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Contents: July 2009, Volume 77, Issue 7        Spotlight        Minireviews        Molecular Pathogenesis        Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions        Bacterial Infections        Host Response and Inflammation        Fungal and Parasitic Infections        Microbial Immunity and Vaccines        Letter To The Editor

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Spotlight:

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Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2589 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions] FREE

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Minireviews:

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This Is Not Your Mother's Repressor: the Complex Role of Fur in Pathogenesis Beth M. Carpenter, Jeannette M. Whitmire, and D. Scott Merrell Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2590-2601; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00116-09 [Full Text] [PDF] [Author Bios] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Pathogenesis:

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Identification of a Novel Lipopolysaccharide Core Biosynthesis Gene Cluster in Bordetella pertussis, and Influence of Core Structure and Lipid A Glucosamine Substitution on Endotoxic Activity Jeroen Geurtsen, Monika Dzieciatkowska, Liana Steeghs, Hendrik-Jan Hamstra, Johanna Boleij, Kelly Broen, Grietsje Akkerman, Hassan el Hassan, Jianjun Li, James C. Richards, Jan Tommassen, and Peter van der Ley Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2602-2611; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00033-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Posttranslocation Chaperone PrsA2 Contributes to Multiple Facets of Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis Francis Alonzo, III, Gary C. Port, Min Cao, and Nancy E. Freitag Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2612-2623; published ahead of print May 18, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00280-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Subcellular Localization of the Staphylococcus aureus Heme Iron Transport Components IsdA and IsdB Gleb Pishchany, Susan E. Dickey, and Eric P. Skaar Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2624-2634; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01531-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monoclonal Antibody 11E10, Which Neutralizes Shiga Toxin Type 2 (Stx2), Recognizes Three Regions on the Stx2 A Subunit, Blocks the Enzymatic Action of the Toxin In Vitro, and Alters the Overall Cellular Distribution of the Toxin Michael J. Smith, Angela R. Melton-Celsa, James F. Sinclair, Humberto M. Carvalho, Cory M. Robinson, and Alison D. O'Brien Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2730-2740; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00005-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prolonged Impact of Antibiotics on Intestinal Microbial Ecology and Susceptibility to Enteric Salmonella Infection Amy Croswell, Elad Amir, Paul Teggatz, Melissa Barman, and Nita H. Salzman Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2741-2753; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00006-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CspA-Mediated Binding of Human Factor H Inhibits Complement Deposition and Confers Serum Resistance in Borrelia burgdorferi Melisha R. Kenedy, Santosh R. Vuppala, Corinna Siegel, Peter Kraiczy, and Darrin R. Akins Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2773-2782; published ahead of print May 18, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00318-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Borrelia burgdorferi RevA Antigen Binds Host Fibronectin Catherine A. Brissette, Tomasz Bykowski, Anne E. Cooley, Amy Bowman, and Brian Stevenson Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2802-2812; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00227-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga Toxin 2 Is Specifically Released from Bacterial Cells by Two Different Mechanisms Takeshi Shimizu, Yuko Ohta, and Masatoshi Noda Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2813-2823; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00060-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Teichoic Acid Choline Moieties in the Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae Florian Gehre, Radek Spisek, Arun S. Kharat, Phillip Matthews, Anjli Kukreja, Robert M. Anthony, Madhav V. Dhodapkar, Waldemar Vollmer, and Alexander Tomasz Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2824-2831; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00986-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ace, Which Encodes an Adhesin in Enterococcus faecalis, Is Regulated by Ers and Is Involved in Virulence Francois Lebreton, Eliette Riboulet-Bisson, Pascale Serror, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro, Riccardo Torelli, Axel Hartke, Yanick Auffray, and Jean-Christophe Giard Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2832-2839; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01218-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Metal Homeostasis Protein, Lsp, of Streptococcus pyogenes Is Necessary for Acquisition of Zinc and Virulence Benjamin F. Weston, Audrey Brenot, and Michael G. Caparon Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2840-2848; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01299-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Staphylococcus aureus GGDEF Domain-Containing Protein, GdpS, Influences Protein A Gene Expression in a Cyclic Diguanylic Acid-Independent Manner Fei Shang, Ting Xue, Haipeng Sun, Lei Xing, Shuo Zhang, Zhenjun Yang, Lihe Zhang, and Baolin Sun Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2849-2856; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01405-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Immunogenic, Surface-Exposed Domain of Haemophilus ducreyi Outer Membrane Protein HgbA Is Involved in Hemoglobin Binding Igor Nepluev, Galyna Afonina, William G. Fusco, Isabelle Leduc, Bonnie Olsen, Brenda Temple, and Christopher Elkins Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3065-3074; published ahead of print May 18, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00034-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complementation of the fadA Mutation in Fusobacterium nucleatum Demonstrates that the Surface-Exposed Adhesin Promotes Cellular Invasion and Placental Colonization Akihiko Ikegami, Peter Chung, and Yiping W. Han Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3075-3079; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00209-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Processing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A Is Dispensable for Cell Intoxication Juliette Morlon-Guyot, Jocelyn Méré, Anne Bonhoure, and Bruno Beaumelle Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3090-3099; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01390-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selective Upregulation of Endothelial E-Selectin in Response to Helicobacter pylori-Induced Gastritis Helena Svensson, Malin Hansson, Jan Kilhamn, Steffen Backert, and Marianne Quiding-Järbrink Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3109-3116; published ahead of print May 4, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01460-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions:

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Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Pathogenicity Island 1-Encoded Type III Secretion System Translocases Mediate Intimate Attachment to Nonphagocytic Cells María Lara-Tejero and Jorge E. Galán Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2635-2642; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00077-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Liposomes Recruit IpaC to the Shigella flexneri Type III Secretion Apparatus Needle as a Final Step in Secretion Induction Chelsea R. Epler, Nicholas E. Dickenson, Andrew J. Olive, Wendy L. Picking, and William D. Picking Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2754-2761; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00190-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Urothelial Cultures Support Intracellular Bacterial Community Formation by Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Ruth E. Berry, David J. Klumpp, and Anthony J. Schaeffer Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2762-2772; published ahead of print May 18, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00323-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Inhibition of Flagellin-Activated NF-B and Interleukin-8 by Human Airway Epithelial Cells Jose Pena, Zhu Fu, Christian Schwarzer, and Terry E. Machen Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2857-2865; published ahead of print May 18, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01355-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of the Natural Inhibitor of Cysteine Peptidases in Leishmania mexicana Leads to Reduced Virulence and a Th1 Response Karen Bryson, Sébastien Besteiro, H. Adrienne McGachy, Graham H. Coombs, Jeremy C. Mottram, and James Alexander Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2971-2978; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00558-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Fibronectin Attachment Protein Activates Dendritic Cells and Induces a Th1 Polarization Jun Sik Lee, Sung Jae Shin, Michael T. Collins, In Duk Jung, Young-Il Jeong, Chang-Min Lee, Yong Kyoo Shin, Daejin Kim, and Yeong-Min Park Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2979-2988; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01411-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacterial Infections:

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Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Plays a Key Role in Lyme Arthritis but Not in Dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi Andrew J. Heilpern, Warren Wertheim, Jia He, George Perides, Roderick T. Bronson, and Linden T. Hu Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2643-2649; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00214-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element Is Not Associated with Enhanced Virulence in Experimental Invasive Disease Caused by the Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Genetic Background Christopher P. Montgomery, Susan Boyle-Vavra, and Robert S. Daum Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2650-2656; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00256-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Requirements for Klebsiella pneumoniae-Induced Liver Abscess in an Oral Infection Model Ya-Chun Tu, Min-Chi Lu, Ming-Ko Chiang, Shu-Ping Huang, Hwei-Ling Peng, Hwan-You Chang, Ming-Shiou Jan, and Yi-Chyi Lai Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2657-2671; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01523-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

OspC-Independent Infection and Dissemination by Host-Adapted Borrelia burgdorferi Kit Tilly, Aaron Bestor, Daniel P. Dulebohn, and Patricia A. Rosa Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2672-2682; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01193-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Pathogenicity Island 1 Is Not Essential for but Facilitates Rapid Systemic Spread in Chickens Taseen S. Desin, Po-King S. Lam, Birgit Koch, Claudia Mickael, Emil Berberov, Amanda L. S. Wisner, Hugh G. G. Townsend, Andrew A. Potter, and Wolfgang Köster Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2866-2875; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00039-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Precolonized Human Commensal Escherichia coli Strains Serve as a Barrier to E. coli O157:H7 Growth in the Streptomycin-Treated Mouse Intestine Mary P. Leatham, Swati Banerjee, Steven M. Autieri, Regino Mercado-Lubo, Tyrrell Conway, and Paul S. Cohen Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2876-2886; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00059-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification of Legiobactin and Importance of This Siderophore in Lung Infection by Legionella pneumophila Kimberly A. Allard, Jenny Dao, Prakash Sanjeevaiah, Kessler McCoy-Simandle, Christa H. Chatfield, David S. Crumrine, Domenic Castignetti, and Nicholas P. Cianciotto Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2887-2895; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00087-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional and Translational Analysis of Biofilm Determinants of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in Response to Environmental Perturbation Jayaleka J. Amarasinghe, Frank A. Scannapieco, and Elaine M. Haase Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2896-2907; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00126-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nonhematopoietic Cells Control the Outcome of Infection with Listeria monocytogenes in a Nucleotide Oligomerization Domain 1-Dependent Manner Ahmed Mosa, Christian Trumstedt, Emma Eriksson, Oliver Soehnlein, Frank Heuts, Katrin Janik, Andreas Klos, Oliver Dittrich-Breiholz, Michael Kracht, Åsa Hidmark, Hans Wigzell, and Martin E. Rottenberg Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2908-2918; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01068-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Subtilase Cytotoxin Produced by Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli Induces Apoptosis in Vero Cells via Mitochondrial Membrane Damage Gen Matsuura, Naoko Morinaga, Kinnosuke Yahiro, Reiko Komine, Joel Moss, Hideo Yoshida, and Masatoshi Noda Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2919-2924; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01510-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Capsule Switching between Carried and Disease-Causing Neisseria meningitidis Strains Amanda J. Beddek, Ming-Shi Li, J. Simon Kroll, T. William Jordan, and Diana R. Martin Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2989-2994; published ahead of print May 18, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00181-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glucose and Glycolysis Are Required for the Successful Infection of Macrophages and Mice by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Steven D. Bowden, Gary Rowley, Jay C. D. Hinton, and Arthur Thompson Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3117-3126; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00093-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Host Response and Inflammation:

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Chlamydial Heat Shock Protein 60 Induces Acute Pulmonary Inflammation in Mice via the Toll-Like Receptor 4- and MyD88-Dependent Pathway Yonca Bulut, Kenichi Shimada, Michelle H. Wong, Shuang Chen, Pearl Gray, Randa Alsabeh, Terence M. Doherty, Timothy R. Crother, and Moshe Arditi Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2683-2690; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00248-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Perturbation of the Small Intestine Microbial Ecology by Streptomycin Alters Pathology in a Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Murine Model of Infection Cherilyn D. Garner, Dionysios A. Antonopoulos, Bettina Wagner, Gerald E. Duhamel, Ivan Keresztes, Deborah A. Ross, Vincent B. Young, and Craig Altier Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2691-2702; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01570-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharide-Trap-Fc, a Multifunctional Agent To Battle Gram-Negative Bacteria Philipp Groß, Katharina Brandl, Christine Dierkes, Jürgen Schölmerich, Bernd Salzberger, Thomas Glück, and Werner Falk Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2925-2931; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00004-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Capsule-Encoding viaB Locus Reduces Intestinal Inflammation by a Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1-Independent Mechanism Takeshi Haneda, Sebastian E. Winter, Brian P. Butler, R. Paul Wilson, Çagla Tükel, Maria G. Winter, Ivan Godinez, Renée M. Tsolis, and Andreas J. Bäumler Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2932-2942; published ahead of print May 18, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00172-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The K5 Capsule of Escherichia coli Strain Nissle 1917 Is Important in Mediating Interactions with Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Chemokine Induction Mohamed Hafez, Kelly Hayes, Marie Goldrick, Geoff Warhurst, Richard Grencis, and Ian S. Roberts Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2995-3003; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00040-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Natural Antibody Contributes to Host Defense against an Attenuated Brucella abortus virB Mutant Hortensia G. Rolán, Mariana N. Xavier, Renato L. Santos, and Renée M. Tsolis Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3004-3013; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01114-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Listeria monocytogenes 6-Phosphogluconolactonase Mutants Induce Increased Activation of a Host Cytosolic Surveillance Pathway Gregory T. Crimmins, Michael W. Schelle, Anat A. Herskovits, Peggy P. Ni, Benjamin C. Kline, Nicole Meyer-Morse, Anthony T. Iavarone, and Daniel A. Portnoy Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3014-3022; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01511-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Roles of CD28- and CD40 Ligand-Mediated Costimulation in the Development of Protective Immunity and Pathology during Chlamydia muridarum Urogenital Infection in Mice Lili Chen, Wen Cheng, Pooja Shivshankar, Lei Lei, Xiaoyun Zhang, Yimou Wu, I-Tien Yeh, and Guangming Zhong Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3080-3089; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00611-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Fungal and Parasitic Infections:

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Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Is a Surface-Associated, Fibronectin-Binding Protein of Trichomonas vaginalis A. Lama, A. Kucknoor, V. Mundodi, and J. F. Alderete Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2703-2711; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00157-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surfactant Protein D Increases Phagocytosis of Hypocapsular Cryptococcus neoformans by Murine Macrophages and Enhances Fungal Survival Scarlett Geunes-Boyer, Timothy N. Oliver, Guilhem Janbon, Jennifer K. Lodge, Joseph Heitman, John R. Perfect, and Jo Rae Wright Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2783-2794; published ahead of print May 18, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00088-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Polymorphisms and Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Indian Adults Gunanidhi Dhangadamajhi, Biranchi N. Mohapatra, Shantanu K. Kar, and Manoranjan Ranjit Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2943-2947; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00083-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Roles for MyD88 and Toll-Like Receptor 2 during Leishmania braziliensis Infection in Mice Diego A. Vargas-Inchaustegui, Wendy Tai, Lijun Xin, Alison E. Hogg, David B. Corry, and Lynn Soong Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2948-2956; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00154-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of L-Proline and ATP Production by Trypanosoma cruzi Metacyclic Forms as Requirements for Host Cell Invasion Rafael Miyazawa Martins, Charles Covarrubias, Robert Galvez Rojas, Ariel Mariano Silber, and Nobuko Yoshida Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3023-3032; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00138-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Tumor Necrosis Factor, Gamma Interferon, and Interleukin-6 Responses as Correlates of Immunity and Risk of Clinical Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Children from Papua New Guinea Leanne J. Robinson, Marthe C. D'Ombrain, Danielle I. Stanisic, Jack Taraika, Nicholas Bernard, Jack S. Richards, James G. Beeson, Livingstone Tavul, Pascal Michon, Ivo Mueller, and Louis Schofield Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3033-3043; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00211-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toll-Like Receptor 9-Dependent Activation of Myeloid Dendritic Cells by Deoxynucleic Acids from Candida albicans Akiko Miyazato, Kiwamu Nakamura, Natsuo Yamamoto, Héctor M. Mora-Montes, Misuzu Tanaka, Yuzuru Abe, Daiki Tanno, Ken Inden, Xiao Gang, Keiko Ishii, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shizuo Akira, Shinobu Saijo, Yoichiro Iwakura, Yoshiyuki Adachi, Naohito Ohno, Kotaro Mitsutake, Neil A. R. Gow, Mitsuo Kaku, and Kazuyoshi Kawakami Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3056-3064; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00840-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunity and Vaccines:

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Anti-Alpha-Hemolysin Monoclonal Antibodies Mediate Protection against Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia Brook E. Ragle and Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2712-2718; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00115-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteomics-Based Identification of Anchorless Cell Wall Proteins as Vaccine Candidates against Staphylococcus aureus Eva Glowalla, Bettina Tosetti, Martin Krönke, and Oleg Krut Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2719-2729; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00617-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bivalent Recombinant Vaccine for Botulinum Neurotoxin Types A and B Based on a Polypeptide Comprising Their Effector and Translocation Domains That Is Protective against the Predominant A and B Subtypes Clifford Shone, Heidi Agostini, Joanna Clancy, Mili Gu, Huei-Hsiung Yang, Yanfang Chu, Virginia Johnson, Makie Taal, Joanna McGlashan, John Brehm, and Xiaomi Tong Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2795-2801; published ahead of print April 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01252-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sortase A Confers Protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae in Mice Claudia Gianfaldoni, Silvia Maccari, Laura Pancotto, Giacomo Rossi, Markus Hilleringmann, Werner Pansegrau, Antonia Sinisi, Monica Moschioni, Vega Masignani, Rino Rappuoli, Giuseppe Del Giudice, and Paolo Ruggiero Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2957-2961; published ahead of print May 11, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01516-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

M-Cell Targeting of Whole Killed Bacteria Induces Protective Immunity against Gastrointestinal Pathogens Yok-Teng Chionh, Janet L. K. Wee, Alison L. Every, Garrett Z. Ng, and Philip Sutton Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 2962-2970; published ahead of print April 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.01522-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of B-Cell Activating Factor Enhances Protective Immunity of a Vaccine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Christine Tertilt, Ju Joh, Anja Krause, Paigee Chou, Kristin Schneeweiss, Ronald G. Crystal, and Stefan Worgall Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3044-3055; published ahead of print April 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00927-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for Toll-Like Receptor 2 in the Immune Response to Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection in Mouse Otitis Media Fengchan Han, Heping Yu, Cong Tian, Shengli Li, Michael R. Jacobs, Cindy Benedict-Alderfer, and Qing Y. Zheng Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3100-3108; published ahead of print May 4, 2009, doi:10.1128/IAI.00204-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letter To The Editor:

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NIH Peer Review Reform Marc C. Torjman Infect. Immun. July 2009 77: 3127 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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