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  Local vaccination with killed Streptococcus uberis protects the bovine mammary gland against experimental intramammary challenge with the homologous strain.

  J M Finch, A W Hill, T R Field, J A Leigh
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  Effect of gastric pH on urease-dependent colonization of gnotobiotic piglets by Helicobacter pylori.

  K A Eaton, S Krakowka
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  Immunogenic and antigenic properties of a heptavalent high-molecular-weight O-polysaccharide vaccine derived from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

  K Hatano, S Boisot, D DesJardins, D C Wright, J Brisker, G B Pier
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  Mice immunized with a chlamydial extract have no increase in early protective immunity despite increased inflammation following genital infection by the mouse pneumonitis agent of Chlamydia trachomatis.

  S J Blander, A J Amortegui
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  Transforming growth factor beta 1 and gamma interferon provide opposing signals to lipopolysaccharide-activated mouse macrophages.

  E H Hausmann, S Y Hao, J L Pace, M J Parmely
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  Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequence, and occurrence of a 16.5-kilodalton outer membrane protein of Brucella abortus with similarity to pal lipoproteins.

  A Tibor, V Weynants, P Denoel, B Lichtfouse, X De Bolle, E Saman, J N Limet, J J Letesson
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  Interaction of lipopolysaccharides of Helicobacter pylori with basement membrane protein laminin.

  K H Valkonen, T Wadström, A P Moran
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  Cytokine gene expression in mice at an early stage of infection with various strains of Listeria spp. differing in virulence.

  H Xiong, I Kawamura, T Nishibori, M Mitsuyama
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  Site-specific immunity to Leishmania major in SWR mice: the site of infection influences susceptibility and expression of the antileishmanial immune response.

  G S Nabors, J P Farrell
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  Outer surface lipoproteins of Borrelia burgdorferi stimulate nitric oxide production by the cytokine-inducible pathway.

  Y Ma, K P Seiler, K F Tai, L Yang, M Woods, J J Weis
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  Adhesion of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to a human oral cell line.

  K P Mintz, P M Fives-Taylor
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  T-cell-epitope mapping of the major secreted mycobacterial antigen Ag85A in tuberculosis and leprosy.

  P Launois, R DeLeys, M N Niang, A Drowart, M Andrien, P Dierckx, J L Cartel, J L Sarthou, J P Van Vooren, K Huygen
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  A neuraminidase from Streptococcus pneumoniae has the features of a surface protein.

  M Cámara, G J Boulnois, P W Andrew, T J Mitchell
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  Epitopes of the Onchocerca volvulus RAL1 antigen, a member of the calreticulin family of proteins, recognized by sera from patients with onchocerciasis.

  L A Rokeach, P A Zimmerman, T R Unnasch
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  Tryptophan depletion as a mechanism of gamma interferon-mediated chlamydial persistence.

  W L Beatty, T A Belanger, A A Desai, R P Morrison, G I Byrne
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  Mapping of bactericidal epitopes on the P2 porin protein of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.

  E M Haase, K Yi, G D Morse, T F Murphy
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  Protective effect of rSm28GST-specific T cells in schistosomiasis: role of gamma interferon.

  V Pancre, I Wolowczuk, S Guerret, M C Copin, A Delanoye, A Capron, C Auriault
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  Similar cytokine induction profiles of a novel streptococcal exotoxin, MF, and pyrogenic exotoxins A and B.

  A Norrby-Teglund, M Norgren, S E Holm, U Andersson, J Andersson
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  Platelet-activating factor augments meningeal inflammation elicited by Haemophilus influenzae lipooligosaccharide in an animal model of meningitis.

  G C Townsend, W M Scheld
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  Identification and characterization of a Salmonella typhimurium oxygen-regulated gene required for bacterial internalization.

  B D Jones, S Falkow
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  Distribution of 3-hydroxy iC17:0 in subgingival plaque and gingival tissue samples: relationship to adult periodontitis.

  F C Nichols
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  Blood transfusion alters the course and outcome of Plasmodium chabaudi AS infection in mice.

  G S Yap, M M Stevenson
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  A carAB mutant of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli serogroup O2 is attenuated and effective as a live oral vaccine against colibacillosis in turkeys.

  J K Kwaga, B J Allan, J V van der Hurk, H Seida, A A Potter
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  Cell association and invasion of Caco-2 cells by Campylobacter jejuni.

  R G Russell, D C Blake
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  A new type of staphylococcal exfoliative toxin from a Staphylococcus aureus strain isolated from a horse with phlegmon.

  H Sato, Y Matsumori, T Tanabe, H Saito, A Shimizu, J Kawano
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  Abortion and subsequent excretion of chlamydiae from the reproductive tract of sheep during estrus.

  J R Papp, P E Shewen, C J Gartley
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  A 48-kilodalton Mycoplasma fermentans membrane protein induces cytokine secretion by human monocytes.

  D A Kostyal, G H Butler, D H Beezhold
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  Purification and partial biochemical characterization of a Mycoplasma fermentans-derived substance that activates macrophages to release nitric oxide, tumor necrosis factor, and interleukin-6.

  P F Mühlradt, M Frisch
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  The immunoprotective Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 2 is encoded by a polymorphic multigene family.

  G H Palmer, G Eid, A F Barbet, T C McGuire, T F McElwain
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  Characterization of the dermonecrotic toxin in members of the genus Bordetella.

  K E Walker, A A Weiss
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  Pneumolysin activates phospholipase A in pulmonary artery endothelial cells.

  J B Rubins, T J Mitchell, P W Andrew, D E Niewoehner
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  Serum-induced potentiation of tumor necrosis factor alpha production by human monocytes in response to staphylococcal peptidoglycan: involvement of different serum factors.

  E Mattsson, J Rollof, J Verhoef, H Van Dijk, A Fleer
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  Effect of lipopolysaccharide on mouse mast cell induction by a splenic cell culture system.

  Z Q Hu, K Asano, T Yamazaki, T Shimamura
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  Staphylococci express a receptor for human transferrin: identification of a 42-kilodalton cell wall transferrin-binding protein.

  B Modun, D Kendall, P Williams
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  Vibrio cholerae non-O1 serogroup associated with cholera gravis genetically and physiologically resembles O1 E1 Tor cholera strains.

  R H Hall, F M Khambaty, M H Kothary, S P Keasler, B D Tall
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  Molecular and idiotypic analysis of antibodies to Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan.

  A Casadevall, M DeShaw, M Fan, F Dromer, T R Kozel, L A Pirofski
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  Variable region sequences of a protective human monoclonal antibody specific for the Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide.

  A H Lucas, J W Larrick, D C Reason
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  The HMW1 adhesin of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae recognizes sialylated glycoprotein receptors on cultured human epithelial cells.

  J W St Geme
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  Purification and characterization of the major antigen WI-1 from Blastomyces dermatitidis yeasts and immunological comparison with A antigen.

  B S Klein, J M Jones
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  Differential flagellin expression in a flaA flaB+ mutant of Campylobacter jejuni.

  T M Wassenaar, N M Bleumink-Pluym, D G Newell, P J Nuijten, B A van der Zeijst
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  Binding and activation of major histocompatibility complex class II-deficient macrophages by staphylococcal exotoxins.

  A A Beharka, J W Armstrong, J J Iandolo, S K Chapes
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  Induced mouse spleen B-cell proliferation and secretion of immunoglobulin by lipid-associated membrane proteins of Mycoplasma fermentans incognitus and Mycoplasma penetrans.

  S H Feng, S C Lo
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  Biochemical characterization of Campylobacter fetus lipopolysaccharides.

  A P Moran, D T O'Malley, T U Kosunen, I M Helander
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  Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein protects vascular endothelial cells from lipopolysaccharide-induced activation and injury.

  M Arditi, J Zhou, S H Huang, P M Luckett, M N Marra, K S Kim
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  Cloning, sequencing, and expression of a fibronectin/fibrinogen-binding protein from group A streptococci.

  H S Courtney, Y Li, J B Dale, D L Hasty
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  Binding of Legionella pneumophila to macrophages increases cellular cytokine mRNA.

  Y Yamamoto, S Okubo, T W Klein, K Onozaki, T Saito, H Friedman
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  Immunoglobulin G antibodies in human vaginal secretions after parenteral vaccination.

  J P Bouvet, L Bélec, R Pirès, J Pillot
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  Role of gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor alpha during T-cell-independent and -dependent phases of Mycobacterium avium infection.

  R Appelberg, A G Castro, J Pedrosa, R A Silva, I M Orme, P Minóprio
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  Human immune response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa mucoid exopolysaccharide (alginate) vaccine.

  G B Pier, D DesJardin, M Grout, C Garner, S E Bennett, G Pekoe, S A Fuller, M O Thornton, W S Harkonen, H C Miller
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  Cytokine induction in human coccidioidomycosis.

  D P Dooley, R A Cox, K L Hestilow, M J Dolan, D M Magee
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  Characterization of defined ompR mutants of Salmonella typhi: ompR is involved in the regulation of Vi polysaccharide expression.

  D Pickard, J Li, M Roberts, D Maskell, D Hone, M Levine, G Dougan, S Chatfield
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  An anti-idiotype antibody which mimics the inner-core region of lipopolysaccharide protects mice against a lethal challenge with endotoxin.

  S K Field, D C Morrison
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  The gene encoding a new mitogenic factor in a Streptococcus pyogenes strain is distributed only in group A streptococci.

  T Yutsudo, K Okumura, M Iwasaki, A Hara, S Kamitani, W Minamide, H Igarashi, Y Hinuma
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  Localized expression of mRNA for phagocyte-specific chemotactic cytokines in human periodontal infections.

  M S Tonetti, M A Imboden, L Gerber, N P Lang, J Laissue, C Mueller
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  Secondary immunity to Legionella pneumophila and Th1 activity are suppressed by delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol injection.

  C A Newton, T W Klein, H Friedman
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  Iron release from transferrin by pyoverdin and elastase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

  C Wolz, K Hohloch, A Ocaktan, K Poole, R W Evans, N Rochel, A M Albrecht-Gary, M A Abdallah, G Döring
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  High-molecular-weight proteins of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae mediate bacterial adhesion to cellular proteoglycans.

  G J Noel, D C Love, D M Mosser
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  Identification of antigenic epitopes in a surface protein antigen of Streptococcus mutans in humans.

  K Matsushita, T Nisizawa, S Nagaoka, M Kawagoe, T Koga
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  Nitric oxide-mediated antiplasmodial activity in human and murine hepatocytes induced by gamma interferon and the parasite itself: enhancement by exogenous tetrahydrobiopterin.

  S Mellouk, S L Hoffman, Z Z Liu, P de la Vega, T R Billiar, A K Nussler
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  Tolerance to staphylococcal enterotoxin B initiated Th1 cell differentiation in mice infected with Candida albicans.

  L Romani, P Puccetti, A Mencacci, R Spaccapelo, E Cenci, L Tonnetti, F Bistoni
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  Carbohydrate-reactive, pore-forming outer membrane proteins of Aeromonas hydrophila.

  D M Quinn, H M Atkinson, A H Bretag, M Tester, T J Trust, C Y Wong, R L Flower
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  Immunoelectron-microscopic quantitation of differential levels of chlamydial proteins in a cell culture model of persistent Chlamydia trachomatis infection.

  W L Beatty, R P Morrison, G I Byrne
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  Production of Apx toxins by field strains of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Actinobacillus suis.

  E M Kamp, T M Vermeulen, M A Smits, J Haagsma
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  Experimental infection of young chicks with attaching and effacing Escherichia coli.

  M Sueyoshi, M Nakazawa
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  Humoral immune response to the Trypanosoma cruzi complement regulatory protein as an indicator of parasitologic clearance in human Chagas' disease.

  K A Norris, L M Galvão, J E Schrimpf, J R Cançado, A U Krettli
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  Shuttle mutagenesis of Legionella pneumophila: identification of a gene associated with host cell cytopathicity.

  J Arroyo, M C Hurley, M Wolf, M S McClain, B I Eisenstein, N C Engleberg
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  Differences in functional activity of anticardiolipin antibodies from patients with syphilis and those with antiphospholipid syndrome.

  S S Pierangeli, G H Goldsmith, S Krnic, E N Harris
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  Relationship between superoxide dismutase and melanin in a pathogenic fungus.

  E S Jacobson, N D Jenkins, J M Todd
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  Surface hydrophobicity enhances corticosterone incorporation in Candida albicans.

  P C Braun
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  Salmonella typhi iron uptake mutants are attenuated in mice.

  M Furman, A Fica, M Saxena, J L Di Fabio, F C Cabello
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  Chemotactic response to mucin by Serpulina hyodysenteriae and other porcine spirochetes: potential role in intestinal colonization.

  J A Milner, R Sellwood