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Contents: October 2006, Volume 74, Issue 10        Spotlight        Minireviews        Molecular Pathogenesis        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Host Response and Inflammation        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Molecular Genomics        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections        Errata

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Spotlight:

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Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5423-5424; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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Intestinal Microvascular Endothelium and Innate Immunity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Second Line of Defense? Jan Heidemann, Wolfram Domschke, Torsten Kucharzik, and Christian Maaser Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5425-5432; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Major Role for FeoB in Campylobacter jejuni Ferrous Iron Acquisition, Gut Colonization, and Intracellular Survival Hemant Naikare, Kiran Palyada, Roger Panciera, Denver Marlow, and Alain Stintzi Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5433-5444; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autoinducer 3 and Epinephrine Signaling in the Kinetics of Locus of Enterocyte Effacement Gene Expression in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Matthew Walters and Vanessa Sperandio Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5445-5455; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extensive Genotypic Diversity in a Recombining Population of the Apicomplexan Parasite Theileria parva Frank Katzer, Daniel Ngugi, Chris Oura, Richard P. Bishop, Evans L. N. Taracha, Alan R. Walker, and Declan J. McKeever Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5456-5464; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome-Wide Expression Analysis of Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection in a Hamster Model of Acute Melioidosis Apichai Tuanyok, Marina Tom, John Dunbar, and Donald E. Woods Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5465-5476; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The mgtC Gene of Burkholderia cenocepacia Is Required for Growth under Magnesium Limitation Conditions and Intracellular Survival in Macrophages Kendra E. Maloney and Miguel A. Valvano Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5477-5486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of OmpU of Vibrio vulnificus as a Fibronectin-Binding Protein and Its Role in Bacterial Pathogenesis Sung Young Goo, Hyun-Ju Lee, Woo Hwang Kim, Kyu-Lee Han, Dae-Kyun Park, Hyun-Jung Lee, Sung Min Kim, Kun-Soo Kim, Kyu-Ho Lee, and Soon-Jung Park Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5586-5594; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The C-Terminal Region of Bacteroides fragilis Toxin Is Essential to Its Biological Activity Cynthia L. Sears, Simy L. Buckwold, Jai W. Shin, and Augusto A. Franco Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5595-5601; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Induces Cleavage of the Mitotic Cyclin B1 Zarine R. Balsara, Shahram Misaghi, James N. Lafave, and Michael N. Starnbach Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5602-5608; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of ompA Deletion on Expression of Type 1 Fimbriae in Escherichia coli K1 Strain RS218 and on the Association of E. coli with Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Ching-Hao Teng, Yi Xie, Sooan Shin, Francescopaolo Di Cello, Maneesh Paul-Satyaseela, Mian Cai, and Kwang Sik Kim Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5609-5616; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Extracellular and Intracellular Potency of Botulinum Neurotoxins Fang Cai, Carrie B. Adrion, and James E. Keller Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5617-5624; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Transcriptional Regulator RovS Controls the Attachment of Streptococcus agalactiae to Human Epithelial Cells and the Expression of Virulence Genes Ulrike M. Samen, Bernhard J. Eikmanns, and Dieter J. Reinscheid Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5625-5635; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Psa and F1 on the Adhesive and Invasive Interactions of Yersinia pestis with Human Respiratory Tract Epithelial Cells Fengzhi Liu, Huaiqing Chen, Estela M. Galván, Melissa A. Lasaro, and Dieter M. Schifferli Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5636-5644; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Measurement of Effector Protein Injection by Type III and Type IV Secretion Systems by Using a 13-Residue Phosphorylatable Glycogen Synthase Kinase Tag Julie Torruellas Garcia, Franco Ferracci, Michael W. Jackson, Sabrina S. Joseph, Isabelle Pattis, Lisa R. W. Plano, Wolfgang Fischer, and Gregory V. Plano Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5645-5657; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Porphyromonas gingivalis Fimbriae Proactively Modulate ß2 Integrin Adhesive Activity and Promote Binding to and Internalization by Macrophages George Hajishengallis, Min Wang, Evlambia Harokopakis, Martha Triantafilou, and Kathy Triantafilou Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5658-5666; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Affinity Interaction between Fibronectin and the Group B Streptococcal C5a Peptidase Is Unaffected by a Naturally Occurring Four-Amino-Acid Deletion That Eliminates Peptidase Activity Glen S. Tamura, James R. Hull, Michael D. Oberg, and David G. Castner Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5739-5746; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A New Immunoglobulin-Binding Protein, EibG, Is Responsible for the Chain-Like Adhesion Phenotype of Locus of Enterocyte Effacement-Negative, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Yan Lu, Sunao Iyoda, Hiromi Satou, Hitomi Satou, Kenichiro Itoh, Takehito Saitoh, and Haruo Watanabe Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5747-5755; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural Characterization of Peptide-Mediated Inhibition of Porphyromonas gingivalis Biofilm Formation Carlo Amorin Daep, DeAnna M. James, Richard J. Lamont, and Donald R. Demuth Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5756-5762; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutations within the Catalytic Motif of DNA Adenine Methyltransferase (Dam) of Aeromonas hydrophila Cause the Virulence of the Dam-Overproducing Strain To Revert to That of the Wild-Type Phenotype Tatiana E. Erova, Amin A. Fadl, Jian Sha, Bijay K. Khajanchi, Lakshmi L. Pillai, Elena V. Kozlova, and Ashok K. Chopra Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5763-5772; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of igaB, a Second Immunoglobulin A1 Protease Gene in Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Matthew M. Fernaays, Alan J. Lesse, Xueya Cai, and Timothy F. Murphy Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5860-5870; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

OspF and OspC1 Are Shigella flexneri Type III Secretion System Effectors That Are Required for Postinvasion Aspects of Virulence Daniel V. Zurawski, Chieko Mitsuhata, Karen L. Mumy, Beth A. McCormick, and Anthony T. Maurelli Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5964-5976; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression, Purification, Characterization, and Pathogenicity of Vibrio harveyi Hemolysin VHH Yingbin Zhong, Xiao-Hua Zhang, Jixiang Chen, Zhenghao Chi, Boguang Sun, Yun Li, and Brian Austin Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 6001-6005; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Mutated Clostridium difficile Toxin A for Determination of Glucosyltransferase-Dependent Effects Matthias Teichert, Helma Tatge, Janett Schoentaube, Ingo Just, and Ralf Gerhard Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 6006-6010; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Porphyromonas gingivalis Minor Fimbriae Are Required for Cell-Cell Interactions Xinghua Lin, Jie Wu, and Hua Xie Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 6011-6015; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Fatty Acids from Plasmodium falciparum Down-Regulate the Toxic Activity of Malaria Glycosylphosphatidylinositols Françoise Debierre-Grockiego, Louis Schofield, Nahid Azzouz, Jörg Schmidt, Cristiana Santos de Macedo, Michael A. J. Ferguson, and Ralph T. Schwarz Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5487-5496; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gingipains from Porphyromonas gingivalis W83 Synergistically Disrupt Endothelial Cell Adhesion and Can Induce Caspase-Independent Apoptosis Shaun M. Sheets, Jan Potempa, James Travis, Hansel M. Fletcher, and Carlos A. Casiano Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5667-5678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trichomonas vaginalis Lipophosphoglycan Triggers a Selective Upregulation of Cytokines by Human Female Reproductive Tract Epithelial Cells Raina N. Fichorova, Radiana T. Trifonova, Robert O. Gilbert, Catherine E. Costello, Gary R. Hayes, John J. Lucas, and Bibhuti N. Singh Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5773-5779; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Neutrophils Do Not Mediate the Pathophysiological Sequelae of Cryptosporidium parvum Infection in Neonatal Piglets Leah M. Zadrozny, Stephen H. Stauffer, Martha U. Armstrong, Samuel L. Jones, and Jody L. Gookin Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5497-5505; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Role of Lipooligosaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis in Virulence and Inflammatory Response during Respiratory Infection in Mice Maria Leticia Zarantonelli, Michel Huerre, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, and Jean-Michel Alonso Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5506-5512; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinases Protects Mice from Ascending Infection and Chronic Disease Manifestations Resulting from Urogenital Chlamydia muridarum Infection Muhammad T. Imtiaz, Justin H. Schripsema, Ira M. Sigar, John N. Kasimos, and Kyle H. Ramsey Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5513-5521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reversible Deficiency of Antimicrobial Polypeptides in Bacterial Vaginosis Erika V. Valore, Dorothy J. Wiley, and Tomas Ganz Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5693-5702; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Opsonic Antibodies to Enterococcus faecalis Strain 12030 Are Directed against Lipoteichoic Acid Christian Theilacker, Zbigniew Kaczynski, Andrea Kropec, Francesca Fabretti, Tatjana Sange, Otto Holst, and Johannes Huebner Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5703-5712; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of Borrelia burgdorferi-Specific CD4+-T-Cell Effector Function by Interleukin-12- and T-Cell Receptor-Induced p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activity Michael N. Hedrick, Chris M. Olson, Jr., Dietrich B. Conze, Tonya C. Bates, Mercedes Rincón, and Juan Anguita Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5713-5717; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interleukin-10 Anti-Inflammatory Response to Borrelia burgdorferi, the Agent of Lyme Disease: a Possible Role for Suppressors of Cytokine Signaling 1 and 3 Vida A. Dennis, Ayanna Jefferson, Shree R. Singh, Frédéric Ganapamo, and Mario T. Philipp Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5780-5789; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection of Airway Epithelial Cells Modulates Expression of Kruppel-Like Factors 2 and 6 via RsmA-Mediated Regulation of Type III Exoenzymes S and Y Eoin P. O'Grady, Heidi Mulcahy, Julie O'Callaghan, Claire Adams, and Fergal O'Gara Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5893-5902; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Development of a Gamma Interferon-Secreting Glycolipid/CD1d-Specific V14+ NK1.1– T-Cell Subset after Bacterial Infection Masashi Emoto, Izumi Yoshizawa, Yoshiko Emoto, Mamiko Miamoto, Robert Hurwitz, and Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5903-5913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytokine and Chemokine Transcription Profile during Mycoplasma pulmonis Infection in Susceptible and Resistant Strains of Mice: Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1ß (CCL4) and Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 2 (CCL8) and Accumulation of CCR5+ Th Cells Xiangle Sun, Harlan P. Jones, Lisa M. Hodge, and Jerry W. Simecka Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5943-5954; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acute Systemic Immune Activation following Conjunctival Exposure to Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Govindarajan Rajagopalan, Michele K. Smart, Robin Patel, and Chella S. David Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 6016-6019; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Actin Cytoskeleton-Dependent and -Independent Host Cell Invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi Is Mediated by Distinct Parasite Surface Molecules Daniele Ferreira, Mauro Cortez, Vanessa D. Atayde, and Nobuko Yoshida Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5522-5528; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Passive Immunization with a Multicomponent Vaccine against Conserved Domains of Apical Membrane Antigen 1 and 235-Kilodalton Rhoptry Proteins Protects Mice against Plasmodium yoelii Blood-Stage Challenge Infection David L. Narum, Solabomi A. Ogun, Adrian H. Batchelor, and Anthony A. Holder Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5529-5536; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Common and Divergent Immune Response Signaling Pathways Discovered in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Gene Expression Patterns in Presymptomatic and Clinically Apparent Malaria Christian F. Ockenhouse, Wan-chung Hu, Kent E. Kester, James F. Cummings, Ann Stewart, D. Gray Heppner, Anne E. Jedlicka, Alan L. Scott, Nathan D. Wolfe, Maryanne Vahey, and Donald S. Burke Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5561-5573; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Concomitant Schistosoma haematobium Infection on the Serum Cytokine Levels Elicited by Acute Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Infection in Malian Children Kirsten E. Lyke, Abdoulaye Dabo, Lansana Sangare, Charles Arama, Modibo Daou, Issa Diarra, Christopher V. Plowe, Ogobara K. Doumbo, and Marcelo B. Sztein Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5718-5724; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cord Blood Dendritic Cell Subsets in African Newborns Exposed to Plasmodium falciparum In Utero Lutz P. Breitling, Rolf Fendel, Benjamin Mordmueller, Ayola A. Adegnika, Peter G. Kremsner, and Adrian J. F. Luty Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5725-5729; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Eosinophils and Neutrophils in Innate and Adaptive Protective Immunity to Larval Strongyloides stercoralis in Mice Ann Marie Galioto, Jessica A. Hess, Thomas J. Nolan, Gerhard A. Schad, James J. Lee, and David Abraham Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5730-5738; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Organ- and Disease-Stage-Specific Regulation of Toxoplasma gondii-Specific CD8-T-Cell Responses by CD4 T Cells Sonja Lütjen, Sabine Soltek, Simona Virna, Martina Deckert, and Dirk Schlüter Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5790-5801; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multivalent Recombinant Protein Vaccine against Coccidioidomycosis Eric J. Tarcha, Venkatesha Basrur, Chiung-Yu Hung, Malcolm J. Gardner, and Garry T. Cole Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5802-5813; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mapping of the Plasmodium chabaudi Resistance Locus char2 Enmoore Lin, Tony Pappenfuss, Rachel B. Tan, Danielle Senyschyn, Melanie Bahlo, Terence P. Speed, and Simon J. Foote Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5814-5819; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material][Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization and Regulation of the Trehalose Synthesis Pathway and Its Importance in the Pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans Elizabeth Wills Petzold, Uwe Himmelreich, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Thomas Rude, Dena Toffaletti, Gary M. Cox, Jackie L. Miller, and John R. Perfect Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5877-5887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection with Syphacia obvelata (Pinworm) Induces Protective Th2 Immune Responses and Influences Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Reactions Chesney Michels, Prem Goyal, Natalie Nieuwenhuizen, and Frank Brombacher Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5926-5932; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A DNA Prime-Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Boost Vaccine Encoding Thrombospondin-Related Adhesion Protein but Not Circumsporozoite Protein Partially Protects Healthy Malaria-Naive Adults against Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoite Challenge S. J. Dunachie, M. Walther, J. E. Epstein, S. Keating, T. Berthoud, L. Andrews, R. F. Andersen, P. Bejon, N. Goonetilleke, I. Poulton, D. P. Webster, G. Butcher, K. Watkins, R. E. Sinden, G. L. Levine, T. L. Richie, J. Schneider, D. Kaslow, S. C. Gilbert, D. J. Carucci, and A. V. S. Hill Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5933-5942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunogenicity of Duffy Binding-Like Domains That Bind Chondroitin Sulfate A and Protection against Pregnancy-Associated Malaria Nivedita Bir, Syed Shams Yazdani, Marion Avril, Corinne Layez, Jürg Gysin, and Chetan E. Chitnis Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5955-5963; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Cryptococcal Enzyme Inositol Phosphosphingolipid-Phospholipase C Confers Resistance to the Antifungal Effects of Macrophages and Promotes Fungal Dissemination to the Central Nervous System John M. Shea, Talar B. Kechichian, Chiara Luberto, and Maurizio Del Poeta Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5977-5988; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Growth Phase- and Nutrient Limitation-Associated Transcript Abundance Regulation in Bordetella pertussis Mari M. Nakamura, Sin-Yee Liew, Craig A. Cummings, Mary M. Brinig, Christine Dieterich, and David A. Relman Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5537-5548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Temperature on Gene Expression Patterns in Leptospira interrogans Serovar Lai as Assessed by Whole-Genome Microarrays Miranda Lo, Dieter M. Bulach, David R. Powell, David A. Haake, James Matsunaga, Michael L. Paustian, Richard L. Zuerner, and Ben Adler Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5848-5859; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Anatomical Route of Invasion and Protective Mucosal Immunity in Trypanosoma cruzi Conjunctival Infection O. K. Giddings, C. S. Eickhoff, T. J. Smith, L. A. Bryant, and D. F. Hoft Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5549-5560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the Lipopolysaccharide-Modifying Enzymes PagP and PagL Modulates the Endotoxic Activity of Bordetella pertussis Jeroen Geurtsen, Liana Steeghs, Hendrik-Jan Hamstra, Jan ten Hove, Alex de Haan, Betsy Kuipers, Jan Tommassen, and Peter van der Ley Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5574-5585; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Protective Efficacy of Subcutaneous versus Intranasal Immunization of Mice with a Brucella melitensis Lipopolysaccharide Subunit Vaccine Apurba K. Bhattacharjee, Mina J. Izadjoo, Wendell D. Zollinger, Mikeljon P. Nikolich, and David L. Hoover Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5820-5825; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of the Delivery of Heterologous Proteins by the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Type III Secretion System for Vaccine Development Li-Mei Chen, Gabriel Briones, Ruben O. Donis, and Jorge E. Galán Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5826-5833; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcutaneous Immunization with Toxin-Coregulated Pilin A Induces Protective Immunity against Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor Challenge in Mice Julianne E. Rollenhagen, Anuj Kalsy, Francisca Cerda, Manohar John, Jason B. Harris, Regina C. LaRocque, Firdausi Qadri, Stephen B. Calderwood, Ronald K. Taylor, and Edward T. Ryan Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5834-5839; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prophylaxis and Therapy of Inhalational Anthrax by a Novel Monoclonal Antibody to Protective Antigen That Mimics Vaccine-Induced Immunity Laura Vitale, Diann Blanset, Israel Lowy, Thomas O'Neill, Joel Goldstein, Stephen F. Little, Gerard P. Andrews, Gary Dorough, Ronald K. Taylor, and Tibor Keler Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5840-5847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization with Polyamine Transport Protein PotD Protects Mice against Systemic Infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae P. Shah and E. Swiatlo Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5888-5892; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Down-Regulation of Key Virulence Factors Makes the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium rfaH Mutant a Promising Live-Attenuated Vaccine Candidate Gábor Nagy, Vittoria Danino, Ulrich Dobrindt, Mark Pallen, Roy Chaudhuri, Levente Emödy, Jay C. Hinton, and Jörg Hacker Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5914-5925; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli Prevents Phagocytosis-Induced Death of Macrophages via Classical NF-B Signaling, a Link to T-Cell Activation Heinrich V. Groesdonk, Silke Schlottmann, Friederike Richter, Michael Georgieff, and Uwe Senftleben Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5989-6000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Protection against Lethal Challenge with Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Conferred by Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation but Is Not Associated with an Enhanced Inflammatory Response Beth A. Vorderstrasse and B. Paige Lawrence Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5679-5686; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Neutrophil Chemotaxis by the Quorum-Sensing Molecule N-(3-Oxododecanoyl)-L-Homoserine Lactone Sabine Zimmermann, Christof Wagner, Wencke Müller, Gerald Brenner-Weiss, Friederike Hug, Birgit Prior, Ursula Obst, and Gertrud Maria Hänsch Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5687-5692; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Antigen as a Correlative Marker for Anthrax in Animal Models David Kobiler, Shay Weiss, Haim Levy, Morly Fisher, Adva Mechaly, Avi Pass, and Zeev Altboum Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 5871-5876; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Inactivation of a Two-Component Signal Transduction System, SaeRS, Eliminates Adherence and Attenuates Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus Xudong Liang, Chaunxin Yu, Junsong Sun, Hong Liu, Christina Landwehr, David Holmes, and Yinduo Ji Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 6020-6021; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning of a Trypanosoma cruzi Cell Surface Casein Kinase II Substrate, Tc-1, Involved in Cellular Infection Swinburne A. J. Augustine, Yuliya Y. Kleshchenko, Pius N. Nde, Siddharth Pratap, Edward A. Ager, James M. Burns, Jr., Maria F. Lima, and Fernando Villalta Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 6022 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Antibody-Mediated Phagocytosis of Staphylococcus epidermidis Cells Grown in a Biofilm or in the Planktonic State Nuno Cerca, Kimberly K. Jefferson, Rosario Oliveira, Gerald B. Pier, and Joana Azeredo Infect. Immun. October 2006 74: 6023 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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