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Contents: September 2008, Volume 76, Issue 9

       Spotlight

       Guest Commentary

       Minireviews

       Molecular Pathogenesis

       Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions

       Bacterial Infections

       Host Response and Inflammation

       Fungal and Parasitic Infections

       Molecular Genomics

       Microbial Immunity and Vaccines

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Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3833-3834;
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Guest Commentary:

Descriptive Science
Arturo Casadevall and Ferric C. Fang
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3835-3836; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00743-08
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Minireviews:

Vitamin D Signaling, Infectious Diseases, and Regulation of Innate Immunity
John H. White
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3837-3843; published ahead of print May 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00353-08
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Molecular Pathogenesis:

Essential Role of the Response Regulator Rrp2 in the Infectious Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi
Bethany K. Boardman, Ming He, Zhiming Ouyang, Haijun Xu, Xiujuan Pang, and X. Frank Yang
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3844-3853; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00467-08
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Borrelia burgdorferi vlsE Antigenic Variation Is Not Mediated by RecA
Dionysios Liveris, Vishwaroop Mulay, Sabina Sandigursky, and Ira Schwartz
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4009-4018; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00027-08
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Global Gene Expression as a Function of the Iron Status of the Bacterial Cell: Influence of Differentially Expressed Genes in the Virulence of the Human Pathogen Vibrio vulnificus
Alejandro F. Alice, Hiroaki Naka, and Jorge H. Crosa
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4019-4037; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00208-08
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An Iron-Binding Protein, Dpr, Decreases Hydrogen Peroxide Stress and Protects Streptococcus pyogenes against Multiple Stresses
Chih-Cheng Tsou, Chuan Chiang-Ni, Yee-Shin Lin, Woei-Jer Chuang, Ming-T. Lin, Ching-Chuan Liu, and Jiunn-Jong Wu
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4038-4045; published ahead of print June 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00477-08
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Characterization of Complement Factor H Binding to Yersinia enterocolitica Serotype O:3
Marta Biedzka-Sarek, Hanna Jarva, Heidi Hyytiäinen, Seppo Meri, and Mikael Skurnik
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4100-4109; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00313-08
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A Functional Collagen Adhesin Gene, acm, in Clinical Isolates of Enterococcus faecium Correlates with the Recent Success of This Emerging Nosocomial Pathogen
Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, Kavindra V. Singh, Pablo C. Okhuysen, and Barbara E. Murray
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4110-4119; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00375-08
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Contribution of the Collagen Adhesin Acm to Pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecium in Experimental Endocarditis
Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, Kavindra V. Singh, and Barbara E. Murray
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4120-4128; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00376-08
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Human Host Defense Peptide LL-37 Prevents Bacterial Biofilm Formation
Joerg Overhage, Andrea Campisano, Manjeet Bains, Ellen C. W. Torfs, Bernd H. A. Rehm, and Robert E. W. Hancock
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4176-4182; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00318-08
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Characteristics of Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus mutans in the Presence of Saliva
Sug-Joon Ahn, Sang-Joon Ahn, Zezhang T. Wen, L. Jeannine Brady, and Robert A. Burne
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4259-4268; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00422-08
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A Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rpf Double-Knockout Strain Exhibits Profound Defects in Reactivation from Chronic Tuberculosis and Innate Immunity Phenotypes
Eleanor Russell-Goldman, Jiayong Xu, Xiaobing Wang, John Chan, and JoAnn M. Tufariello
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4269-4281; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01735-07
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Identification of Two Translocon Proteins of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Type III Secretion System 2
Toshio Kodama, Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Kazuyoshi Gotoh, Yukihiro Akeda, Shigeaki Matsuda, Kwon-Sam Park, Vlademir V. Cantarelli, Tetsuya Iida, and Takeshi Honda
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4282-4289; published ahead of print June 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01738-07
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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

EspF Interacts with Nucleation-Promoting Factors To Recruit Junctional Proteins into Pedestals for Pedestal Maturation and Disruption of Paracellular Permeability
Janneth Peralta-Ramírez, J. Manuel Hernandez, Rebeca Manning-Cela, José Luna-Muñoz, Carlos Garcia-Tovar, Jean-Philippe Nougayréde, Eric Oswald, and Fernando Navarro-Garcia
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3854-3868; published ahead of print June 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00072-08
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Escherichia coli DraE Adhesin-Associated Bacterial Internalization by Epithelial Cells Is Promoted Independently by Decay-Accelerating Factor and Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Related Cell Adhesion Molecule Binding and Does Not Require the DraD Invasin
Natalia Korotkova, Yuliya Yarova-Yarovaya, Veronika Tchesnokova, Nina Yazvenko, Mike A. Carl, Ann E. Stapleton, and Steve L. Moseley
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3869-3880; published ahead of print June 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00427-08
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Pmp-Like Proteins Pls1 and Pls2 Are Secreted into the Lumen of the Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusion
Ine Jorgensen and Raphael H. Valdivia
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3940-3950; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00632-08
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In Vivo Demonstration and Quantification of Intracellular Bacillus anthracis in Lung Epithelial Cells
Brooke H. Russell, Qing Liu, Sarah A. Jenkins, Michael J. Tuvim, Burton F. Dickey, and Yi Xu
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3975-3983; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00282-08
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Inactivation of ibeA and ibeT Results in Decreased Expression of Type 1 Fimbriae in Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strain BEN2908
Mélanie A. M. Cortes, Julien Gibon, Nathalie K. Chanteloup, Maryvonne Moulin-Schouleur, Philippe Gilot, and Pierre Germon
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4129-4136; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00334-08
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Inhibition of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Motility and Entry into Epithelial Cells by a Protective Antilipopolysaccharide Monoclonal Immunoglobulin A Antibody
Stephen J. Forbes, Marisa Eschmann, and Nicholas J. Mantis
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4137-4144; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00416-08
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Type III Secretion Decreases Bacterial and Host Survival following Phagocytosis of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis by Macrophages
Yue Zhang, James Murtha, Margaret A. Roberts, Richard M. Siegel, and James B. Bliska
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4299-4310; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00183-08
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Bacterial Infections:

Decreased Susceptibility of Mice to Infection with Listeria monocytogenes in the Absence of Interleukin-18
Matthias Lochner, Kathrin Kastenmüller, Michael Neuenhahn, Heike Weighardt, Dirk H. Busch, Wolfgang Reindl, and Irmgard Förster
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3881-3890; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01651-07
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CD46 Contributes to the Severity of Group A Streptococcal Infection
Lena Lövkvist, Hong Sjölinder, Rahma Wehelie, Helena Aro, Anna Norrby-Teglund, Laura Plant, and Ann-Beth Jonsson
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3951-3958; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00109-08
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The ScpC Protease of Streptococcus pyogenes Affects the Outcome of Sepsis in a Murine Model
Hong Sjölinder, Lena Lövkvist, Laura Plant, Jens Eriksson, Helena Aro, Allison Jones, and Ann-Beth Jonsson
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3959-3966; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00128-08
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The Failure of Immune Response Evasion by Linear Plasmid 28-1-Deficient Borrelia burgdorferi Is Attributable to Persistent Expression of an Outer Surface Protein
Monica E. Embers, Xavier Alvarez, Tara Ooms, and Mario T. Philipp
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3984-3991; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00387-08
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A Listeria monocytogenes Mutant Defective in Bacteriophage Attachment Is Attenuated in Orally Inoculated Mice and Impaired in Enterocyte Intracellular Growth
Patricia A. Spears, M. Mitsu Suyemoto, Angela M. Palermo, John R. Horton, Terri S. Hamrick, Edward A. Havell, and Paul E. Orndorff
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4046-4054; published ahead of print June 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00283-08
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Characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae Type 1 Fimbriae by Detection of Phase Variation during Colonization and Infection and Impact on Virulence
Carsten Struve, Martin Bojer, and Karen Angeliki Krogfelt
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4055-4065; published ahead of print June 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00494-08
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Tick-Borne Transmission of Two Genetically Distinct Anaplasma marginale Strains following Superinfection of the Mammalian Reservoir Host
Christina K. Leverich, Guy H. Palmer, Donald P. Knowles, Jr., and Kelly A. Brayton
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4066-4070; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00594-08
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Proteomic Analysis of Vibrio cholerae in Human Stool
Regina C. LaRocque, Bryan Krastins, Jason B. Harris, Lauren M. Lebrun, Kenneth C. Parker, Michael Chase, Edward T. Ryan, Firdausi Qadri, David Sarracino, and Stephen B. Calderwood
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4145-4151; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00585-08
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Drosophila melanogaster-Based Screening for Multihost Virulence Factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 and Identification of a Virulence-Attenuating Factor, HudA
Seol-Hee Kim, Shin-Young Park, Yun-Jeong Heo, and You-Hee Cho
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4152-4162; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01637-07
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Streptozocin-Induced Diabetic Mouse Model of Urinary Tract Infection
David A. Rosen, Chia-Suei Hung, Kimberly A. Kline, and Scott J. Hultgren
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4290-4298; published ahead of print July 21, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00255-08
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Host Response and Inflammation:

Molecular Basis of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Evasion of the Innate Immune Response in the Bladder
Benjamin K. Billips, Anthony J. Schaeffer, and David J. Klumpp
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3891-3900; published ahead of print June 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00069-08
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Comparison of the Susceptibilities of C57BL/6 and A/J Mouse Strains to Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 Infection
María de la Cruz Domínguez-Punaro, Mariela Segura, Danuta Radzioch, Serge Rivest, and Marcelo Gottschalk
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3901-3910; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00350-08
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Caspase-1 Activation in Macrophages Infected with Yersinia pestis KIM Requires the Type III Secretion System Effector YopJ
Sarit Lilo, Ying Zheng, and James B. Bliska
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3911-3923; published ahead of print June 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01695-07
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Helicobacter pylori Infection Stimulates Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 Production by Gastric Epithelial Cells
A. C. Keates, S. Tummala, R. M. Peek, Jr., E. Csizmadia, B. Kunzli, K. Becker, P. Correa, J. Romero-Gallo, M. B. Piazuelo, S. Sheth, C. P. Kelly, S. C. Robson, and S. Keates
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3992-3999; published ahead of print June 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00584-08
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Sex Hormone Influence on Hepatitis in Young Male A/JCr Mice Infected with Helicobacter hepaticus
Elizabeth J. Theve, Yan Feng, Koli Taghizadeh, Kathleen S. Cormier, David R. Bell, James G. Fox, and Arlin B. Rogers
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4071-4078; published ahead of print June 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00401-08
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Pneumolysin Released during Streptococcus pneumoniae Autolysis Is a Potent Activator of Intracellular Oxygen Radical Production in Neutrophils
Anna Martner, Claes Dahlgren, James C. Paton, and Agnes E. Wold
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4079-4087; published ahead of print June 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01747-07
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The Commensal Streptococcus salivarius K12 Downregulates the Innate Immune Responses of Human Epithelial Cells and Promotes Host-Microbe Homeostasis
Celine Cosseau, Deirdre A. Devine, Edie Dullaghan, Jennifer L. Gardy, Avinash Chikatamarla, Shaan Gellatly, Lorraine L. Yu, Jelena Pistolic, Reza Falsafi, John Tagg, and Robert E. W. Hancock
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4163-4175; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00188-08
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Stages of Meningococcal Sepsis Simulated In Vitro, with Emphasis on Complement and Toll-Like Receptor Activation
Bernt Christian Hellerud, Jørgen Stenvik, Terje Espevik, John D. Lambris, Tom Eirik Mollnes, and Petter Brandtzaeg
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4183-4189; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00195-08
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Characterization of Human Cellular Immune Responses to Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens Encoded by Genomic Regions Absent in Mycobacterium bovis BCG
R. Al-Attiyah and A. S. Mustafa
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4190-4198; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00199-08
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Bacterial Protein Secretion Is Required for Priming of CD8⁺ T Cells Specific for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigen CFP10
Joshua S. Woodworth, Sarah M. Fortune, and Samuel M. Behar
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4199-4205; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00307-08
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The Interleukin-17 Receptor Plays a Gender-Dependent Role in Host Protection against Porphyromonas gingivalis-Induced Periodontal Bone Loss
Jeffrey J. Yu, Matthew J. Ruddy, Heather R. Conti, Kanitsak Boonanantanasarn, and Sarah L. Gaffen
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4206-4213; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01209-07
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Diverse Myeloid and Lymphoid Cell Subpopulations Produce Gamma Interferon during Early Innate Immune Responses to Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain
Roberto De Pascalis, Betsy C. Taylor, and Karen L. Elkins
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4311-4321; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00514-08
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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

Alterations of Splenic Architecture in Malaria Are Induced Independently of Toll-Like Receptors 2, 4, and 9 or MyD88 and May Affect Antibody Affinity
Emma T. Cadman, Asmahan Y. Abdallah, Cécile Voisine, Anne-Marit Sponaas, Patrick Corran, Tracey Lamb, Douglas Brown, Francis Ndungu, and Jean Langhorne
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3924-3931; published ahead of print June 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00372-08
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Immunological Dominance of Trypanosoma cruzi Tandem Repeat Proteins
Yasuyuki Goto, Darrick Carter, and Steven G. Reed
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3967-3974; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00604-08
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Accelerated Control of Visceral Leishmania donovani Infection in Interleukin-6-Deficient Mice
Henry W. Murray
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4088-4091; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00490-08
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Vaccination with Heat Shock Protein 60 Induces a Protective Immune Response against Experimental Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Pulmonary Infection
Renata de Bastos Ascenço Soares, Francisco J. Gomez, Célia Maria de Almeida Soares, and George S. Deepe, Jr.
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4214-4221; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00753-07
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The Absence of Cutaneous Lymph Nodes Results in a Th2 Response and Increased Susceptibility to Leishmania major Infection in Mice
Jan M. Ehrchen, Johannes Roth, Kirsten Roebrock, Georg Varga, Wolfram Domschke, Rodney Newberry, Clemens Sorg, Carsten Müller-Tidow, Cord Sunderkötter, Torsten Kucharzik, and Thomas W. Spahn
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4241-4250; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01714-07
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Phenotypic Switching in Cryptococcus neoformans Contributes to Virulence by Changing the Immunological Host Response
Abraham Guerrero and Bettina C. Fries
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4322-4331; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00529-08
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Inhibition of Malaria Parasite Development by a Cyclic Peptide That Targets the Vital Parasite Protein SERA5
W. Douglas Fairlie, Tim P. Spurck, Joanne E. McCoubrie, Paul R. Gilson, Susanne K. Miller, Geoffrey I. McFadden, Robyn Malby, Brendan S. Crabb, and Anthony N. Hodder
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4332-4344; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00278-08
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Analysis of PRA1 and Its Relationship to Candida albicans- Macrophage Interactions
A. Marcil, C. Gadoury, J. Ash, J. Zhang, A. Nantel, and M. Whiteway
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4345-4358; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00588-07
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A Candida albicans Mannoprotein Deprived of Its Mannan Moiety Is Efficiently Taken Up and Processed by Human Dendritic Cells and Induces T-Cell Activation without Stimulating Proinflammatory Cytokine Production
Donatella Pietrella, Patrizia Lupo, Anna Rachini, Silvia Sandini, Alessandra Ciervo, Stefano Perito, Francesco Bistoni, and Anna Vecchiarelli
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4359-4367; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00669-08
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Molecular Genomics:

Screening of Highly Expressed Mycobacterial Genes Identifies Rv3615c as a Useful Differential Diagnostic Antigen for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex
Ben Sidders, Chris Pirson, Philip J. Hogarth, R. Glyn Hewinson, Neil G. Stoker, H. Martin Vordermeier, and Katie Ewer
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 3932-3939; published ahead of print June 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00150-08
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Genome of Mycoplasma arthritidis
Kevin Dybvig, Cao Zuhua, Ping Lao, David S. Jordan, C. Todd French, Anh-Hue T. Tu, and Ann E. Loraine
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4000-4008; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00516-08
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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

The Resistance of BALB/cJ Mice to Yersinia pestis Maps to the Major Histocompatibility Complex of Chromosome 17
Joshua K. Turner, Milton M. McAllister, John L. Xu, and Richard I. Tapping
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4092-4099; published ahead of print June 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00488-08
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Outer Membrane Antigens of the Uropathogen Proteus mirabilis Recognized by the Humoral Response during Experimental Murine Urinary Tract Infection
Greta R. Nielubowicz, Sara N. Smith, and Harry L. T. Mobley
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4222-4231; published ahead of print July 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00533-08
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Fine Antigenic Specificity and Cooperative Bactericidal Activity of Monoclonal Antibodies Directed at the Meningococcal Vaccine Candidate Factor H-Binding Protein
Peter T. Beernink, Jo Anne Welsch, Michal Bar-Lev, Oliver Koeberling, Maurizio Comanducci, and Dan M. Granoff
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4232-4240; published ahead of print June 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00367-08
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Galactose Residues on the Lipooligosaccharide of Moraxella catarrhalis 26404 Form the Epitope Recognized by the Bactericidal Antiserum from Conjugate Vaccination
Shengqing Yu, Hang Xie, Anup Datta, Natasha Naidu, and Xin-Xing Gu
Infect. Immun. September 2008 76: 4251-4258; published ahead of print June 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01570-07
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