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  The Th1/Th2-like switch in syphilitic infection: is it detrimental?

  T J Fitzgerald
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  Role of the mononuclear phagocyte as an antigen-presenting cell for human gamma delta T cells activated by live Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  W H Boom, K A Chervenak, M A Mincek, J J Ellner
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  Staphylococcal alpha toxin: a study with chronically instrumented awake sheep.

  S Harshman, P L Lefferts, J R Snapper
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  Synthetic peptides representing epitopes of outer membrane protein F of Pseudomonas aeruginosa that elicit antibodies reactive with whole cells of heterologous immunotype strains of P. aeruginosa.

  E E Hughes, L B Gilleland, H E Gilleland
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  L-arginine-dependent killing of intracellular Ehrlichia risticii by macrophages treated with gamma interferon.

  J Park, Y Rikihisa
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  Resistance of severe combined immunodeficient mice to infection with Cryptosporidium parvum: the importance of intestinal microflora.

  J A Harp, W Chen, A G Harmsen
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  Molecular population genetic evidence of horizontal spread of two alleles of the pyrogenic exotoxin C gene (speC) among pathogenic clones of Streptococcus pyogenes.

  V Kapur, K Nelson, P M Schlievert, R K Selander, J M Musser
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  Elimination of the vitamin B12 uptake or synthesis pathway does not diminish the virulence of Escherichia coli K1 or Salmonella typhimurium in three model systems.

  B A Sampson, E C Gotschlich
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  Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor increases the infectivity of Leishmania amazonensis by protecting promastigotes from heat-induced death.

  M A Barcinski, D Schechtman, L G Quintao, D de A Costa, L R Soares, M E Moreira, R Charlab
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  Synthesis of a conjugate vaccine composed of pneumococcus type 14 capsular polysaccharide bound to pertussis toxin.

  R Schneerson, L Levi, J B Robbins, D M Bryla, G Schiffman, T Lagergard
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  Suppression of C3H/HeJ cell activation by lipopolysaccharide endotoxin.

  B M Sultzer, J R Bandekar, R Castagna, K Abu-Lawi, M Sadeghian, A J Norin
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  Enterotoxigenicity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus with and without genes encoding thermostable direct hemolysin.

  M Nishibuchi, A Fasano, R G Russell, J B Kaper
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  Presence of functional receptors for the Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin in the gastrointestinal tract of the chicken.

  L C Katwa, A A White
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  Heterogeneity of phenol oxidases in Cryptococcus neoformans.

  R Ikeda, E S Jacobson
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  Cryptdins: antimicrobial defensins of the murine small intestine.

  P B Eisenhauer, S S Harwig, R I Lehrer
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  Tumor necrosis factor and macrophage activation are important in clearance of Nocardia brasiliensis from the livers and spleens of mice.

  C L Silva, L H Faccioli
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  Protective effect of a T-cell-dependent immunosuppressive, B-cell-mitogenic protein (F3'EP-Si, or P90) produced by Streptococcus intermedius.

  M Lima, A Bandeira, D Portnoi, A Ribeiro, M A Chaves
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  Humoral response to Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) gingivalis in rats: time course and T-cell dependence.

  J Katz, R M Leary, D C Ward, C C Harmon, S M Michalek
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  Lymphokine-activated killer cell regulation of T-cell-mediated immunity to Candida albicans.

  S Wei, D K Blanchard, S McMillen, J Y Djeu
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  Isolation of nonchemotactic mutants of Campylobacter jejuni and their colonization of the mouse intestinal tract.

  T Takata, S Fujimoto, K Amako
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  Isolation and molecular characterization of a novel albumin-binding protein from group G streptococci.

  U Sjöbring
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  Host cell actin assembly is necessary and likely to provide the propulsive force for intracellular movement of Listeria monocytogenes.

  J M Sanger, J W Sanger, F S Southwick
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  Molecular analysis of the serotyping antigens of Neisseria meningitidis.

  I M Feavers, J Suker, A J McKenna, A B Heath, M C Maiden
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  Borrelia burgdorferi stimulates release of interleukin-1 activity from bovine peripheral blood monocytes.

  K B Kenefick, J A Lederer, R F Schell, C J Czuprynski
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  Contributions of complement and immunoglobulin to neutrophil-mediated killing of enterococci.

  B S Harvey, C J Baker, M S Edwards
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  Identification and purification of a second form of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase from Schistosoma mansoni.

  Z Hong, D J Kosman, A Thakur, D Rekosh, P T LoVerde
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  Identification of a beta 1 integrin on Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare.

  S P Rao, K R Gehlsen, A Catanzaro
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  Characteristics of Helicobacter pylori variants selected for urease deficiency.

  G I Pérez-Pérez, A Z Olivares, T L Cover, M J Blaser
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  Macrophage response to bacteria: induction of marked secretory and cellular activities by lipoteichoic acids.

  R Keller, W Fischer, R Keist, S Bassetti
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  Characteristics and cariogenicity of a fructanase-defective Streptococcus mutants strain.

  D L Wexler, J E Penders, W H Bowen, R A Burne
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  Experimental model of intracerebral infection with Cryptococcus neoformans: roles of phagocytes and opsonization.

  E Blasi, R Barluzzi, R Mazzolla, P Mosci, F Bistoni
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  Group G streptococcal M protein exhibits structural features analogous to those of class I M protein of group A streptococci.

  C M Collins, A Kimura, A L Bisno
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  Comparison of the abilities of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare to infect and multiply in cultured human macrophages from normal and human immunodeficiency virus-infected subjects.

  A J Crowle, E R Ross, D L Cohn, J Gilden, M H May
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  Borrelia burgdorferi HSP70 homolog: characterization of an immunoreactive stress protein.

  J Anzola, B J Luft, G Gorgone, R J Dattwyler, C Soderberg, R Lahesmaa, G Peltz
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  Immune specificity of murine T-cell lines to the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis.

  M Ishizaki, J E Allen, P R Beatty, R S Stephens
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  SCID mouse models of acute and relapsing chronic Toxoplasma gondii infections.

  L L Johnson
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  In vivo induction of nitrite and nitrate by tumor necrosis factor, lymphotoxin, and interleukin-1: possible roles in malaria.

  K A Rockett, M M Awburn, B B Aggarwal, W B Cowden, I A Clark
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  Effects of cytokines, complement, and antibody on the neutrophil respiratory burst and phagocytic response to Plasmodium falciparum merozoites.

  L M Kumaratilake, A Ferrante, T Jaeger, C M Rzepczyk
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  Genetic analysis of scrA and scrB from Streptococcus sobrinus 6715.

  Y Y Chen, D J LeBlanc
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  Immune cell lethality induced by streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A and endotoxin.

  B A Leonard, P M Schlievert
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  Effects of gamma interferon on release of tumor necrosis factor alpha from lipopolysaccharide-tolerant human monocyte-derived macrophages.

  M Matic, S R Simon
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  An unusual pagC::TnphoA mutation leads to an invasion- and virulence-defective phenotype in Salmonellae.

  V L Miller, K B Beer, W P Loomis, J A Olson, S I Miller
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  Genetic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa adherence: distinct genetic loci control attachment to epithelial cells and mucins.

  D A Simpson, R Ramphal, S Lory
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  Recombinant Salmonella typhimurium strains that invade nonphagocytic cells are resistant to recognition by antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

  X M Gao, J P Tite, M Lipscombe, S Rowland-Jones, D J Ferguson, A J McMichael
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  Role of endotoxin in alterations of hepatic drug metabolism by diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine adsorbed.

  S Ansher, W Thompson, P Snoy, W Habig
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  Genetic relationship of putative colonization factor O166 to colonization factor antigen I and coli surface antigen 4 of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

  H Sommerfelt, H M Grewal, A M Svennerholm, W Gaastra, P R Flood, G Viboud, M K Bhan
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  Chelating agents inhibit activity and prevent expression of streptococcal glucan-binding lectins.

  Lü-Lü, J S Singh, M Y Galperin, D Drake, K G Taylor, R J Doyle
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  Coxiella burnetii superoxide dismutase gene: cloning, sequencing, and expression in Escherichia coli.

  R A Heinzen, M E Frazier, L P Mallavia
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  Immune response to outer membrane antigens of Moraxella catarrhalis in children with otitis media.

  H Faden, J Hong, T Murphy
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  Expression of the eukaryotic Trypanosoma cruzi CRA gene in Yersinia enterocolitica and induction of an immune response against CRA in mice.

  M P Sory, K Kaniga, S Goldenberg, G R Cornelis
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  Fibronectin-binding protein of Streptococcus pyogenes: sequence of the binding domain involved in adherence of streptococci to epithelial cells.

  S R Talay, P Valentin-Weigand, P G Jerlström, K N Timmis, G S Chhatwal
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  Mapping of Candida albicans oligomannosidic epitopes by using monoclonal antibodies.

  P A Trinel, C Faille, P M Jacquinot, J C Cailliez, D Poulain
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  Inhibition of bactericidal activity of anticapsular antibody by nonspecific antibodies reactive with surface-exposed antigenic determinants on Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

  F A Udeze, S Kadis
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  Evidence that autologous idiotypic regulation of anti-arginine-glycine-aspartic acid autoantibodies may influence development and progression of syphilitic lesions in infected rabbits.

  R E Baughn, D M Musher
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  Iron acquisition and hemolysin production by Campylobacter jejuni.

  C L Pickett, T Auffenberg, E C Pesci, V L Sheen, S S Jusuf
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  Influence of saliva on aggregation and adherence of Streptococcus gordonii HG 222.

  A J Ligtenberg, E Walgreen-Weterings, E C Veerman, J J de Soet, J de Graaff, A V Amerongen
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  Characterization of a major hemagglutinin protein from Mycoplasma gallisepticum.

  P F Markham, M D Glew, M R Brandon, I D Walker, K G Whithear
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  Immune CD4+ T cells specific for Theileria parva-infected lymphocytes recognize a 24-kilodalton protein.

  D J Grab, C L Baldwin, W C Brown, E A Innes, J D Lonsdale-Eccles, Y Verjee
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  Toxicity and immunogenicity of Neisseria meningitidis lipopolysaccharide incorporated into liposomes.

  A B Petrov, B F Semenov, Y P Vartanyan, M M Zakirov, V P Torchilin, V S Trubetskoy, N V Koshkina, V L L'Vov, I K Verner, I V Lopyrev
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  Interleukin-2 receptors in experimental Chagas' disease.

  D R Pakianathan, R E Kuhn
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  The integrin-binding domain of invasin is sufficient to allow bacterial entry into mammalian cells.

  S Rankin, R R Isberg, J M Leong
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  Effect of pyocyanine, a pigment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, on production of reactive nitrogen intermediates by murine alveolar macrophages.

  J Shellito, S Nelson, R U Sorensen
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  Safety and immunogenicity of a booster dose of Vibrio cholerae CVD 103-HgR live oral cholera vaccine in Swiss adults.

  S J Cryz, M M Levine, G Losonsky, J B Kaper, B Althaus
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  Bacterial motility is a colonization factor in experimental urinary tract infection.

  A Siitonen, M Nurminen
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  Identification of an acute-phase reactant in murine infections with Trypanosoma brucei.

  S Z Shapiro, S J Black
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  Results of the third immunology of leprosy/immunology of tuberculosis antimycobacterial monoclonal antibody workshop.

  S Khanolkar-Young, A H Kolk, A B Andersen, J Bennedsen, P J Brennan, B Rivoire, S Kuijper, K P McAdam, C Abe, H V Batra
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  Induction of circulating group II phospholipase A2 expression in adults with malaria.

  P Vadas, J Keystone, E Stefanski, K Scott, W Pruzanski
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  Evidence for actinlike proteins in an M protein-negative strain of Streptococcus pyogenes.

  L A Barnett, M W Cunningham
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  In vivo complement activation and binding of C3 to encapsulated Cryptococcus neoformans.

  K Truelsen, T Young, T R Kozel
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  Inefficiency of in vivo candidacidal mechanisms in experimental subcutaneous infections with Candida albicans in mice.

  P G Sohnle, B L Hahn, L Radke, D K Wagner
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  Phosphatidylserine found in intestinal mucus serves as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen for salmonellae and Escherichia coli.

  H C Krivan, D P Franklin, W Wang, D C Laux, P S Cohen
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  A conjugated synthetic peptide corresponding to the C-terminal region of Clostridium perfringens type A enterotoxin elicits an enterotoxin-neutralizing antibody response in mice.

  T A Mietzner, J F Kokai-Kun, P C Hanna, B A McClane