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Contents: April 2006, Volume 74, Issue 4        Minireviews        Molecular Pathogenesis        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Bacterial Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Genomics        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Neonatal Innate Immunity to Infectious Agents László Maródi Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 1999-2006; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Molecular Analyses of the Interaction of Borrelia hermsii FhbA with the Complement Regulatory Proteins Factor H and Factor H-Like Protein 1 Kelley M. Hovis, Janice P. Jones, Tania Sadlon, Gauri Raval, David L. Gordon, and Richard T. Marconi Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2007-2014; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leukotoxin Confers Beta-Hemolytic Activity to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Nataliya V. Balashova, Juan A. Crosby, Lourdes Al Ghofaily, and Scott C. Kachlany Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2015-2021; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Active Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor 1 Associated with Outer Membrane Vesicles from Uropathogenic Escherichia coli J. Clavin Kouokam, Sun Nyunt Wai, Maria Fällman, Ulrich Dobrindt, Jörg Hacker, and Bernt Eric Uhlin Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2022-2030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Involvement of the RecF Pathway in p44 Recombination in Anaplasma phagocytophilum and in Escherichia coli by Using a Plasmid Carrying the p44 Expression and p44 Donor Loci Quan Lin, Chunbin Zhang, and Yasuko Rikihisa Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2052-2062; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Hemagglutinin/Protease and Motility to the Pathogenesis of El Tor Biotype Cholera Anisia J. Silva, Gordon J. Leitch, Andrew Camilli, and Jorge A. Benitez Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2072-2079; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Exposure of Lymphocytes to High Doses of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Cytolethal Distending Toxin Induces Rapid Onset of Apoptosis-Mediated DNA Fragmentation Bruce J. Shenker, Donald R. Demuth, and Ali Zekavat Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2080-2092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mapping of a Domain Required for Protein-Protein Interactions and Inhibitory Activity of a Helicobacter pylori Dominant-Negative VacA Mutant Protein Victor J. Torres, Mark S. McClain, and Timothy L. Cover Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2093-2101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pore-Forming and Enzymatic Activities of Bordetella pertussis Adenylate Cyclase Toxin Synergize in Promoting Lysis of Monocytes Marek Basler, Jiri Masin, Radim Osicka, and Peter Sebo Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2207-2214; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of Fimbrial Operon F9 from Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Alison S. Low, Francis Dziva, Alfredo G. Torres, Jessenya L. Martinez, Tracy Rosser, Stuart Naylor, Kevin Spears, Nicola Holden, Arvind Mahajan, John Findlay, Jill Sales, David G. E. Smith, J. Christopher Low, Mark P. Stevens, and David L. Gally Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2233-2244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Two-Partner Secretion Locus of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli James M. Fleckenstein, Koushik Roy, Julia F. Fischer, and Michael Burkitt Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2245-2258; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficient Translocation of EspC into Epithelial Cells Depends on Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Host Cell Contact Jorge E. Vidal and Fernando Navarro-García Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2293-2303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Bacteroides fragilis Hemolysins and Regulation and Synergistic Interactions of HlyA and HlyB Kirstin P. Robertson, C. Jeffrey Smith, Andrea M. Gough, and Edson R. Rocha Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2304-2316; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essential Role of the Type III Secretion System Effector NleB in Colonization of Mice by Citrobacter rodentium Michelle Kelly, Emily Hart, Rosanna Mundy, Olivier Marchès, Siouxsie Wiles, Luminita Badea, Shelley Luck, Marija Tauschek, Gad Frankel, Roy M. Robins-Browne, and Elizabeth L. Hartland Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2328-2337; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RrgA and RrgB Are Components of a Multisubunit Pilus Encoded by the Streptococcus pneumoniae rlrA Pathogenicity Islet Julianna LeMieux, David L. Hava, Alan Basset, and Andrew Camilli Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2453-2456; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Posttranslational Regulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Extracytoplasmic-Function Sigma Factor L and Roles in Virulence and in Global Regulation of Gene Expression Elisa Dainese, Sébastien Rodrigue, Giovanni Delogu, Roberta Provvedi, Liette Laflamme, Ryszard Brzezinski, Giovanni Fadda, Issar Smith, Luc Gaudreau, Giorgio Palù, and Riccardo Manganelli Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2457-2461; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation of Phosphotransacetylase but Not Isocitrate Lyase Reduces the Virulence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in Mice Yang Re Kim, Shaun R. Brinsmade, Zheng Yang, Jorge Escalante-Semerena, and Joshua Fierer Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2498-2502; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Contribution of NK, NK T, T, and ß T Cells to the Gamma Interferon Response Required for Liver Protection against Trypanosoma cruzi Luiz Roberto Sardinha, Rosa Maria Elias, Tainá Mosca, Karina R. B. Bastos, Cláudio R. F. Marinho, Maria Regina D'Império Lima, and José M. Álvarez Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2031-2042; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An IncI1 Plasmid Contributes to the Adherence of the Atypical Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Strain C1096 to Cultured Cells and Abiotic Surfaces Edward G. Dudley, Cecilia Abe, Jean-Marc Ghigo, Patricia Latour-Lambert, Juan Carlos Hormazabal, and James P. Nataro Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2102-2114; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Cholera Toxin A13 Subdomain Is Essential for Interaction with ADP-Ribosylation Factor 6 and Full Toxic Activity but Is Not Required for Translocation from the Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Cytosol Ken Teter, Michael G. Jobling, Danielle Sentz, and Randall K. Holmes Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2259-2267; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monoclonal Antibody Detection of CD46 Clustering beneath Neisseria gonorrhoeae Microcolonies Nathan J. Weyand, Shaun W. Lee, Dustin L. Higashi, Daniel Cawley, Paul Yoshihara, and Magdalene So Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2428-2435; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlamydiae Modulate Gamma Interferon, Interleukin-1ß, and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Receptor Expression in HeLa Cells Kari Ann Shirey and Joseph M. Carlin Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2482-2486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Infection with Plasmodium berghei Boosts Antibody Responses Primed by a DNA Vaccine Encoding Gametocyte Antigen Pbs48/45 Diana Haddad, Jorge Maciel, and Nirbhay Kumar Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2043-2051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunomodulation with CD40 Stimulation and Interleukin-2 Protects Mice from Disseminated Cryptococcosis Qing Zhou, Ruth A. Gault, Thomas R. Kozel, and William J. Murphy Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2161-2168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlation between Eosinophils and Protection against Reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni and the Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Coinfection in Humans Lisa M. Ganley-Leal, Pauline N. Mwinzi, Catherine B. Cetre-Sossah, Julius Andove, Allen W. Hightower, Diana M. S. Karanja, Daniel G. Colley, and W. Evan Secor Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2169-2176; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization with a Circumsporozoite Epitope Fused to Bordetella pertussis Adenylate Cyclase in Conjunction with Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Antigen 4 Blockade Confers Protection against Plasmodium berghei Liver-Stage Malaria Susanne Tartz, Jana Kamanova, Marcela Simsova, Peter Sebo, Stefanie Bolte, Volker Heussler, Bernhard Fleischer, and Thomas Jacobs Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2277-2285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Genomics of Innate Host Defense Molecules in Normal Human Monocytes in Response to Aspergillus fumigatus Karoll J. Cortez, Caron A. Lyman, Shyam Kottilil, Hee Sup Kim, Emmanuel Roilides, Jun Yang, Brandie Fullmer, Richard Lempicki, and Thomas J. Walsh Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2353-2365; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inflammatory Responses to Migrating Brugia pahangi Third-Stage Larvae Kristina H. Porthouse, Sharon R. Chirgwin, Sharon U. Coleman, H. Wayne Taylor, and Thomas R. Klei Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2366-2372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deletion of the CaBIG1 Gene Reduces ß-1,6-Glucan Synthesis, Filamentation, Adhesion, and Virulence in Candida albicans Takashi Umeyama, Aki Kaneko, Hiroshi Watanabe, Asuka Hirai, Yoshimasa Uehara, Masakazu Niimi, and Masayuki Azuma Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2373-2381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD8+ T Cells but Not Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes Are Required To Limit Chronic Oral Carriage of Candida albicans in Transgenic Mice Expressing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Miriam Marquis, Daniel Lewandowski, Véronique Dugas, Francine Aumont, Serge Sénéchal, Paul Jolicoeur, Zaher Hanna, and Louis de Repentigny Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2382-2391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spherules Derived from Coccidioides posadasii Promote Human Dendritic Cell Maturation and Activation Sara O. Dionne, Abigail B. Podany, Yvette W. Ruiz, Neil M. Ampel, John N. Galgiani, and Douglas F. Lake Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2415-2422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Osteopontin Participates in Th1-Mediated Host Resistance against Nonlethal Malaria Parasite Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi Infection in Mice Yoshimasa Maeno, Shusuke Nakazawa, Naoki Yamamoto, Masanori Shinzato, Shigeo Nagashima, Kumiko Tanaka, Jun Sasaki, Susan R. Rittling, David T. Denhardt, Toshimitsu Uede, and Koki Taniguchi Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2423-2427; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Wolbachia- and Onchocerca volvulus-Induced Keratitis (River Blindness) Is Dependent on Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 Illona Gillette-Ferguson, Amy G. Hise, Yan Sun, Eugenia Diaconu, Helen F. McGarry, Mark J. Taylor, and Eric Pearlman Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2442-2445; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Active Immunization against Pneumocystis carinii with a Recombinant P. carinii Antigen Jesse Wells, Constantine G. Haidaris, Terry W. Wright, and Francis Gigliotti Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2446-2448; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptive Immunity-Dependent Intestinal Hypermotility Contributes to Host Defense against Giardia spp. Yolanda S. Andersen, Frances D. Gillin, and Lars Eckmann Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2473-2476; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Kinetics of Effector CD8+ Cytotoxic T Cells after Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi in Naïve or Vaccinated Mice Fanny Tzelepis, Bruna C. G. de Alencar, Marcus L. O. Penido, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, Pedro M. Persechini, and Mauricio M. Rodrigues Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2477-2481; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Visceral Leishmania donovani Infection in Interleukin-13–/– Mice Henry W. Murray, Christine W. Tsai, Jianguo Liu, and Xiaojing Ma Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2487-2490; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Distribution and Parasite Load Kinetics in Blood and Tissues during Neospora caninum Infection in Mice Esther Collantes-Fernández, Inmaculada López-Pérez, Gema Álvarez-García, and Luis M. Ortega-Mora Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2491-2494; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective CD8+ T Cells Induced by Malaria Sporozoites Do Not Undergo Modulation of Interleukin-7 Receptor Expression Alexandre Morrot, Ian A. Cockburn, Michael Overstreet, Dolores Rodríguez, and Fidel Zavala Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2495-2497; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Intranasal Vaccination with a Defined Attenuated Francisella novicida Strain Induces Gamma Interferon-Dependent Antibody-Mediated Protection against Tularemia Michael A. Pammit, Erin K. Raulie, Crystal M. Lauriano, Karl E. Klose, and Bernard P. Arulanandam Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2063-2071; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Increase in Antimycobacterial Th1-Cell Responses by Prime-Boost Protocols of Immunization Does Not Enhance Protection against Tuberculosis Laleh Majlessi, Marcela Simsova, Zdenka Jarvis, Priscille Brodin, Marie-Jésus Rojas, Cécile Bauche, Clémence Nouzé, Daniel Ladant, Stewart T. Cole, Peter Sebo, and Claude Leclerc Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2128-2137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduced Protective Efficacy of a Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine by Concurrent Nematode Infection Zhong Su, Mariela Segura, and Mary M. Stevenson Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2138-2144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization with Staphylococcus aureus Clumping Factor B, a Major Determinant in Nasal Carriage, Reduces Nasal Colonization in a Murine Model Adam C. Schaffer, Robert M. Solinga, Jordan Cocchiaro, Marta Portoles, Kevin B. Kiser, Allison Risley, Suzanne M. Randall, Viviana Valtulina, Pietro Speziale, Evelyn Walsh, Timothy Foster, and Jean C. Lee Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2145-2153; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization of Aged Mice with a Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Combined with an Unmethylated CpG-Containing Oligodeoxynucleotide Restores Defective Immunoglobulin G Antipolysaccharide Responses and Specific CD4+-T-Cell Priming to Young Adult Levels Goutam Sen, Quanyi Chen, and Clifford M. Snapper Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2177-2186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody-Independent, Interleukin-17A-Mediated, Cross-Serotype Immunity to Pneumococci in Mice Immunized Intranasally with the Cell Wall Polysaccharide Richard Malley, Amit Srivastava, Marc Lipsitch, Claudette M. Thompson, Claire Watkins, Arthur Tzianabos, and Porter W. Anderson Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2187-2195; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Staphylococcus aureus Vaccine: Iron Surface Determinant B Induces Rapid Antibody Responses in Rhesus Macaques and Specific Increased Survival in a Murine S. aureus Sepsis Model Nelly A. Kuklin, Desmond J. Clark, Susan Secore, James Cook, Leslie D. Cope, Tessie McNeely, Liliane Noble, Martha J. Brown, Julie K. Zorman, Xin Min Wang, Gregory Pancari, Hongxia Fan, Kevin Isett, Bruce Burgess, Janine Bryan, Michelle Brownlow, Hugh George, Maria Meinz, Mary E. Liddell, Rosemarie Kelly, Loren Schultz, Donna Montgomery, Janet Onishi, Maria Losada, Melissa Martin, Timothy Ebert, Charles Y. Tan, Timothy L. Schofield, Eszter Nagy, Andreas Meineke, Joseph G. Joyce, Myra B. Kurtz, Michael J. Caulfield, Kathrin U. Jansen, William McClements, and Annaliesa S. Anderson Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2215-2223; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization with the Haemophilus ducreyi Hemoglobin Receptor HgbA Protects against Infection in the Swine Model of Chancroid Galyna Afonina, Isabelle Leduc, Igor Nepluev, Chrystina Jeter, Patty Routh, Glen Almond, Paul E. Orndorff, Marcia Hobbs, and Christopher Elkins Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2224-2232; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunization Enhances Inflammation and Tissue Destruction in Response to Porphyromonas gingivalis Cataldo W. Leone, Haneen Bokhadhoor, David Kuo, Tesfahun Desta, Julia Yang, Michelle F. Siqueira, Salomon Amar, and Dana T. Graves Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2286-2292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of the Mtb72F Polyprotein Vaccine in a Rabbit Model of Tuberculous Meningitis Liana Tsenova, Ryhor Harbacheuski, Andre L. Moreira, Evette Ellison, Wilfried Dalemans, Mark R. Alderson, Barun Mathema, Steven G. Reed, Yasir A. W. Skeiky, and Gilla Kaplan Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2392-2401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Boosting of Cellular Immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Modulation of Skin Cytokine Responses in Healthy Human Volunteers by Mycobacterium bovis BCG Substrain Moreau Rio de Janeiro Oral Vaccine Catherine A. Cosgrove, Luiz R. R. Castello-Branco, Tracy Hussell, Amy Sexton, Rafaela Giemza, Richard Phillips, Andrew Williams, George E. Griffin, Gordon Dougan, and David J. M. Lewis Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2449-2452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Genetic Resistance to Brucella abortus in the Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Giorgia Borriello, Rosanna Capparelli, Michele Bianco, Domenico Fenizia, Flora Alfano, Federico Capuano, Danilo Ercolini, Antonio Parisi, Sante Roperto, and Domenico Iannelli Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2115-2120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MyD88 Deficiency Enhances Acquisition and Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi by Ixodes scapularis Ticks Linda K. Bockenstedt, Nengyin Liu, Ira Schwartz, and Durland Fish Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2154-2160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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NF-B-Inducing Kinase Regulates Selected Gene Expression in the Nod2 Signaling Pathway Qilin Pan, Vladimir Kravchenko, Alex Katz, Shuang Huang, Masayuki Ii, John C. Mathison, Koichi Kobayashi, Richard A. Flavell, Robert D. Schreiber, David Goeddel, and Richard J. Ulevitch Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2121-2127; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Importance of Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Control of Infection by Bacillus anthracis Kimberly W. Raines, Tae Jin Kang, Stephen Hibbs, Guan-Liang Cao, John Weaver, Pei Tsai, Les Baillie, Alan S. Cross, and Gerald M. Rosen Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2268-2276; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ShiA Abrogates the Innate T-Cell Response to Shigella flexneri Infection Molly A. Ingersoll and Arturo Zychlinsky Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2317-2327; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Host Defense Peptide Beta-Defensin 1 Confers Protection against Bordetella pertussis in Newborn Piglets Shokrollah Elahi, Rachelle M. Buchanan, Sam Attah-Poku, Hugh G. G. Townsend, Lorne A. Babiuk, and Volker Gerdts Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2338-2352; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Topical H2 Antagonist Prevents Periodontitis in a Rabbit Model H. Hasturk, A. Kantarci, N. Ebrahimi, C. Andry, M. Holick, V. L. Jones, and T. E. Van Dyke Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2402-2414; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MyD88 Innate Immune Function in a Zebrafish Embryo Infection Model Astrid M. van der Sar, Oliver W. Stockhammer, Carina van der Laan, Herman P. Spaink, Wilbert Bitter, and Annemarie H. Meijer Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2436-2441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Treponema denticola Surface Protease Dentilisin Degrades Interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß), IL-6, and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Meguru Miyamoto, Kazuyuki Ishihara, and Katsuji Okuda Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2462-2467; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Neutrophil Calprotectin Reduces the Susceptibility of Borrelia burgdorferi to Penicillin Ruth R. Montgomery, Kimberly Schreck, Xiaomei Wang, and Stephen E. Malawista Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2468-2472; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Genomic Comparison of Escherichia coli K1 Strains Isolated from the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Meningitis Yufeng Yao, Yi Xie, and Kwang Sik Kim Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2196-2206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Enhanced Factor H Binding to Sialylated Gonococci Is Restricted to the Sialylated Lacto-N-Neotetraose Lipooligosaccharide Species: Implications for Serum Resistance and Evidence for a Bifunctional Lipooligosaccharide Sialyltransferase in Gonococci Sunita Gulati, Andrew Cox, Lisa A. Lewis, Frank St. Michael, Jianjun Li, Ryan Boden, Sanjay Ram, and Peter A. Rice Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2503 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a 35-Kilodalton Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein Containing B- and T-Cell Epitopes Daniela Vismara, Marina Filippone Mezzopreti, Maria Saveria Gilardini Montani, Paola Del Porto, Giovanna Lombardi, Enza Piccolella, Guido Damiani, Rino Rappuoli, and Vittorio Colizzi Infect. Immun. April 2006 74: 2504 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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