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Fungal and Parasitic Infections

• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Immunotherapy of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection with DNA Vaccines in Mice

  Eric Dumonteil, Javier Escobedo-Ortegon, Norma Reyes-Rodriguez, Arletty Arjona-Torres, Maria Jesus Ramirez-Sierra
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Aggregation of Cryptococcus neoformans by Surfactant Protein D Is Inhibited by Its Capsular Component Glucuronoxylomannan

  J. K. van de Wetering, F. E. J. Coenjaerts, A. B. Vaandrager, L. M. G. van Golde, J. J. Batenburg
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Apical Membrane Antigen 1, a Major Malaria Vaccine Candidate, Mediates the Close Attachment of Invasive Merozoites to Host Red Blood Cells

  G. H. Mitchell, A. W. Thomas, G. Margos, A. R. Dluzewski, L. H. Bannister
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Immunogenicity and Efficacy of Cryptococcus neoformans Capsular Polysaccharide Glucuronoxylomannan Peptide Mimotope-Protein Conjugates in Human Immunoglobulin Transgenic Mice

  Robert W. Maitta, Kausik Datta, Andrew Lees, Shelley Sims Belouski, Liise-anne Pirofski
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Melanin from Fonsecaea pedrosoi Induces Production of Human Antifungal Antibodies and Enhances the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Phagocytes

  Daniela S. Alviano, Anderson J. Franzen, Luiz R. Travassos, Carla Holandino, Sonia Rozental, Regina Ejzemberg, Celuta S. Alviano, Marcio L. Rodrigues
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Association between Protection against Clinical Malaria and Antibodies to Merozoite Surface Antigens in an Area of Hyperendemicity in Myanmar: Complementarity between Responses to Merozoite Surface Protein 3 and the 220-Kilodalton Glutamate-Rich Protein

  Soe Soe, Michael Theisen, Christian Roussilhon, Khin-Saw- Aye, Pierre Druilhe
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Induction of Plasmodium falciparum Transmission-Blocking Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates by a Combination of DNA and Protein Immunizations

  Cevayir Coban, Mario T. Philipp, Jeanette E. Purcell, David B. Keister, Mobolaji Okulate, Dale S. Martin, Nirbhay Kumar
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Immunoglobulin G Isotype Responses to Variant Surface Antigens of Plasmodium falciparum in Healthy Gabonese Adults and Children during and after Successive Malaria Attacks

  Gerardo Cabrera, Clarisse Yone, Anne E. Tebo, Jan van Aaken, Bertrand Lell, Peter G. Kremsner, Adrian J. F. Luty
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Mice Deficient in Interleukin-4 (IL-4) or IL-4 Receptor α Have Higher Resistance to Sporozoite Infection with Plasmodium berghei (ANKA) than Do Naive Wild-Type Mice

  Michael Saeftel, Andreas Krueger, Sandra Arriens, Volker Heussler, Paul Racz, Bernhard Fleischer, Frank Brombacher, Achim Hoerauf
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Intracellular Growth of Trypanosoma cruzi in Cardiac Myocytes Is Inhibited by Cytokine-Induced Nitric Oxide Release

  Laura Edith Fichera, Maria Cecilia Albareda, Susana Adriana Laucella, Miriam Postan
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Both Free-Living and Parasitic Nematodes Induce a Characteristic Th2 Response That Is Dependent on the Presence of Intact Glycans

  Salah Tawill, Laetitia Le Goff, Fahimeda Ali, Mark Blaxter, Judith E. Allen
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  GeneExpression in HL60 Granulocytoids and Human PolymorphonuclearLeukocytes Exposed to Candidaalbicans†

  Alaka Mullick, Miria Elias, Penelope Harakidas, Anne Marcil, Malcolm Whiteway, Bing Ge, Thomas J. Hudson, Antoine W. Caron, Lucie Bourget, Serge Picard, Orce Jovcevski, Bernard Massie, David Y. Thomas
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Urokinase-Deficient Mice Fail To Generate a Type 2 Immune Response following Schistosomal Antigen Challenge

  Margaret R. Gyetko, Sudha Sud, Stephen W. Chensue
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Multiclonal Leishmania braziliensis Population Structure and Its Clinical Implication in a Region of Endemicity for American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis

  A. Schriefer, A. L. F. Schriefer, A. Góes-Neto, L. H. Guimarães, L. P. Carvalho, R. P. Almeida, P. R. Machado, H. A. Lessa, A. Ribeiro de Jesus, L. W. Riley, E. M. Carvalho
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Isolation and Characterization of a Secretory Component of Echinococcus multilocularis Metacestodes Potentially Involved in Modulating the Host-Parasite Interface

  Mirjam Walker, Adriana Baz, Sylvia Dematteis, Marianne Stettler, Bruno Gottstein, Johann Schaller, Andrew Hemphill
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  In Vitro Induction of Neospora caninum Bradyzoites in Vero Cells Reveals Differential Antigen Expression, Localization, and Host-Cell Recognition of Tachyzoites and Bradyzoites

  Nathalie Vonlaufen, Nicole Guetg, Arunasalam Naguleswaran, Norbert Müller, Camilla Björkman, Gereon Schares, Daniela von Blumroeder, John Ellis, Andrew Hemphill
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Effect of CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides on the Immunogenicity of Pfs25, a Plasmodium falciparum Transmission-Blocking Vaccine Antigen

  Cevayir Coban, Ken J. Ishii, Anthony W. Stowers, David B. Keister, Dennis M. Klinman, Nirbhay Kumar
• Fungal and Parasitic Infections

  Relationship between Candida albicans Virulence during Experimental Hematogenously Disseminated Infection and Endothelial Cell Damage In Vitro

  Angela A. Sanchez, Douglas A. Johnston, Carter Myers, John E. Edwards, Aaron P. Mitchell, Scott G. Filler