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Contents: November 2008, Volume 76, Issue 11        Spotlight        Minireviews        Host Response and Inflammation        Molecular Pathogenesis        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Bacterial Infections        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines

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Spotlight:

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Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4793-4794; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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Two-Component Signal Transduction Proteins as Potential Drug Targets in Medically Important Fungi Neeraj Chauhan and Richard Calderone Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4795-4803; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00834-08 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Role of NleH, a Type III Secreted Effector from Attaching and Effacing Pathogens, in Colonization of the Bovine, Ovine, and Murine Gut Cordula Hemrajani, Olivier Marches, Siouxsie Wiles, Francis Girard, Alison Dennis, Francis Dziva, Angus Best, Alan D. Phillips, Cedric N. Berger, Aurelie Mousnier, Valerie F. Crepin, Laurens Kruidenier, Martin J. Woodward, Mark P. Stevens, Roberto M. La Ragione, Thomas T. MacDonald, and Gad Frankel Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4804-4813; published ahead of print August 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00742-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The p50 Subunit of NF-B Is Critical for In Vivo Clearance of the Noninvasive Enteric Pathogen Citrobacter rodentium Alison Dennis, Takahiro Kudo, Laurens Kruidenier, Francis Girard, Valerie F. Crepin, Thomas T. MacDonald, Gad Frankel, and Siouxsie Wiles Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4978-4988; published ahead of print August 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00736-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pertussis Toxin Inhibits Early Chemokine Production To Delay Neutrophil Recruitment in Response to Bordetella pertussis Respiratory Tract Infection in Mice Charlotte Andreasen and Nicholas H. Carbonetti Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5139-5148; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00895-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Toll-Like Receptor Responsiveness Associated with Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation in Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Children Franca C. Hartgers, Benedicta B. Obeng, Astrid Voskamp, Irene A. Larbi, Abena S. Amoah, Adrian J. F. Luty, Daniel Boakye, and Maria Yazdanbakhsh Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5149-5157; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01579-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detrimental Role of CC Chemokine Receptor 4 in Murine Polymicrobial Sepsis Tobias Traeger, Wolfram Kessler, Volker Assfalg, Katharina Cziupka, Pia Koerner, Constanze Dassow, Katrin Breitbach, Marlene Mikulcak, Ivo Steinmetz, Klaus Pfeffer, Claus-Dieter Heidecke, and Stefan Maier Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5285-5293; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00310-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Important Role for Toll-Like Receptor 9 in Host Defense against Meningococcal Sepsis Hong Sjölinder, Trine H. Mogensen, Mogens Kilian, Ann-Beth Jonsson, and Søren R. Paludan Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5421-5428; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00615-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Escherichia coli O157:H7 Survives within Human Macrophages: Global Gene Expression Profile and Involvement of the Shiga Toxins Katherine Poirier, Sébastien P. Faucher, Maxime Béland, Roland Brousseau, Victor Gannon, Christine Martin, Josée Harel, and France Daigle Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4814-4822; published ahead of print August 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00446-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Total, Membrane, and Immunogenic Proteomes of Macrophage- and Tick Cell-Derived Ehrlichia chaffeensis Evaluated by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry and MALDI-TOF Methods Gwi-Moon Seo, Chuanmin Cheng, John Tomich, and Roman R. Ganta Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4823-4832; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00484-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

PapX, a P Fimbrial Operon-Encoded Inhibitor of Motility in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Amy N. Simms and Harry L. T. Mobley Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4833-4841; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00630-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ZapA, a Virulence Factor in a Rat Model of Proteus mirabilis-Induced Acute and Chronic Prostatitis Van Phan, Robert Belas, Brendan F. Gilmore, and Howard Ceri Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4859-4864; published ahead of print August 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00122-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus anthracis Edema Toxin Activates Nuclear Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Jason L. Larabee, Kevin DeGiusti, James L. Regens, and Jimmy D. Ballard Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4895-4904; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00889-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RipA, a Cytoplasmic Membrane Protein Conserved among Francisella Species, Is Required for Intracellular Survival James R. Fuller, Robin R. Craven, Joshua D. Hall, Todd M. Kijek, Sharon Taft-Benz, and Thomas H. Kawula Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4934-4943; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00475-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Type IV Pili and the CcpA Protein Are Needed for Maximal Biofilm Formation by the Gram-Positive Anaerobic Pathogen Clostridium perfringens John J. Varga, Blair Therit, and Stephen B. Melville Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4944-4951; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00692-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association of Mycoplasma arthritidis Mitogen with Lethal Toxicity but Not with Arthritis in Mice Wenyi Luo, Huilan Yu, Zuhua Cao, Trenton R. Schoeb, Michele Marron, and Kevin Dybvig Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4989-4998; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00667-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Two Novel Staphylococcal Enterotoxins, Types S and T Hisaya K. Ono, Katsuhiko Omoe, Ken'ichi Imanishi, Yoshihiro Iwakabe, Dong-Liang Hu, Hidehito Kato, Naoyuki Saito, Akio Nakane, Takehiko Uchiyama, and Kunihiro Shinagawa Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4999-5005; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00045-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shr Is a Broad-Spectrum Surface Receptor That Contributes to Adherence and Virulence in Group A Streptococcus Morly Fisher, Ya-Shu Huang, Xueru Li, Kevin S. McIver, Chadia Toukoki, and Zehava Eichenbaum Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5006-5015; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00300-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Mapping of YadA- and Ail-Mediated Binding of Human Factor H to Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype O:3 Marta Biedzka-Sarek, Saara Salmenlinna, Markus Gruber, Andrei N. Lupas, Seppo Meri, and Mikael Skurnik Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5016-5027; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00314-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein, CRP, Is Required for Both Virulence and Expression of the Minimal CRP Regulon in Yersinia pestis Biovar microtus Lingjun Zhan, Yanping Han, Lei Yang, Jing Geng, Yingli Li, He Gao, Zhaobiao Guo, Wei Fan, Gang Li, Lianfeng Zhang, Chuan Qin, Dongsheng Zhou, and Ruifu Yang Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5028-5037; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00370-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neisseria meningitidis Escape from the Bactericidal Activity of a Monoclonal Antibody Is Mediated by Phase Variation of lgtG and Enhanced by a Mutator Phenotype Christopher D. Bayliss, J. Claire Hoe, Katherine Makepeace, Patricia Martin, Derek W. Hood, and E. Richard Moxon Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5038-5048; published ahead of print August 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00395-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Mutants and Their Characterization during Nasopharyngeal Colonization Ernesto J. Muñoz-Elías, Joan Marcano, and Andrew Camilli Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5049-5061; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00425-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of the Ler- and H-NS-Regulated Long Polar Fimbriae of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during Binding to Tissue-Cultured Cells Alfredo G. Torres, Terry M. Slater, Shilpa D. Patel, Vsevolod L. Popov, and Margarita M. P. Arenas-Hernández Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5062-5071; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00654-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CadA Negatively Regulates Escherichia coli O157:H7 Adherence and Intestinal Colonization Roberto C. Vazquez-Juarez, Jeeba A. Kuriakose, David A. Rasko, Jennifer M. Ritchie, Melissa M. Kendall, Terry M. Slater, Mala Sinha, Bruce A. Luxon, Vsevolod L. Popov, Matthew K. Waldor, Vanessa Sperandio, and Alfredo G. Torres Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5072-5081; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00677-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Unique ClpB Protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Its Impact on Growth T. R. Kannan, Oxana Musatovova, Pramod Gowda, and Joel B. Baseman Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5082-5092; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00698-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CcpA Mediates the Catabolite Repression of tst in Staphylococcus aureus Kati Seidl, Markus Bischoff, and Brigitte Berger-Bächi Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5093-5099; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00724-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RegA, an AraC-Like Protein, Is a Global Transcriptional Regulator That Controls Virulence Gene Expression in Citrobacter rodentium Emily Hart, Ji Yang, Marija Tauschek, Michelle Kelly, Matthew J. Wakefield, Gad Frankel, Elizabeth L. Hartland, and Roy M. Robins-Browne Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5247-5256; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00770-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Moraxella catarrhalis Binding to Host Cellular Receptors Is Mediated by Sequence-Specific Determinants Not Conserved among All UspA1 Protein Variants Michael J. Brooks, Jennifer L. Sedillo, Nikki Wagner, Wei Wang, Ahmed S. Attia, Henry Wong, Cassie A. Laurence, Eric J. Hansen, and Scott D. Gray-Owen Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5322-5329; published ahead of print August 4, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00572-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modular Arrangement of Allelic Variants Explains the Divergence in Moraxella catarrhalis UspA Protein Function Michael J. Brooks, Jennifer L. Sedillo, Nikki Wagner, Cassie A. Laurence, Wei Wang, Ahmed S. Attia, Eric J. Hansen, and Scott D. Gray-Owen Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5330-5340; published ahead of print August 4, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00573-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Bile-Induced Exopolysaccharide Required for Salmonella Biofilm Formation on Gallstone Surfaces Robert W. Crawford, Deanna L. Gibson, William W. Kay, and John S. Gunn Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5341-5349; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00786-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Burkholderia thailandensis as a Model System for the Study of the Virulence-Associated Type III Secretion System of Burkholderia pseudomallei Andrea Haraga, T. Eoin West, Mitchell J. Brittnacher, Shawn J. Skerrett, and Samuel I. Miller Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5402-5411; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00626-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Meningococcal Outer Membrane Protein NhhA Is Essential for Colonization and Disease by Preventing Phagocytosis and Complement Attack Hong Sjölinder, Jens Eriksson, Lisa Maudsdotter, Helena Aro, and Ann-Beth Jonsson Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5412-5420; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00478-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Chlamydial Effector Proteins Localized to the Host Cell Cytoplasmic Compartment Betsy Kleba and Richard S. Stephens Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4842-4850; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00715-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Gamma Interferon (IFN-)-Inducible GTP-Binding Protein IGTP Is Necessary for Toxoplasma Vacuolar Disruption and Induces Parasite Egression in IFN--Stimulated Astrocytes T. Melzer, A. Duffy, L. M. Weiss, and S. K. Halonen Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4883-4894; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01288-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaplasma phagocytophilum Increases Cathepsin L Activity, Thereby Globally Influencing Neutrophil Function Venetta Thomas, Swapna Samanta, and Erol Fikrig Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4905-4912; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00851-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Natural Killer Cells in Modulating Dendritic Cell Responses to Leishmania amazonensis Infection Mayra X. Hernandez Sanabria, Diego A. Vargas-Inchaustegui, Lijun Xin, and Lynn Soong Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5100-5109; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00438-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Conjugation in the Cytoplasm of Mouse Cells Yin Mei Lim, Ad J. C. de Groof, Mrinal K. Bhattacharjee, David H. Figurski, and Eric A. Schon Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5110-5119; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00445-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Surface O-Glycans Limit Staphylococcus aureus Adherence to Corneal Epithelial Cells Jessica Ricciuto, Susan R. Heimer, Michael S. Gilmore, and Pablo Argüeso Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5215-5220; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00708-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Microscopic Definition of Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 Adherence to, Invasion of, Translocation across, and Exocytosis from Polarized Human Intestinal Caco-2 Cells Lan Hu, Ben D. Tall, Sherill K. Curtis, and Dennis J. Kopecko Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5294-5304; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01408-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Interaction of Streptococcus pneumoniae with Plasmin Mediates Transmigration across Endothelial and Epithelial Monolayers by Intercellular Junction Cleavage Cécile Attali, Claire Durmort, Thierry Vernet, and Anne Marie Di Guilmi Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5350-5356; published ahead of print August 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00184-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamin-2-Dependent Targeting of Mannheimia haemolytica Leukotoxin to Mitochondrial Cyclophilin D in Bovine Lymphoblastoid Cells Dhammika N. Atapattu, Ralph M. Albrecht, David J. McClenahan, and Charles J. Czuprynski Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5357-5365; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00221-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epithelial and Mesenchymal Cells in the Bovine Colonic Mucosa Differ in Their Responsiveness to Escherichia coli Shiga Toxin 1 Ivonne Stamm, Melanie Mohr, Philip S. Bridger, Elmar Schröpfer, Matthias König, William C. Stoffregen, Evelyn A. Dean-Nystrom, Georg Baljer, and Christian Menge Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5381-5391; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00553-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Modulation of Acute Diarrheal Illness by Persistent Bacterial Infection Megan E. McBee, Patricia Z. Zheng, Arlin B. Rogers, James G. Fox, and David B. Schauer Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4851-4858; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00745-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteomic Analysis of Leptospira interrogans Shed in Urine of Chronically Infected Hosts Avril M. Monahan, John J. Callanan, and Jarlath E. Nally Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4952-4958; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00511-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diminished ICAM-1 Expression and Impaired Pulmonary Clearance of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in a Mouse Model of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease/Emphysema Bing Pang, Wenzhou Hong, Shayla L. West-Barnette, Nancy D. Kock, and W. Edward Swords Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4959-4967; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00664-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intestinal Adherence of Vibrio cholerae Involves a Coordinated Interaction between Colonization Factor GbpA and Mucin Rudra Bhowmick, Abhisek Ghosal, Bhabatosh Das, Hemanta Koley, Dhira Rani Saha, Sandipan Ganguly, Ranjan K. Nandy, Rupak K. Bhadra, and Nabendu Sekhar Chatterjee Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4968-4977; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01615-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus Induces Expression of Receptor Activator of NF-B Ligand and Prostaglandin E2 in Infected Murine Osteoblasts Shankari N. Somayaji, Samantha Ritchie, Mahnaz Sahraei, Ian Marriott, and Michael C. Hudson Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5120-5126; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00228-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Genotype and Virulence of Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates from Patients with Infective Endocarditis Alastair B. Monk, Sam Boundy, Vivian H. Chu, Jill C. Bettinger, Jaime R. Robles, Vance G. Fowler, Jr., and Gordon L. Archer Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5127-5132; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00606-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Adhesion and Virulence of Two Predominant Hospital-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones and Clonal Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus Isolates Hatice Karauzum, Tristan Ferry, Sophie de Bentzmann, Gérard Lina, Michèle Bes, François Vandenesch, Mathias Schmaler, Brigitte Berger-Bächi, Jerome Etienne, and Regine Landmann Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5133-5138; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01697-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association of IS1016 with the hia Adhesin Gene and Biotypes V and I in Invasive Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Sarah W. Satola, Brooke Napier, and Monica M. Farley Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5221-5227; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00672-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Phage on the Infectivity of Vibrio cholerae and Emergence of Genetic Variants M. Shamim Hasan Zahid, S. M. Nashir Udden, A. S. G. Faruque, Stephen B. Calderwood, John J. Mekalanos, and Shah M. Faruque Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5266-5273; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00578-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deletion of BBA64, BBA65, and BBA66 Loci Does Not Alter the Infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi in the Murine Model of Lyme Disease Mahulena Maruskova and J. Seshu Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5274-5284; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00803-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Salmonella enterica Serovar Dublin-Specific Sequences by Subtractive Hybridization and Analysis of Their Role in Intestinal Colonization and Systemic Translocation in Cattle Gillian D. Pullinger, Francis Dziva, Bryan Charleston, Timothy S. Wallis, and Mark P. Stevens Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5310-5321; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00960-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Responses of Cattle to Gastrointestinal Colonization by Escherichia coli O157:H7 Pablo Nart, Stuart W. Naylor, John F. Huntley, Iain J. McKendrick, David L. Gally, and J. Christopher Low Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5366-5372; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01223-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Isoprenoid Biosynthesis Pathways in Listeria monocytogenes Reveals a Role for the Alternative 2-C-Methyl-D-Erythritol 4-Phosphate Pathway in Murine Infection Máire Begley, Peter A. Bron, Sinead Heuston, Pat G. Casey, Nadine Englert, Jochen Wiesner, Hassan Jomaa, Cormac G. M. Gahan, and Colin Hill Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5392-5401; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01376-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characterization and Novel Rickettsiostatic Effects of a Kunitz-Type Serine Protease Inhibitor from the Tick Dermacentor variabilis Shane M. Ceraul, Sheila M. Dreher-Lesnick, Albert Mulenga, M. Sayeedur Rahman, and Abdu F. Azad Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5429-5435; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00866-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Intervacuolar Transport and Unique Topology of GRA14, a Novel Dense Granule Protein in Toxoplasma gondii Michael E. Rome, Josh R. Beck, Jay M. Turetzky, Paul Webster, and Peter J. Bradley Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4865-4875; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00782-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of the Plasmodium yoelii PyP140/RON4 Protein, an Orthologue of Toxoplasma gondii RON4, Whose Cysteine-Rich Domain Does Not Protect against Lethal Parasite Challenge Infection David L. Narum, Vu Nguyen, Yanling Zhang, Jacqueline Glen, Richard L. Shimp, Lynn Lambert, Irene T. Ling, Karine Reiter, Solabomi A. Ogun, Carole Long, Anthony A. Holder, and Raul Herrera Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4876-4882; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01717-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prostaglandin E2 Produced by Entamoeba histolytica Binds to EP4 Receptors and Stimulates Interleukin-8 Production in Human Colonic Cells Indranil Dey and Kris Chadee Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5158-5163; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00645-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coinfection with the Intestinal Nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus Markedly Reduces Hepatic Egg-Induced Immunopathology and Proinflammatory Cytokines in Mouse Models of Severe Schistosomiasis Lindsey E. Bazzone, Patrick M. Smith, Laura I. Rutitzky, Mara G. Shainheit, Joseph F. Urban, Tommy Setiawan, Arthur M. Blum, Joel V. Weinstock, and Miguel J. Stadecker Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5164-5172; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00673-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Temporal Delay of Peak T-Cell Immunity Determines Chlamydia pneumoniae Pulmonary Disease in Mice Chengming Wang, Frederik W. van Ginkel, Teayoun Kim, Dan Li, Yihang Li, John C. Dennis, and Bernhard Kaltenboeck Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4913-4923; published ahead of print August 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00569-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of the Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2-Mediated Inhibition of Antigen Presentation in Dendritic Cells Serkan Halici, Sebastian F. Zenk, Jonathan Jantsch, and Michael Hensel Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 4924-4933; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00531-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Immunization Induces Protective Immunity against Nine Different Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains in Mice Bo Young Jeon, Steven C. Derrick, JaeHyun Lim, Kristopher Kolibab, Veerabadran Dheenadhayalan, Amy Li Yang, Barry Kreiswirth, and Sheldon L. Morris Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5173-5180; published ahead of print August 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00019-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccination of Mice with a Yop Translocon Complex Elicits Antibodies That Are Protective against Infection with F1– Yersinia pestis Maya I. Ivanov, Betty L. Noel, Ryan Rampersaud, Patricio Mena, Jorge L. Benach, and James B. Bliska Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5181-5190; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00189-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conditions That Diminish Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Activities Stimulate Cross-Protective Immunity Douglas M. Heithoff, Elena Y. Enioutina, Diana Bareyan, Raymond A. Daynes, and Michael J. Mahan Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5191-5199; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00759-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Replication-Limited Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccine against Tuberculosis Designed for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Persons Is Safer and More Efficacious than BCG Michael V. Tullius, Günter Harth, Sasa Maslesa-Galic, Barbara J. Dillon, and Marcus A. Horwitz Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5200-5214; published ahead of print August 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00434-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Outer Surface Protein A Protects Lyme Disease Spirochetes from Acquired Host Immunity in the Tick Vector James M. Battisti, James L. Bono, Patricia A. Rosa, Merry E. Schrumpf, Tom G. Schwan, and Paul F. Policastro Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5228-5237; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00410-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A sopB Deletion Mutation Enhances the Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of a Heterologous Antigen Delivered by Live Attenuated Salmonella enterica Vaccines Yuhua Li, Shifeng Wang, Wei Xin, Giorgio Scarpellini, Zhaoxing Shi, Bronwyn Gunn, Kenneth L. Roland, and Roy Curtiss, III Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5238-5246; published ahead of print September 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00720-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Bacillus subtilis Expressing the Clostridium perfringens Alpha Toxoid Is a Candidate Orally Delivered Vaccine against Necrotic Enteritis Tran H. Hoang, Huynh A. Hong, Graeme C. Clark, Richard W. Titball, and Simon M. Cutting Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5257-5265; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00686-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serotype-Specific Immune Unresponsiveness to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine following Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Ray Borrow, Elaine Stanford, Pauline Waight, Matthew Helbert, Paul Balmer, Rosalind Warrington, Mary Slack, Robert George, and Elizabeth Miller Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5305-5309; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00796-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recruitment of Rab27a to Phagosomes Controls Microbial Antigen Cross-Presentation by Dendritic Cells Seong Hyun Kim, Annelies Visser, Carin Cruijsen, Adrianus W. M. van der Velden, and Marianne Boes Infect. Immun. November 2008 76: 5373-5380; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01044-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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