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Research Article

• Research Article

  Pathogenicity of Helicobacter pylori: a perspective.

  A Lee, J Fox, S Hazell
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  Presence of a capsule in Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 and its relationship to virulence for eels.

  E G Biosca, H Llorens, E Garay, C Amaro
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  Clonal relationships among Escherichia coli strains that cause hemorrhagic colitis and infantile diarrhea.

  T S Whittam, M L Wolfe, I K Wachsmuth, F Orskov, I Orskov, R A Wilson
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  Endotoxin-induced tumor necrosis factor alpha synthesis in murine embryo fibroblasts.

  E A Havell, B J Rogerson
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  Complement resistance of pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica mediated by trypsin-sensitive surface component(s).

  C Hamelmann, B Urban, B Foerster, R D Horstmann
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  Single and combined humoral and cell-mediated immunotherapy of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in immunodeficient scid mice.

  J B Roths, C L Sidman
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  The alkaline protease of Aspergillus fumigatus is not a virulence determinant in two murine models of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.

  C M Tang, J Cohen, T Krausz, S Van Noorden, D W Holden
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  Anaerobic growth and cytidine 5'-monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid act synergistically to induce high-level serum resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

  J V Frangipane, R F Rest
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  Enhanced virulence of Escherichia coli bearing a site-targeted mutation in the major structural subunit of type 1 fimbriae.

  A K May, C A Bloch, R G Sawyer, M D Spengler, T L Pruett
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  Murine T-cell response to native and recombinant protein antigens of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi.

  C J Hickman, C K Stover, S W Joseph, E V Oaks
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  Safety, stability, and efficacy of noncapsulated mutants of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae for use in live vaccines.

  T J Inzana, J Todd, H P Veit
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  Shigella flexneri transformants expressing type 1 (mannose-specific) fimbriae bind to, activate, and are killed by phagocytic cells.

  A Gbarah, D Mirelman, P J Sansonetti, R Verdon, W Bernhard, N Sharon
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  Pore-forming properties of the major 53-kilodalton surface antigen from the outer sheath of Treponema denticola.

  C Egli, W K Leung, K H Müller, R E Hancock, B C McBride
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  Induction of macrophage-mediated production of tumor necrosis factor alpha by an L-form derived from Staphylococcus aureus.

  K Kuwano, A Akashi, I Matsu-ura, M Nishimoto, S Arai
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  Characterization of the Shigella flexneri ipgD and ipgF genes, which are located in the proximal part of the mxi locus.

  A Allaoui, R Ménard, P J Sansonetti, C Parsot
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  Cytocidal effects of Escherichia coli hemolysin on human T lymphocytes.

  D Jonas, B Schultheis, C Klas, P H Krammer, S Bhakdi
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  Lipopolysaccharide from Brucella abortus behaves as a T-cell-independent type 1 carrier in murine antigen-specific antibody responses.

  M Betts, P Beining, M Brunswick, J Inman, R D Angus, T Hoffman, B Golding
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  Evidence for absence of the MPB64 gene in some substrains of Mycobacterium bovis BCG.

  H Li, J C Ulstrup, T O Jonassen, K Melby, S Nagai, M Harboe
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  Haemophilus ducreyi adheres to but does not invade cultured human foreskin cells.

  M J Alfa, P Degagne, T Hollyer
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  Effect of growth conditions on expression and antigenicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A cell envelope proteins.

  K P McDermid, D W Morck, M E Olson, M K Dasgupta, J W Costerton
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  Characterization of a heat-modifiable outer membrane protein of Haemophilus somnus.

  Y Tagawa, M Haritani, H Ishikawa, N Yuasa
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  Reactivity of the human antiendotoxin immunoglobulin M monoclonal antibody HA-1A with lipopolysaccharides from rough and smooth gram-negative organisms.

  M A Mascelli, B Frederick, T Ely, D S Neblock, D J Shealy, K Y Pak, P E Daddona
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  Role of flagella in adherence, internalization, and translocation of Campylobacter jejuni in nonpolarized and polarized epithelial cell cultures.

  C C Grant, M E Konkel, W Cieplak, L S Tompkins
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  Neutralizing monoclonal antibody epitopes of the Entamoeba histolytica galactose adhesin map to the cysteine-rich extracellular domain of the 170-kilodalton subunit.

  B J Mann, C Y Chung, J M Dodson, L S Ashley, L L Braga, T L Snodgrass
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  Increased C3 production in human monocytes after stimulation with Candida albicans is suppressed by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.

  A K Høgåsen, T G Abrahamsen
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  TnphoA Salmonella abortusovis mutants unable to adhere to epithelial cells and with reduced virulence in mice.

  S Rubino, G Leori, P Rizzu, G Erre, M M Colombo, S Uzzau, G Masala, P Cappuccinelli
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  Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequence, and characterization of lppB, encoding an antigenic 40-kilodalton lipoprotein of Haemophilus somnus.

  M Theisen, C R Rioux, A A Potter
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  Cloning and expression of a high-molecular-mass major antigen of Helicobacter pylori: evidence of linkage to cytotoxin production.

  M K Tummuru, T L Cover, M J Blaser
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  Establishment of an antitoxoplasma state by stable expression of mouse indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase.

  A Habara-Ohkubo, T Shirahata, O Takikawa, R Yoshida
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  Long-term study of cell-mediated responses to Borrelia burgdorferi in the laboratory mouse.

  M S de Souza, A L Smith, D S Beck, G A Terwilliger, E Fikrig, S W Barthold
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  Coordinate regulation of two opaque-phase-specific genes during white-opaque switching in Candida albicans.

  B Morrow, T Srikantha, J Anderson, D R Soll
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  Characterization of kinetics and target proteins for binding of human complement component C3 to the surface-exposed outer membrane of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2.

  R T Hall, T Strugnell, X Wu, D V Devine, H G Stiver
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  The mycobacterial secreted antigen 85 complex possesses epitopes that are differentially expressed in human leprosy lesions and Mycobacterium leprae-infected armadillo tissues.

  A Rambukkana, J D Burggraaf, W R Faber, M Harboe, P Teeling, S Krieg, P K Das
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  The ail gene of Yersinia enterocolitica has a role in the ability of the organism to survive serum killing.

  D E Pierson, S Falkow
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  Effects of in vitro and in vivo growth conditions on expression of type 8 capsular polysaccharide by Staphylococcus aureus.

  J C Lee, S Takeda, P J Livolsi, L C Paoletti
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  Immune responses to Streptococcus sobrinus surface protein antigen A expressed by recombinant Salmonella typhimurium.

  T A Doggett, E K Jagusztyn-Krynicka, R Curtiss
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  Identification of surface-exposed B-cell epitopes recognized by Haemophilus influenzae type b P1-specific monoclonal antibodies.

  H Panezutti, O James, E J Hansen, Y Choi, R E Harkness, M H Klein, P Chong
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  Preparation, characterization, and immunogenicity of meningococcal lipooligosaccharide-derived oligosaccharide-protein conjugates.

  X X Gu, C M Tsai
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  Immunological activities of a Candida albicans protein which plays an important role in the survival of the microorganism in the host.

  D Tavares, A Salvador, P Ferreira, M Arala-Chaves
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  Purification of a mycobacterial adhesin for fibronectin.

  T L Ratliff, R McCarthy, W B Telle, E J Brown
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  Production of a murine monoclonal antibody that recognizes an epitope specific to Coccidioides immitis antigen 2.

  R A Cox, M J Dolan, D M Magee, J N Galgiani
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  Synthetic peptides of human lysosomal cathepsin G with potent antipseudomonal activity.

  W M Shafer, M E Shepherd, B Boltin, L Wells, J Pohl
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  Sequence divergence in two tandemly located pilin genes of Eikenella corrodens.

  T Tønjum, S Weir, K Bøvre, A Progulske-Fox, C F Marrs
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  Similar mechanisms of action of defined polysaccharides and lipopolysaccharides: characterization of binding and tumor necrosis factor alpha induction.

  M Otterlei, A Sundan, G Skjåk-Braek, L Ryan, O Smidsrød, T Espevik
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  Directional actin polymerization associated with spotted fever group Rickettsia infection of Vero cells.

  R A Heinzen, S F Hayes, M G Peacock, T Hackstadt
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  Kupffer cell elimination enhances development of liver schizonts of Plasmodium berghei in rats.

  S G Vreden, R W Sauerwein, J P Verhave, N Van Rooijen, J H Meuwissen, M F Van Den Broek
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  Analysis of Candida albicans adhesion to salivary mucin.

  M P Hoffman, C G Haidaris
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  Evaluation of mixtures of purified Haemophilus influenzae outer membrane proteins in protection against challenge with nontypeable H. influenzae in the chinchilla otitis media model.

  B A Green, M E Vazquez, G W Zlotnick, G Quigley-Reape, J D Swarts, I Green, J L Cowell, C D Bluestone, W J Doyle
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  An approach to development of specific T-lymphocyte lines by use of preprocessed antigens in Plasmodium vinckei vinckei murine malaria.

  G M Wasserman, S Kumar, J Ahlers, F Ramsdell, J A Berzofsky, L H Miller
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  Protective salivary immunoglobulin A responses against Streptococcus mutans infection after intranasal immunization with S. mutans antigen I/II coupled to the B subunit of cholera toxin.

  J Katz, C C Harmon, G P Buckner, G J Richardson, M W Russell, S M Michalek
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  Lipopolysaccharide and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor delay neutrophil apoptosis and ingestion by guinea pig macrophages.

  C Yamamoto, S Yoshida, H Taniguchi, M H Qin, H Miyamoto, Y Mizuguchi
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  Resistance to nitric oxide in Mycobacterium avium complex and its implication in pathogenesis.

  T Doi, M Ando, T Akaike, M Suga, K Sato, H Maeda
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  Candida-specific cell-mediated immunity is demonstrable in mice with experimental vaginal candidiasis.

  P L Fidel, M E Lynch, J D Sobel
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  Bacteria induce release of platelet-activating factor (PAF) from polymorphonuclear neutrophil granulocytes: possible role for PAF in pathogenesis of experimentally induced bacterial pneumonia.

  A Makristathis, F Stauffer, S M Feistauer, A Georgopoulos
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  A major outer membrane protein of Moraxella catarrhalis is a target for antibodies that enhance pulmonary clearance of the pathogen in an animal model.

  M E Helminen, I Maciver, J L Latimer, L D Cope, G H McCracken, E J Hansen
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  Coaggregation of Prevotella intermedia with oral Actinomyces species.

  W E Nesbitt, H Fukushima, K P Leung, W B Clark
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  Induction of early gene expression in murine macrophages by synthetic lipid A analogs with differing endotoxic potentials.

  P Y Perera, C L Manthey, P L Stütz, J Hildebrandt, S N Vogel
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  Rickettsial stimulation of endothelial platelet-activating factor synthesis.

  T S Walker, G E Mellott
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  Heterogeneity of the purified extracellular aspartyl proteinase from Candida albicans: characterization with monoclonal antibodies and N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis.

  C J Morrison, S F Hurst, S L Bragg, R J Kuykendall, H Diaz, J Pohl, E Reiss
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  A mouse model of Chlamydia pneumoniae strain TWAR pneumonitis.

  Z P Yang, C C Kuo, J T Grayston
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  Protective immunity induced in Aotus monkeys by a recombinant SERA protein of Plasmodium falciparum: adjuvant effects on induction of protective immunity.

  J Inselburg, I C Bathurst, J Kansopon, G L Barchfeld, P J Barr, R N Rossan
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  Protective immunity induced in Aotus monkeys by a recombinant SERA protein of Plasmodium falciparum: further studies using SERA 1 and MF75.2 adjuvant.

  J Inselburg, I C Bathurst, J Kansopon, P J Barr, R Rossan
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  Immunogenicity of Vibrio vulnificus capsular polysaccharides and polysaccharide-protein conjugates.

  J G Simonson, R J Siebeling
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  Staphylococcal enterotoxin type A internal deletion mutants: serological activity and induction of T-cell proliferation.

  T O Harris, W O Hufnagle, M J Betley
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  Evidence for two cell division cycle (CDC) genes that govern yeast bud emergence in the pathogenic fungus Wangiella dermatitidis.

  C R Cooper, P J Szaniszlo
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  Oral immunization with Toxoplasma gondii antigens in association with cholera toxin induces enhanced protective and cell-mediated immunity in C57BL/6 mice.

  I Bourguin, T Chardès, D Bout
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  Molecular characterization of a leukotoxin gene from a Pasteurella haemolytica-like organism, encoding a new member of the RTX toxin family.

  Y F Chang, D P Ma, J Shi, M M Chengappa
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  Nucleotide sequence analysis of the gtfT gene from Streptococcus sobrinus OMZ176.

  N Hanada, Y Isobe, Y Aizawa, T Katayama, S Sato, M Inoue
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  Borrelia burgdorferi infection and immunity in mice deficient in the fifth component of complement.

  L K Bockenstedt, S Barthold, K Deponte, N Marcantonio, F S Kantor
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  Specificity of S fimbriae on recombinant Escherichia coli: preferential binding to gangliosides expressing NeuGc alpha (2-3)Gal and NeuAc alpha (2-8)NeuAc.

  F G Hanisch, J Hacker, H Schroten
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  Dietary vitamin D affects cell-mediated hypersensitivity but not resistance to experimental pulmonary tuberculosis in guinea pigs.

  E Hernandez-Frontera, D N McMurray
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  Abrogation of suppression of delayed hypersensitivity induced by Candida albicans-derived mannan by treatment with monophosphoryl lipid A.

  J E Domer, L G Human, G B Andersen, J A Rudbach, G L Asherson
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  Glycosphingolipid antigens of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis amastigotes identified by use of a monoclonal antibody.

  C L Barbiéri, S Giorgio, A J Merjan, E N Figueiredo
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  Influence of some bacterial and host factors on colonization and invasiveness of Escherichia coli K1 in neonatal rats.

  M Wullenweber, L Beutin, S Zimmermann, C Jonas
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  Sequence and immunological characterization of a serine-rich antigen from Mycobacterium leprae.

  F Vega-López, L A Brooks, H M Dockrell, K A De Smet, J K Thompson, R Hussain, N G Stoker
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  Listeria monocytogenes-induced gamma interferon secretion by intestinal intraepithelial gamma/delta T lymphocytes.

  S Yamamoto, F Russ, H C Teixeira, P Conradt, S H Kaufmann
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  Immune response of the female rat genital tract after oral and local immunization with keyhole limpet hemocyanin conjugated to the cholera toxin B subunit.

  A C Menge, S M Michalek, M W Russell, J Mestecky
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  An aromatic-dependent mutant of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida is attenuated in fish and is effective as a live vaccine against the salmonid disease furunculosis.

  L M Vaughan, P R Smith, T J Foster
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  Immunological and molecular polymorphisms of OspC, an immunodominant major outer surface protein of Borrelia burgdorferi.

  B Wilske, V Preac-Mursic, S Jauris, A Hofmann, I Pradel, E Soutschek, E Schwab, G Will, G Wanner
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  The cryptic ospC gene of Borrelia burgdorferi B31 is located on a circular plasmid.

  A Sadziene, B Wilske, M S Ferdows, A G Barbour
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  Cell-mediated immunity to Chlamydia pneumoniae measured as lymphocyte blast transformation in vitro.

  H M Surcel, H Syrjälä, M Leinonen, P Saikku, E Herva
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  Membrane translocation and channel-forming activities of diphtheria toxin are blocked by replacing isoleucine 364 with lysine.

  V Cabiaux, J Mindell, R J Collier
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  Identification of eae sequences in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains from rabbits.

  P H Pohl, J E Peeters, E R Jacquemin, P F Lintermans, J G Mainil
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  Regulation of expression of major outer surface proteins in Borrelia burgdorferi.

  N Margolis, P A Rosa
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  Biochemical and immunological properties of two forms of pertactin, the 69,000-molecular-weight outer membrane protein of Bordetella pertussis.

  J W Gotto, T Eckhardt, P A Reilly, J V Scott, J L Cowell, T N Metcalf, K Mountzouros, J J Gibbons, M Siegel
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  Lipopolysaccharide restores anti-Candida albicans growth inhibition activity of polymorphonuclear neutrophils from retrovirus-immunosuppressed mice.

  Y Yamamoto, S Specter, H Friedman
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  Arcobacter (Campylobacter) butzleri-associated diarrheal illness in a nonhuman primate population.

  K F Anderson, J A Kiehlbauch, D C Anderson, H M McClure, I K Wachsmuth
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  Antigenic variation in Mycoplasma hyorhinis: increased repertoire of variable lipoproteins expanding surface diversity and structural complexity.

  R Rosengarten, P M Theiss, D Yogev, K S Wise
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  Antigenic and functional differences in adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to human and bovine CD36.

  C F Ockenhouse, N N Tandon, G A Jamieson, D E Greenwalt
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  Isolation, expression, and nucleotide sequencing of the pilin structural gene of the Brazilian purpuric fever clone of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius.

  J W St Geme, S Falkow
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  Reversal of age-associated decline in immune response to Pnu-imune vaccine by supplementation with the steroid hormone dehydroepiandrosterone.

  M Garg, S Bondada
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  Cutaneous leishmaniasis in mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice.

  K Katakura, S Saito, A Hamada, H Matsuda, N Watanabe
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  Characterization of an aromatic amino acid-dependent Listeria monocytogenes mutant: attenuation, persistence, and ability to induce protective immunity in mice.

  J E Alexander, P W Andrew, D Jones, I S Roberts
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  Identification of plasmid and chromosomal copies of 987P pilus genes in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli 987.

  T A Casey, R A Schneider, E A Dean-Nystrom
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  Identification and characterization of serotype 4-specific antigens of Ureaplasma urealyticum by use of monoclonal antibodies.

  X Cheng, A Naessens, S Lauwers
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  Antigenic analysis of the major outer membrane protein of Haemophilus somnus with monoclonal antibodies.

  Y Tagawa, M Haritani, H Ishikawa, N Yuasa
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  Interactions of Porphyromonas gingivalis with epithelial cells.

  M J Duncan, S Nakao, Z Skobe, H Xie
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  TH1 and TH2 T-cell subsets are differentially activated by macrophages and B cells in murine leishmaniasis.

  B Rossi-Bergmann, I Müller, E B Godinho
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  Chemotaxis of leptospires to hemoglobin in relation to virulence.

  K Yuri, Y Takamoto, M Okada, T Hiramune, N Kikuchi, R Yanagawa