware, Y. Jiang, W. Lin, and E. Swiatlo Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 352-361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Activation of the Staphylococcus aureus putP Gene by Low-Proline-High Osmotic Conditions and during Infection of Murine and Human Tissues William R. Schwan, Lynn Lehmann, and James McCormick Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 399-409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Influences the Virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila Tatiana E. Erova, Lakshmi Pillai, Amin A. Fadl, Jian Sha, Shaofei Wang, Cristi L. Galindo, and Ashok K. Chopra Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 410-424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 James R. Johnson, Connie Clabots, and Henry Rosen Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 461-468; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Domains within the Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Cilium Adhesin Bind Heparin Cheryl Jenkins, Jody L. Wilton, F. Chris Minion, Linda Falconer, Mark J. Walker, and Steven P. Djordjevic Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 481-487; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the luxS Quorum-Sensing System in Biofilm Formation and Virulence of Staphylococcus epidermidis Lin Xu, Hualin Li, Cuong Vuong, Viveka Vadyvaloo, Jianping Wang, Yufeng Yao, Michael Otto, and Qian Gao Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 488-496; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The UDP N-Acetylgalactosamine 4-Epimerase Gene Is Essential for Mesophilic Aeromonas hydrophila Serotype O34 Virulence Rocío Canals, Natalia Jiménez, Silvia Vilches, Miguel Regué, Susana Merino, and Juan M. Tomás Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 537-548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Bacterial Virulence Factor That Shares Homology with Mammalian Toll/Interleukin-1 Receptor Family Proteins Ruchi M. Newman, Prabhakar Salunkhe, Adam Godzik, and John C. Reed Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 594-601; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron and pH Homeostasis Intersect at the Level of Fur Regulation in the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori Hanan Gancz, Stefano Censini, and D. Scott Merrell Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 602-614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Escherichia coli Strain 83972 Outcompetes Uropathogenic E. coli Strains in Human Urine Viktoria Roos, Glen C. Ulett, Mark A. Schembri, and Per Klemm Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 615-624; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Vibrio vulnificus wbpP Gene and Evaluation of Its Role in Virulence Na Young Park, Jeong Hyun Lee, Myung Won Kim, Hee Gon Jeong, Byung Cheol Lee, Tae Sung Kim, and Sang Ho Choi Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 721-728; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association between Epithelial Cell Death and Invasion by Microspheres Conjugated to Porphyromonas gingivalis Vesicles with Different Types of Fimbriae Hiroaki Inaba, Shinji Kawai, Takahiro Kato, Ichiro Nakagawa, and Atsuo Amano Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 734-739; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Three-Dimensional Organoid Model for Evaluation of the Interaction of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli with Terminally Differentiated Human Urothelial Cells Yarery C. Smith, Kerian K. Grande, Susan B. Rasmussen, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 750-757; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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

A 28-Regulated Nonflagella Gene Contributes to Virulence of Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 Scarlett Goon, Cheryl P. Ewing, Maria Lorenzo, Dawn Pattarini, Gary Majam, and Patricia Guerry Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 769-772; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of the Escherichia coli Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Strain 83972: the Taming of a Pathogen Per Klemm, Viktoria Roos, Glen C. Ulett, Catharina Svanborg, and Mark A. Schembri Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 781-785; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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

Antigen Discovery: a Postgenomic Approach to Leprosy Diagnosis Romulo Aráoz, Nadine Honoré, Sungae Cho, Jong-Pill Kim, Sang-Nae Cho, Marc Monot, Caroline Demangel, Patrick J. Brennan, and Stewart T. Cole Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 175-182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role in Virulence of a Brucella abortus Protein Exhibiting Lectin-Like Activity Tracy H. Vemulapalli, Ramesh Vemulapalli, Gerhardt G. Schurig, Stephen M. Boyle, and Nammalwar Sriranganathan Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 183-191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulence of Broad- and Narrow-Host-Range Salmonella enterica Serovars in the Streptomycin-Pretreated Mouse Model Mrutyunjay Suar, Jonathan Jantsch, Siegfried Hapfelmeier, Marcus Kremer, Thomas Stallmach, Paul A. Barrow, and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 632-644; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fusobacterium nucleatum Transports Noninvasive Streptococcus cristatus into Human Epithelial Cells Andrew M. Edwards, Tracy J. Grossman, and Joel D. Rudney Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 654-662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Invasion of the Placenta during Murine Listeriosis Alban Le Monnier, Olivier F. Join-Lambert, Francis Jaubert, Patrick Berche, and Samer Kayal Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 663-672; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Sialic Acid-Binding Adhesin to Pathogenesis of Experimental Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus gordonii DL1 Yukihiro Takahashi, Eizo Takashima, Kisaki Shimazu, Hisao Yagishita, Takaaki Aoba, and Kiyoshi Konishi Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 740-743; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Interaction of Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum with Primary Human and Bovine Intestinal Cells Amna Hashim, Grace Mulcahy, Billy Bourke, and Marguerite Clyne Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 99-107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sexual Dimorphism in the Control of Amebic Liver Abscess in a Mouse Model of Disease Hannelore Lotter, Thomas Jacobs, Iris Gaworski, and Egbert Tannich Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 118-124; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Chemokines CXCL9 and CXCL10 Promote a Protective Immune Response but Do Not Contribute to Cardiac Inflammation following Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi Jenny L. Hardison, Ruth A. Wrightsman, Philip M. Carpenter, Thomas E. Lane, and Jerry E. Manning Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 125-134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The CC Chemokine Receptor 5 Is Important in Control of Parasite Replication and Acute Cardiac Inflammation following Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi Jenny L. Hardison, Ruth A. Wrightsman, Philip M. Carpenter, William A. Kuziel, Thomas E. Lane, and Jerry E. Manning Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 135-143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding and Internalization of Glucuronoxylomannan, the Major Capsular Polysaccharide of Cryptococcus neoformans, by Murine Peritoneal Macrophages Zong Liang Chang, Dale Netski, Peter Thorkildson, and Thomas R. Kozel Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 144-151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Identification of a New Spore Wall Protein from Encephalitozoon cuniculi Yanji Xu, Peter Takvorian, Ann Cali, Fang Wang, Hong Zhang, George Orr, and Louis M. Weiss Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 239-247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Dietary Iron Content Mediates Hookworm Pathogenesis In Vivo Melissa R. Held, Richard D. Bungiro, Lisa M. Harrison, Iqbal Hamza, and Michael Cappello Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 289-295; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Recombinant Antimannan Immunoglobulin G1 Antibody Confers Resistance to Hematogenously Disseminated Candidiasis in Mice Mason X. Zhang, M. Charlotte Bohlman, Carol Itatani, Dennis R. Burton, Paul W. H. I. Parren, Stephen C. St. Jeor, and Thomas R. Kozel Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 362-369; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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

Complement and Fc Function Are Required for Optimal Antibody Prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Jesse Wells, Constantine G. Haidaris, Terry W. Wright, and Francis Gigliotti Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 390-393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Urease Produced by Coccidioides posadasii Contributes to the Virulence of This Respiratory Pathogen Fariba Mirbod-Donovan, Ruth Schaller, Chiung-Yu Hung, Jianmin Xue, Utz Reichard, and Garry T. Cole Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 504-515; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Recombinant Aspartyl Protease of Coccidioides posadasii Induces Protection against Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis in Mice Eric J. Tarcha, Venkatesha Basrur, Chiung-Yu Hung, Malcolm J. Gardner, and Garry T. Cole Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 516-527; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CpG-Oligodeoxynucleotide Is a Potent Adjuvant with an Entamoeba histolytica Gal-Inhibitable Lectin Vaccine against Amoebic Liver Abscess in Gerbils Catherine P. A. Ivory, Kathy Keller, and Kris Chadee Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 528-536; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MyD88-Dependent Pathways Mediate Resistance to Cryptosporidium parvum Infection in Mice K. A. Rogers, A. B. Rogers, B. A. Leav, A. Sanchez, E. Vannier, S. Uematsu, S. Akira, D. Golenbock, and H. D. Ward Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 549-556; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adoptive Immunotherapy against Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis with CD8+ T Cells Requires the Presence of Cognate Antigen Rosalind Polley, Simona Stager, Sara Prickett, Asher Maroof, Soombul Zubairi, Deborah F. Smith, and Paul M. Kaye Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 773-776; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Enterocyte Cytoskeleton Changes Are Crucial for Enhanced Translocation of Nonpathogenic Escherichia coli across Metabolically Stressed Gut Epithelia Aisha Nazli, Arthur Wang, Oren Steen, David Prescott, Jun Lu, Mary H. Perdue, Johan D. Söderholm, Philip M. Sherman, and Derek M. McKay Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 192-201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Valérie Rosseels, Sylvie Marché, Virginie Roupie, Marc Govaerts, Jacques Godfroid, Karl Walravens, and Kris Huygen Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 202-212; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production and Characterization of Guinea Pig Recombinant Gamma Interferon and Its Effect on Macrophage Activation A. Jeevan, C. T. McFarland, T. Yoshimura, T. Skwor, H. Cho, T. Lasco, and D. N. McMurray Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 213-224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Gamma Interferon-Mediated Antichlamydial Defense Mechanisms in Human and Mouse Cells Christine Roshick, Heidi Wood, Harlan D. Caldwell, and Grant McClarty Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 225-238; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Implications for Induction of Autoimmunity via Activation of B-1 Cells by Helicobacter pylori Urease Shingo Yamanishi, Tadasu Iizumi, Eri Watanabe, Masumi Shimizu, Shigeru Kamiya, Kumiko Nagata, Yoshihiro Kumagai, Yoshitaka Fukunaga, and Hidemi Takahashi Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 248-256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Regulation of Cytokine Production by CD1d-Restricted NKT Cells in Response to Superantigen Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Exposure Melanie J. Ragin, Nisebita Sahu, and Avery August Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 282-288; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Type IV Pili of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Influence the Activation of Human CD4+ T Cells Laura J. Plant and Ann-Beth Jonsson Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 442-448; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Macrophages and Neutrophils in the Early Host Response to Bacillus anthracis Spores in a Mouse Model of Infection Christopher K. Cote, Nico Van Rooijen, and Susan L. Welkos Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 469-480; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

IdeS, a Highly Specific Immunoglobulin G (IgG)-Cleaving Enzyme from Streptococcus pyogenes, Is Inhibited by Specific IgG Antibodies Generated during Infection Per Åkesson, Linnea Moritz, Mikael Truedsson, Bertil Christensson, and Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 497-503; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD4+-T-Cell Effector Functions and Costimulatory Requirements Essential for Surviving Mucosal Infection with Citrobacter rodentium Lynn Bry, Manfred Brigl, and Michael B. Brenner Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 673-681; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differentially Expressed and Secreted Major Immunoreactive Protein Orthologs of Ehrlichia canis and E. chaffeensis Elicit Early Antibody Responses to Epitopes on Glycosylated Tandem Repeats C. Kuyler Doyle, Kimberly A. Nethery, Vsevolod L. Popov, and Jere W. McBride Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 711-720; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi Outer Surface Proteins Chad S. Brooks, Santosh R. Vuppala, Amy M. Jett, and Darrin R. Akins Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 296-304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Surface Protein of Streptococcus suis and Evaluation of Its Immunogenic and Protective Capacity in Pigs Yuanyi Li, Gabriela Martinez, Marcelo Gottschalk, Sonia Lacouture, Philip Willson, J. Daniel Dubreuil, Mario Jacques, and Josee Harel Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 305-312; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunogenicity and Protection of a Recombinant Human Adenovirus Serotype 35-Based Malaria Vaccine against Plasmodium yoelii in Mice O. J. A. E. Ophorst, K. Radosevic, M. J. E. Havenga, M. G. Pau, L. Holterman, B. Berkhout, J. Goudsmit, and M. Tsuji Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 313-320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunological Correlates for Protection against Intranasal Challenge of Bacillus anthracis Spores Conferred by a Protective Antigen-Based Vaccine in Rabbits Shay Weiss, David Kobiler, Haim Levy, Hadar Marcus, Avi Pass, Nili Rothschild, and Zeev Altboum Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 394-398; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid Interleukin-23 (IL-23), but Not Plasmid IL-27, Enhances the Protective Efficacy of a DNA Vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Teresa M. Wozniak, Anthony A. Ryan, James A. Triccas, and Warwick J. Britton Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 557-565; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Immunological Characterization of a Novel Nontoxic Protective Pneumolysin Mutant for Use in Future Pneumococcal Vaccines Lea-Ann S. Kirkham, Alison R. Kerr, Gill R. Douce, Gavin K. Paterson, Deborah A. Dilts, Dai-Fang Liu, and Tim J. Mitchell Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 586-593; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Immunization with Persistent Attenuated lpg2 Leishmania major Parasites Requires Adjuvant To Provide Protective Immunity in C57BL/6 Mice Chahnaz Kébaïer, Jude E. Uzonna, Stephen M. Beverley, and Phillip Scott Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 777-780; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A PE Protein Expressed by Mycobacterium avium Is an Effective T-Cell Immunogen Marcela Parra, Nathalie Cadieux, Thames Pickett, Veerabadran Dheenadhayalan, and Michael J. Brennan Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 786-789; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Kristina K. Peachman, Mangala Rao, Carl R. Alving, Robert Burge, Stephen H. Leppla, Venigalla B. Rao, and Gary R. Matyas Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 794-797; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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Molecular Genomics:

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

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

The ompA Gene in Chlamydia trachomatis Differs in Phylogeny and Rate of Evolution from Other Regions of the Genome Brian W. Brunelle and George F. Sensabaugh Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 578-585; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome Engineering in Bacillus anthracis Using Cre Recombinase Andrei P. Pomerantsev, Ramakrishnan Sitaraman, Craig R. Galloway, Violetta Kivovich, and Stephen H. Leppla Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 682-693; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The pap Operon of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strain O1:K1 Is Located on a Novel Pathogenicity Island Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Timothy J. Johnson, and Lisa K. Nolan Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 744-749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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GroEL of Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 (NCC 533) Is Cell Surface Associated: Potential Role in Interactions with the Host and the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori Gabriela E. Bergonzelli, Dominique Granato, Raymond D. Pridmore, Laure F. Marvin-Guy, Dominique Donnicola, and Irène E. Corthésy-Theulaz Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 425-434; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fibronectin Binding Protein BBK32 of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Promotes Bacterial Attachment to Glycosaminoglycans Joshua R. Fischer, Kimberly T. LeBlanc, and John M. Leong Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 435-441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Receptor as a Novel Receptor for Binding and Invasion by Listeria monocytogenes Uta Gasanov, Craig Koina, Kenneth W. Beagley, R. John Aitken, and Philip M. Hansbro Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 566-577; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Pattern Recognition Receptors Mediate M-Cell Uptake of a Gram-Negative Bacterium Peter Tyrer, A. Ruth Foxwell, Allan W. Cripps, Michael A. Apicella, and Jennelle M. Kyd Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 625-631; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Platelets Potentiate Brain Endothelial Alterations Induced by Plasmodium falciparum Samuel C. Wassmer, Valéry Combes, Francisco J. Candal, Irène Juhan-Vague, and Georges E. Grau Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 645-653; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intercellular Spreading of Porphyromonas gingivalis Infection in Primary Gingival Epithelial Cells Özlem Yilmaz, Philippe Verbeke, Richard J. Lamont, and David M. Ojcius Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 703-710; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Macrophage Apoptosis by Neisseria meningitidis Requires Nitric Oxide Detoxification Mechanisms Anne J. Tunbridge, Tania M. Stevanin, Margaret Lee, Helen M. Marriott, James W. B. Moir, Robert C. Read, and David H. Dockrell Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 729-733; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Phagosomal Processing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigen 85B Is Modulated Independently of Mycobacterial Viability and Phagosome Maturation Lakshmi Ramachandra, Jamie L. Smialek, Sam S. Shank, Marilyn Convery, W. Henry Boom, and Clifford V. Harding Infect. Immun. January 2006 74: 802 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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