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Contents: February 2009, Volume 77, Issue 2        Spotlight        Minireviews        Bacterial Infections        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Host Response and Inflammation        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Molecular Genomics        Molecular Pathogenesis        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Errata        Author's Correction

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Spotlight:

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Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 567 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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Neutrophil Recruitment to the Lungs during Bacterial Pneumonia Ann Craig, John Mai, Shanshan Cai, and Samithamby Jeyaseelan Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 568-575; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00832-08 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Mycoplasma suis Invades Porcine Erythrocytes K. Groebel, K. Hoelzle, M. M. Wittenbrink, U. Ziegler, and L. E. Hoelzle Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 576-584; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00773-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extrapulmonary Dissemination of Mycobacterium bovis but Not Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Bronchoscopic Rabbit Model of Cavitary Tuberculosis Gueno G. Nedeltchev, Tirumalai R. Raghunand, Mandeep S. Jassal, Shichun Lun, Qi-Jian Cheng, and William R. Bishai Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 598-603; published ahead of print December 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01132-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immune Response and Alveolar Bone Resorption in a Mouse Model of Treponema denticola Infection Song F. Lee, Elisoa Andrian, Elden Rowland, and Ignacio Christian Marquez Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 694-698; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01004-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Binding Specificity of K88ac and K88ad Fimbriae of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by Constructing K88ac/K88ad Chimeric FaeG Major Subunits Weiping Zhang, Ying Fang, and David H. Francis Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 699-706; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01165-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Microbiota-Secreted Factors Inhibit Shiga Toxin Synthesis by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Thibaut de Sablet, Christophe Chassard, Annick Bernalier-Donadille, Marjolaine Vareille, Alain P. Gobert, and Christine Martin Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 783-790; published ahead of print December 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01048-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome-Wide Transposon Mutagenesis in Pathogenic Leptospira Species Gerald L. Murray, Viviane Morel, Gustavo M. Cerqueira, Julio Croda, Amporn Srikram, Rebekah Henry, Albert I. Ko, Odir A. Dellagostin, Dieter M. Bulach, Rasana W. Sermswan, Ben Adler, and Mathieu Picardeau Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 810-816; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01293-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Local and Systemic Responses in Matrix Metalloproteinase 8-Deficient Mice during Porphyromonas gingivalis-Induced Periodontitis Heidi Kuula, Tuula Salo, Emma Pirilä, Anita M. Tuomainen, Matti Jauhiainen, Veli-Jukka Uitto, Leo Tjäderhane, Pirkko J. Pussinen, and Timo Sorsa Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 850-859; published ahead of print November 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00873-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Glycosaminoglycan Confers Susceptibility to Bacterial Infection in Drosophila melanogaster Miriam J. Baron, Sandra L. Wong, Kent Nybakken, Vincent J. Carey, and Lawrence C. Madoff Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 860-866; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00995-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunodominance in Mouse and Human CD4+ T-Cell Responses Specific for the Bordetella pertussis Virulence Factor P.69 Pertactin Rachel M. Stenger, Martien C. M. Poelen, Ed E. Moret, Betsy Kuipers, Sven C. M. Bruijns, Peter Hoogerhout, Marcel Hijnen, Audrey J. King, Frits R. Mooi, Claire J. P. Boog, and Cécile A. C. M. van Els Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 896-903; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00769-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Immune Response and Acute Disease in a Zebrafish Model of Francisella Pathogenesis Lucia N. Vojtech, George E. Sanders, Carla Conway, Vaughn Ostland, and John D. Hansen Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 914-925; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01201-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Interaction of Enteric Bacterial Pathogens with Murine Embryonic Stem Cells Jun Yu, Raffaella Rossi, Christine Hale, David Goulding, and Gordon Dougan Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 585-597; published ahead of print November 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01003-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase-Dependent Inhibition of Dendritic Cell Interleukin-12 Production by Giardia lamblia Joel Désiré Kamda and Steven M. Singer Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 685-693; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00718-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leptospira interrogans Induces Apoptosis in Macrophages via Caspase-8- and Caspase-3-Dependent Pathways Dandan Jin, David M. Ojcius, Dexter Sun, Haiyan Dong, Yihui Luo, Yafei Mao, and Jie Yan Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 799-809; published ahead of print November 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00914-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biphasic Modulation of Apoptotic Pathways in Cryptosporidium parvum-Infected Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells Jin Liu, Mingqi Deng, Cheryl A. Lancto, Mitchell S. Abrahamsen, Mark S. Rutherford, and Shinichiro Enomoto Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 837-849; published ahead of print December 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00955-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Interleukin-1 Receptor Signaling Protects Mice from Lethal Intestinal Damage Caused by the Attaching and Effacing Pathogen Citrobacter rodentium Sarah L. Lebeis, Kimberly R. Powell, Didier Merlin, Melanie A. Sherman, and Daniel Kalman Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 604-614; published ahead of print December 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00907-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Humoral Immunity against Capsule Polysaccharide Protects the Host from magA+ Klebsiella pneumoniae-Induced Lethal Disease by Evading Toll-Like Receptor 4 Signaling Ming-Fang Wu, Chih-Ya Yang, Tzu-Lung Lin, Jin-Town Wang, Feng-Ling Yang, Shih-Hsiung Wu, Bor-Shen Hu, Teh-Ying Chou, Ming-Daw Tsai, Chi-Hung Lin, and Shie-Liang Hsieh Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 615-621; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00931-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulatory T Cells Modulate Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Effector T-Cell Activation and Acceleration of Colitis Armando Heriazon, Pengfei Zhou, Rajka Borojevic, Katharina Foerster, Catherine J. Streutker, Terry Ng, and Kenneth Croitoru Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 707-713; published ahead of print December 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00822-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Klebsiella pneumoniae Increases the Levels of Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 in Human Airway Epithelial Cells Verónica Regueiro, David Moranta, Miguel A. Campos, Javier Margareto, Junkal Garmendia, and José A. Bengoechea Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 714-724; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00852-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Complement and CD14 Attenuates the Escherichia coli-Induced Inflammatory Response in Porcine Whole Blood Ebbe Billmann Thorgersen, Anne Pharo, Karin Haverson, Anne K. Axelsen, Peter Gaustad, Girish J. Kotwal, Georgia Sfyroera, and Tom Eirik Mollnes Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 725-732; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01305-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Cell Cytokines Induced by Chlamydia pneumoniae Decrease the Expression of Interstitial Collagens and Fibronectin in Fibroblasts Jürgen Baumert, Karl-Hermann Schmidt, Annett Eitner, Eberhard Straube, and Jürgen Rödel Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 867-876; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00566-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of Prime-Boost Regimens with Recombinant ureC hly+ Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Expressing M. tuberculosis Antigen 85A against Murine Tuberculosis Elma Z. Tchilian, Christiane Desel, Emily K. Forbes, Silke Bandermann, Clare R. Sander, Adrian V. S. Hill, Helen McShane, and Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 622-631; published ahead of print December 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00685-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vaccination with Proteus Toxic Agglutinin, a Hemolysin-Independent Cytotoxin In Vivo, Protects against Proteus mirabilis Urinary Tract Infection Praveen Alamuri, Kathryn A. Eaton, Stephanie D. Himpsl, Sara N. Smith, and Harry L. T. Mobley Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 632-641; published ahead of print November 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01050-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding of Complement Factor H (fH) to Neisseria meningitidis Is Specific for Human fH and Inhibits Complement Activation by Rat and Rabbit Sera Dan M. Granoff, Jo Anne Welsch, and Sanjay Ram Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 764-769; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01191-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Brucella abortus S19 vjbR Live Vaccine Candidate Is Safer than S19 and Confers Protection against Wild-Type Challenge in BALB/c Mice When Delivered in a Sustained-Release Vehicle A. M. Arenas-Gamboa, T. A. Ficht, M. M. Kahl-McDonagh, G. Gomez, and A. C. Rice-Ficht Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 877-884; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01017-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Active and Passive Immunizations with Bordetella Colonization Factor A Protect Mice against Respiratory Challenge with Bordetella bronchiseptica Neelima Sukumar, Cheraton F. Love, Matt S. Conover, Nancy D. Kock, Purnima Dubey, and Rajendar Deora Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 885-895; published ahead of print December 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01076-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Genomics:

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Comparative Genomics Reveal Extensive Transposon-Mediated Genomic Plasticity and Diversity among Potential Effector Proteins within the Genus Coxiella Paul A. Beare, Nathan Unsworth, Masako Andoh, Daniel E. Voth, Anders Omsland, Stacey D. Gilk, Kelly P. Williams, Bruno W. Sobral, John J. Kupko, III, Stephen F. Porcella, James E. Samuel, and Robert A. Heinzen Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 642-656; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01141-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Type III Secretion System in trh-Positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain TH3996 Reveal Genetic Lineage and Diversity of Pathogenic Machinery beyond the Species Level Natsumi Okada, Tetsuya Iida, Kwon-Sam Park, Naohisa Goto, Teruo Yasunaga, Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Shigeaki Matsuda, Toshio Kodama, and Takeshi Honda Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 904-913; published ahead of print December 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01184-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Localization of the Domains of the Haemophilus ducreyi Trimeric Autotransporter DsrA Involved in Serum Resistance and Binding to the Extracellular Matrix Proteins Fibronectin and Vitronectin Isabelle Leduc, Bonnie Olsen, and Christopher Elkins Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 657-666; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00819-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Potassium Transporter Trk and External Potassium Modulate Salmonella enterica Protein Secretion and Virulence Jing Su, Hao Gong, Jeff Lai, Andrew Main, and Sangwei Lu Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 667-675; published ahead of print November 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01027-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Serotype 19F Is More Resistant to C3 Deposition and Less Sensitive to Opsonophagocytosis than Serotype 6B Merit Melin, Hanna Jarva, Lotta Siira, Seppo Meri, Helena Käyhty, and Merja Väkeväinen Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 676-684; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01186-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association of Bacillus anthracis Capsule with Lethal Toxin during Experimental Infection J. W. Ezzell, T. G. Abshire, R. Panchal, D. Chabot, S. Bavari, E. K. Leffel, B. Purcell, A. M. Friedlander, and W. J. Ribot Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 749-755; published ahead of print December 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00764-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein-Dependent Repression of Heat-Labile Enterotoxin Maria D. Bodero and George P. Munson Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 791-798; published ahead of print December 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00928-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Yersinia pestis Ail Protein Mediates Binding and Yop Delivery to Host Cells Required for Plague Virulence Suleyman Felek and Eric S. Krukonis Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 825-836; published ahead of print December 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00913-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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In Vitro Activity of Acanthamoeba castellanii on Human Platelets and Erythrocytes A. Mattana, L. Alberti, G. Delogu, P. L. Fiori, and P. Cappuccinelli Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 733-738; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00202-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Immunogenicity of Plasmodium falciparum Peptide Vaccines Using a Topical Adjuvant Containing a Potent Synthetic Toll-Like Receptor 7 Agonist, Imiquimod Caroline Othoro, Dean Johnston, Rebecca Lee, Jonathan Soverow, Jean-Claude Bystryn, and Elizabeth Nardin Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 739-748; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00974-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leishmania donovani Ornithine Decarboxylase Is Indispensable for Parasite Survival in the Mammalian Host Jan M. Boitz, Phillip A. Yates, Chelsey Kline, Upasna Gaur, Mary E. Wilson, Buddy Ullman, and Sigrid C. Roberts Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 756-763; published ahead of print December 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01236-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dendritic Cell and NK Cell Reciprocal Cross Talk Promotes Gamma Interferon-Dependent Immunity to Blood-Stage Plasmodium chabaudi AS Infection in Mice Rebecca Ing and Mary M. Stevenson Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 770-782; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.00994-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Plasmodium yoelii Exposure on Vaccination with the 19-Kilodalton Carboxyl Terminus of Merozoite Surface Protein 1 and Vice Versa and Implications for the Application of a Human Malaria Vaccine Jiraprapa Wipasa, Huji Xu, Xueqin Liu, Chakrit Hirunpetcharat, Anthony Stowers, and Michael F. Good Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 817-824; published ahead of print November 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/IAI.01063-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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An In Vivo and In Vitro Model of Plasmodium falciparum Rosetting and Autoagglutination Mediated by varO, a Group A var Gene Encoding a Frequent Serotype Inès Vigan-Womas, Micheline Guillotte, Cécile Le Scanf, Sébastien Igonet, Stéphane Petres, Alexandre Juillerat, Cyril Badaut, Farida Nato, Achim Schneider, Anne Lavergne, Hugues Contamin, Adama Tall, Laurence Baril, Graham A. Bentley, and Odile Mercereau-Puijalon Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 926 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Counterimmune (cim) Mutants in Immunodeficient Mice by Differential Screening Katherine B. Hisert, Meghan A. Kirksey, James E. Gomez, Alexandra O. Sousa, Jeffery S. Cox, William R. Jacobs, Jr., Carl F. Nathan, and John D. McKinney Infect. Immun. February 2009 77: 927 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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