Annals ofInfectology

Volume: 10 - Number: 109 - May 15, 2010

Outstanding

Tumor Necrosis Factor and Lymphotoxin-? Polymorphisms and Severe Malaria in African Populations

Selection of HIV Variants with Signature Genotypic Characteristics during Heterosexual Transmission

Tri-County Comprehensive Assessment of Risk Factors for Sporadic Reportable Bacterial Enteric Infection in Children

A Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Gene Encoding Osteoprotegerin, an Anti-inflammatory Protein Produced in Response to Infection with Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Nonsecretory Bacterial Diarrhea in USA.

Major articles and brief reports: BACTERIA

Tri-County Comprehensive Assessment of Risk Factors for Sporadic Reportable Bacterial Enteric Infection in Children

A Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Gene Encoding Osteoprotegerin, an Anti-inflammatory Protein Produced in Response to Infection with Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Nonsecretory Bacterial Diarrhea in USA.

Gnotobiotic Piglet Infection Model for Evaluating the Safe Use of Antibiotics against Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection

CD73 Is Expressed by Human Regulatory T Helper Cells and Suppresses Proinflammatory Cytokine Production and Helicobacter felis–Induced Gastritis in Mice

Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin Inhibits Duodenal Bicarbonate Secretion by a Histamine-Dependent Mechanism in Mice

Penicillin-Binding Protein 7/8 Contributes to the Survival of Acinetobacter baumannii In Vitro and In Vivo

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Adhesin Protein E: Characterization and Biological Activity

Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin Influences Pathogenicity in Staphylococcus aureus Infection

Major Articles and Brief Reports: HIV/AIDS

Selection of HIV Variants with Signature Genotypic Characteristics during Heterosexual Transmission

Major Articles and Brief Reports: Parasites

Tumor Necrosis Factor and Lymphotoxin-? Polymorphisms and Severe Malaria in African Populations

In Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania guyanensis Infection, Distinct Intralesional Interleukin-10 and Foxp3 mRNA Expression Are Associated with Unresponsiveness to Treatment

Major articles and brief reports: Pathogenesis and host response

Lactoferrin as a Natural Regimen for Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract: Recombinant Porcine Lactoferrin Expressed in the Milk of Transgenic Mice Protects Neonates from Pathogenic Challenge in the Gastrointestinal Tract

Major articles and brief reports: Viruses

Patterns of Gene Transcript Abundance in the Blood of Children with Severe or Uncomplicated Dengue Highlight Differences in Disease Evolution and Host Response to Dengue Virus Infection

Epidemiology and Genotype Analysis of Sapovirus Associated with Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Alberta, Canada: 2004–2008

Persistence of Mumps Antibodies after 2 Doses of Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine

New Strain of Human T Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) Type 3 in a Pygmy from Cameroon with Peculiar HTLV Serologic Results

Ability to Replicate in the Cytoplasm Predicts Zoonotic Transmission of Livestock Viruses

Research letters

Potential evolution of hydrolysis spectrum for AmpC ?-lactamase of Escherichia coli

Use of ezetimibe during HIV infection

Antimicrobial prescribing education programmes

Bugs and drugs on the Web: changes in knowledge of users of a web-based education resource on antibiotic prescribing