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Contents: November 2007, Volume 75, Issue 11        Spotlight        Guest Commentary        Minireviews        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Pathogenesis        Bacterial Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular Genomics

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Spotlight:

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Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5073 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Guest Commentary:

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Antibody-Mediated Protection through Cross-Reactivity Introduces a Fungal Heresy into Immunological Dogma Arturo Casadevall and Liise-anne Pirofski Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5074-5078; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01001-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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MARTX, Multifunctional Autoprocessing Repeats-in-Toxin Toxins Karla J. Fullner Satchell Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5079-5084; published ahead of print July 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00525-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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An Anti-ß-Glucan Monoclonal Antibody Inhibits Growth and Capsule Formation of Cryptococcus neoformans In Vitro and Exerts Therapeutic, Anticryptococcal Activity In Vivo Anna Rachini, Donatella Pietrella, Patrizia Lupo, Antonella Torosantucci, Paola Chiani, Carla Bromuro, Carla Proietti, Francesco Bistoni, Antonio Cassone, and Anna Vecchiarelli Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5085-5094; published ahead of print July 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00278-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Taenia solium Oncosphere Adhesion to Intestinal Epithelial and Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells In Vitro Manuela Verastegui, Robert H. Gilman, Yanina Arana, Dylan Barber, Jeanette Velásquez, Marilu Farfán, Nancy Chile, Jon C. Kosek, Margaret Kosek, Hector H. Garcia, Armando Gonzalez and the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5158-5166; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01175-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Presentation of Toxoplasma gondii Antigens via the Endogenous Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Pathway in Nonprofessional and Professional Antigen-Presenting Cells Florence Dzierszinski, Marion Pepper, Jason S. Stumhofer, David F. LaRosa, Emma H. Wilson, Laurence A. Turka, Sandra K. Halonen, Christopher A. Hunter, and David S. Roos Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5200-5209; published ahead of print September 10, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00954-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Properties and Surface Localization of Plasmodium falciparum Enolase Ipsita Pal-Bhowmick, Monika Mehta, Isabelle Coppens, Shobhona Sharma, and Gotam K. Jarori Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5500-5508; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00551-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Microscopic Quantification of Dynamics of Plasmodium berghei Sporozoite Transmission from Mosquitoes to Mice Yamei Jin, Chahnaz Kebaier, and Jerome Vanderberg Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5532-5539; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00600-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Two Domains of Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor Type 1 Bind the Cellular Receptor, Laminin Receptor Precursor Protein Beth A. McNichol, Susan B. Rasmussen, Humberto M. Carvalho, Karen C. Meysick, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5095-5104; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00075-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Severe Tryptophan Starvation Blocks Onset of Conventional Persistence and Reduces Reactivation of Chlamydia trachomatis Ralf M. Leonhardt, Seung-Joon Lee, Paula B. Kavathas, and Peter Cresswell Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5105-5117; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00668-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coxiella burnetii Inhibits Activation of Host Cell Apoptosis through a Mechanism That Involves Preventing Cytochrome c Release from Mitochondria Anja Lührmann and Craig R. Roy Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5282-5289; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00863-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the In Vitro Transcriptional Response of Human Pharyngeal Epithelial Cells to Adherent Streptococcus pneumoniae: Evidence for a Distinct Response to Encapsulated Strains Hester J. Bootsma, Michael Egmont-Petersen, and Peter W. M. Hermans Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5489-5499; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01823-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Expression of Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factors and Associated Expression Profiles of Inflammatory Genes in the Human Gastric Mucosa Sicheng Wen, Dominique Velin, Christian P. Felley, Likun Du, Pierre Michetti, and Qiang Pan-Hammarström Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5118-5126; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00334-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain Protein 2-Deficient Mice Control Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Sheetal Gandotra, Sihyug Jang, Peter J. Murray, Padmini Salgame, and Sabine Ehrt Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5127-5134; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00458-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Galectin-3 Modulates Immune and Inflammatory Responses during Helminthic Infection: Impact of Galectin-3 Deficiency on the Functions of Dendritic Cells Laetitia Breuilh, François Vanhoutte, Josette Fontaine, Caroline M. W. van Stijn, Isabelle Tillie-Leblond, Monique Capron, Christelle Faveeuw, Thierry Jouault, Irma van Die, Philippe Gosset, and François Trottein Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5148-5157; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.02006-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impaired Expression of Perforin and Granulysin in CD8+ T Cells at the Site of Infection in Human Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis Jan Andersson, Arina Samarina, Joshua Fink, Sayma Rahman, and Susanna Grundström Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5210-5222; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00624-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter pylori Induces CCL20 Expression Koh Tomimori, Eriko Uema, Hiromitsu Teruya, Chie Ishikawa, Taeko Okudaira, Masachika Senba, Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshifumi Matsuyama, Fukunori Kinjo, Jiro Fujita, and Naoki Mori Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5223-5232; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00731-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Induced Gamma Interferon Production by Natural Killer Cells Requires Cross Talk with Antigen-Presenting Cells Involving Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 and the Mannose Receptor in Tuberculous Pleurisy Pablo Schierloh, Noemí Yokobori, Mercedes Alemán, Verónica Landoni, Laura Geffner, Rosa M. Musella, Jorge Castagnino, Matias Baldini, Eduardo Abbate, Silvia S. de la Barrera, and María C. Sasiain Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5325-5337; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00381-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptor 2 Controls the Gamma Interferon Response to Francisella tularensis by Mouse Liver Lymphocytes Kee-Jong Hong, Jason R. Wickstrum, Hung-Wen Yeh, and Michael J. Parmely Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5338-5345; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00561-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Constitutive Acid Sphingomyelinase Enhances Early and Late Macrophage Killing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Bruce D. McCollister, Jesse T. Myers, Jessica Jones-Carson, Dennis R. Voelker, and Andrés Vázquez-Torres Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5346-5352; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00689-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Host Innate Immune Response in the Bladder by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Benjamin K. Billips, Sarah G. Forrestal, Matthew T. Rycyk, James R. Johnson, David J. Klumpp, and Anthony J. Schaeffer Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5353-5360; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00922-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Contribution of Bacterial N-Formyl-Methionyl-Leucyl- Phenylalanine and Host-Derived CXC Chemokines to Neutrophil Infiltration into Pulmonary Alveoli during Murine Pneumococcal Pneumonia Jean-François Gauthier, Andrée Fortin, Yves Bergeron, Marie-Christine Dumas, Marie-Eve Champagne, and Michel G. Bergeron Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5361-5367; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.02008-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of LpxL, a Late Acyltransferase of Francisella tularensis Molly K. McLendon, Birgit Schilling, Jason R. Hunt, Michael A. Apicella, and Bradford W. Gibson Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5518-5531; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01288-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Listeriolysin O Secreted by Listeria monocytogenes into the Host Cell Cytosol Is Degraded by the N-End Rule Pathway Pamela Schnupf, Jianmin Zhou, Alexander Varshavsky, and Daniel A. Portnoy Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5135-5147; published ahead of print August 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00164-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Isolation of Brucella suis Virulence Genes Involved in Resistance to the Human Innate Immune System Janny Liautard, Safia Ouahrani-Bettache, Véronique Jubier-Maurin, Virginie Lafont, Stephan Köhler, and Jean-Pierre Liautard Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5167-5174; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00690-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anthrax Protective Antigen Cleavage and Clearance from the Blood of Mice and Rats Mahtab Moayeri, Jason F. Wiggins, and Stephen H. Leppla Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5175-5184; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00719-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Maintenance of Antibody to Pathogen Epitopes Generated by Segmental Gene Conversion Is Highly Dynamic during Long-Term Persistent Infection Yan Zhuang, James E. Futse, Wendy C. Brown, Kelly A. Brayton, and Guy H. Palmer Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5185-5190; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00913-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Brucella abortus Requires the Heme Transporter BhuA for Maintenance of Chronic Infection in BALB/c Mice James T. Paulley, Eric S. Anderson, and R. Martin Roop, II Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5248-5254; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00460-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Immunogenic Outer Membrane Autotransporter Protein, Arp, of Bartonella henselae Christine M. Litwin, Mindy L. Rawlins, and Erica M. Swenson Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5255-5263; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00533-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of the stg Fimbrial Operon of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi during Interaction with Human Cells Chantal Forest, Sébastien P. Faucher, Katherine Poirier, Sébastien Houle, Charles M. Dozois, and France Daigle Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5264-5271; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00674-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Delineation of Species-Specific Binding Properties of the CspZ Protein (BBH06) of Lyme Disease Spirochetes: Evidence for New Contributions to the Pathogenesis of Borrelia spp. Elizabeth A. Rogers and Richard T. Marconi Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5272-5281; published ahead of print September 10, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00850-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Francisella tularensis Himar1-Based Transposon Mutants Defective for Replication in Macrophages Tamara M. Maier, Monika S. Casey, Rachel H. Becker, Caleb W. Dorsey, Elizabeth M. Glass, Natalia Maltsev, Thomas C. Zahrt, and Dara W. Frank Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5376-5389; published ahead of print August 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00238-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterococcus faecalis Constitutes an Unusual Bacterial Model in Lysozyme Resistance Laurent Hébert, Pascal Courtin, Riccardo Torelli, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Marie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier, Yanick Auffray, and Abdellah Benachour Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5390-5398; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00571-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relative Contributions of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF Sortase-Encoding Genes, srtA and bps (srtC), to Biofilm Formation and a Murine Model of Urinary Tract Infection Kelvin D. Kemp, Kavindra V. Singh, Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, and Barbara E. Murray Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5399-5404; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00663-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Surface Protein Srr-1 of Streptococcus agalactiae Binds Human Keratin 4 and Promotes Adherence to Epithelial HEp-2 Cells Ulrike Samen, Bernhard J. Eikmanns, Dieter J. Reinscheid, and Frédéric Borges Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5405-5414; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00717-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Mycobacterium bovis BCG Cyclic AMP Receptor-Like Protein Is a Functional DNA Binding Protein In Vitro and In Vivo, but Its Activity Differs from That of Its M. tuberculosis Ortholog, Rv3676 Guangchun Bai, Michaela A. Gazdik, Damen D. Schaak, and Kathleen A. McDonough Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5509-5517; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00658-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Systemic Translocation of Salmonella enterica Serovar Dublin in Cattle Occurs Predominantly via Efferent Lymphatics in a Cell-Free Niche and Requires Type III Secretion System 1 (T3SS-1) but Not T3SS-2 Gillian D. Pullinger, Susan M. Paulin, Bryan Charleston, Patricia R. Watson, Alison J. Bowen, Francis Dziva, Eirwen Morgan, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, Timothy S. Wallis, and Mark P. Stevens Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5191-5199; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00784-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus anthracis Exosporium Protein BclA Affects Spore Germination, Interaction with Extracellular Matrix Proteins, and Hydrophobicity Trupti N. Brahmbhatt, Brian K. Janes, E. Scott Stibitz, Stephen C. Darnell, Patrick Sanz, Susan B. Rasmussen, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5233-5239; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00660-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antigen-Specific Cellular and Humoral Responses Are Induced by Intradermal Mycobacterium leprae Infection of the Mouse Ear Malcolm S. Duthie, Stephen T. Reece, Ramanuj Lahiri, Wakako Goto, Vanitha S. Raman, Juliette Kaplan, Greg C. Ireton, Sylvie Bertholet, Thomas P. Gillis, James L. Krahenbuhl, and Steven G. Reed Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5290-5297; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00564-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Serine Accumulation and Catabolism in the Colonization of the Murine Urinary Tract by Escherichia coli CFT073 Andrew T. Anfora, Brian J. Haugen, Paula Roesch, Peter Redford, and Rodney A. Welch Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5298-5304; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00652-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Alcaligin Siderophore Utilization on In Vivo Growth of Bordetella pertussis Timothy J. Brickman and Sandra K. Armstrong Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5305-5312; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00849-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Evidence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Nutrient Acquisition and Pathogenesis in the Lungs of Cystic Fibrosis Patients Mike S. Son, Wallace J. Matthews, Jr., Yun Kang, David T. Nguyen, and Tung T. Hoang Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5313-5324; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.01807-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of CD14 in Responses to Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli: Effects of K1 Capsule Expression Shalaka Metkar, Shanjana Awasthi, Erick Denamur, Kwang Sik Kim, Sophie C. Gangloff, Saul Teichberg, Alain Haziot, Jack Silver, and Sanna M. Goyert Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5415-5424; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00601-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

L-Fucose Stimulates Utilization of D-Ribose by Escherichia coli MG1655 fucAO and E. coli Nissle 1917 fucAO Mutants in the Mouse Intestine and in M9 Minimal Medium Steven M. Autieri, Jeremy J. Lins, Mary P. Leatham, David C. Laux, Tyrrell Conway, and Paul S. Cohen Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5465-5475; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00822-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Recombinant Exosporium Protein BclA of Bacillus anthracis Is Effective as a Booster for Mice Primed with Suboptimal Amounts of Protective Antigen Trupti N. Brahmbhatt, Stephen C. Darnell, Humberto M. Carvalho, Patrick Sanz, Tae J. Kang, Robert L. Bull, Susan B. Rasmussen, Alan S. Cross, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5240-5247; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00884-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of DNA- and Mycobacterium bovis BCG-Based Delivery of the Flt3 Ligand on Protective Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis James A. Triccas, Elena Shklovskaya, Joanne Spratt, Anthony A. Ryan, Umaimainthan Palendira, Barbara Fazekas de StGroth, and Warwick J. Britton Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5368-5375; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00322-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Monoclonal Antibodies against Anthrax Lethal Factor and Protective Antigen Act Independently To Protect against Bacillus anthracis Infection and Enhance Endogenous Immunity to Anthrax Mark T. Albrecht, Han Li, E. Diane Williamson, Chris S. LeButt, Helen C. Flick-Smith, Conrad P. Quinn, Hans Westra, Darrell Galloway, Alfred Mateczun, Stanley Goldman, Herman Groen, and Les W. J. Baillie Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5425-5433; published ahead of print July 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00261-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Additive and Synergistic Bactericidal Activity of Antibodies Directed against Minor Outer Membrane Proteins of Neisseria meningitidis Vincent E. Weynants, Christiane M. Feron, Karine K. Goraj, Martine P. Bos, Philippe A. Denoël, Vincent G. Verlant, Jan Tommassen, Ian R. A. Peak, Ralph C. Judd, Michael P. Jennings, and Jan T. Poolman Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5434-5442; published ahead of print July 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00411-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Anthrax Anti-Protective Antigen and Anti-Lethal Factor Monoclonal Antibodies after Passive Transfer in a Mouse Lethal Toxin Challenge Model To Define Correlates of Immunity Herman F. Staats, S. Munir Alam, Richard M. Scearce, Shaun M. Kirwan, Julia Xianzhi Zhang, William M. Gwinn, and Barton F. Haynes Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5443-5452; published ahead of print August 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00529-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD4 T-Cell Epitopes Associated with Protective Immunity Induced following Vaccination of Mice with an Ehrlichial Variable Outer Membrane Protein Bisweswar Nandi, Kathryn Hogle, Nicholas Vitko, and Gary M. Winslow Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5453-5459; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00713-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody-Independent, CD4+ T-Cell-Dependent Protection against Pneumococcal Colonization Elicited by Intranasal Immunization with Purified Pneumococcal Proteins Alan Basset, Claudette M. Thompson, Susan K. Hollingshead, David E. Briles, Edwin W. Ades, Marc Lipsitch, and Richard Malley Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5460-5464; published ahead of print August 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00773-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of Single-Chain Variable Fragment Antibodies Directed against the Bordetella pertussis Surface Adhesins Filamentous Hemagglutinin and Pertactin Ahmad H. Hussein, Elisabeth M. Davis, Scott A. Halperin, and Song F. Lee Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5476-5482; published ahead of print August 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00494-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Characterization of a New Variant of IS257 That Has Displaced the Capsule Genes within Bovine Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus L. P. N. Tuchscherr, M. I. Gomez, F. R. Buzzola, L. F. Calvinho, J. C. Lee, and D. O. Sordelli Infect. Immun. November 2007 75: 5483-5488; published ahead of print September 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/IAI.00747-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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