Annals ofImmunoinfectology

Volume: 4 - Number: 26 - July 15, 2004

Outstanding

Analytical Performance of a Highly Sensitive C-Reactive Protein-Based Immunoassay and the Effects of Laboratory Variables on Levels of Protein in Blood

Cytolethal Distending Toxin Gene Cluster in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H- and O157:H7: Characterization and Evolutionary Considerations

Disease-Dependent Adhesion of Lactic Acid Bacteria to the Human Intestinal Mucosa

CD40 Contributes to Lethality in Acute Sepsis: In Vivo Role for CD40 in Innate Immunity

Antibodies and Mediators of the Immunity

Adrenomedullin Expression by Gastric Epithelial Cells in Response to Infection

Analytical Performance of a Highly Sensitive C-Reactive Protein-Based Immunoassay and the Effects of Laboratory Variables on Levels of Protein in Blood

Changes in Avidity and Level of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sera of Patients Undergoing Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Detection of Immunoglobulin M Antibodies to Hepatitis E Virus by Class Capture Enzyme Immunoassay

Bacterial Infections

Association of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide with Virulence in Pigs

Experimental clinical investigation

Administration of C1 Inhibitor Reduces Neutrophil Activation in Patients with Sepsis

Inflammation and Host Response

CD40 Contributes to Lethality in Acute Sepsis: In Vivo Role for CD40 in Innate Immunity

Differential Induction of Interleukin-10 and Interleukin-12 in Dendritic Cells by Microbial Toll-Like Receptor Activators and Skewing of T-Cell Cytokine Profiles

Microbial immunity and vaccines

Antigenic Organization of the N-Terminal Part of the Polymorphic Outer Membrane Proteins 90, 91A, and 91B of Chlamydophila abortus

Attenuated Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Carrier Vaccine for Simultaneous Antigen-Specific CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Induction

Characterization of Brucella abortus O-Polysaccharide and Core Lipopolysaccharide Mutants and Demonstration that a Complete Core Is Required for Rough Vaccines To Be Efficient against Brucella abortus and Brucella ovis in the Mouse Model

Disparity in Functional Activity between Serum Anticapsular Antibodies Induced in Adults by Immunization with an Investigational Group A and C Neisseria meningitidis-Diphtheria Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine and by a Polysaccharide Vaccine

Microbial Immunology

Antibody Responses Determined for Japanese Dengue Fever Patients by Neutralization and Hemagglutination Inhibition Assays Demonstrate Cross-Reactivity between Dengue and Japanese Encephalitis Viruses

Antigen Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Specific Detection of Reston Ebola Virus Nucleoprotein

Comparison of a Dipstick Assay for Detection of Brucella-Specific Immunoglobulin M Antibodies with Other Tests for Serodiagnosis of Human Brucellosis

Comparison of Capture Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and Nonstructural Protein NS1 Serotype-Specific IgG ELISA for Differentiation of Primary and Secondary Dengue Virus Infections

C-Terminal Region of Outer Surface Protein C Binds Borreliacidal Antibodies in Sera from Patients with Lyme Disease

Detection by Immunofluorescence Assay of Bartonella henselae in Lymph Nodes from Patients with Cat Scratch Disease

Detection of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) tax Sequences in New York City Blood Donors Seronegative for HTLV Types 1 and 2

Disease-Dependent Adhesion of Lactic Acid Bacteria to the Human Intestinal Mucosa

Molecular Genomic

Characterization of an iroBCDEN Gene Cluster on a Transmissible Plasmid of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli: Evidence for Horizontal Transfer of a Chromosomal Virulence Factor

Complete Sequence of the cap Locus of Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b and Nonencapsulated b Capsule-Negative Variants

Cytolethal Distending Toxin Gene Cluster in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H- and O157:H7: Characterization and Evolutionary Considerations

Molecular Pathogenesis

A Fluoroquinolone Induces a Novel Mitogen-Encoding Bacteriophage in Streptococcus canis

A Mosaic Pathogenicity Island Made Up of the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement and a Pathogenicity Island of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Is Frequently Present in Attaching and Effacing E. Coli

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Serotype b Lipopolysaccharide Mediates Coaggregation with Fusobacterium nucleatum

Analysis of the OspE Determinants Involved in Binding of Factor H and OspE-Targeting Antibodies Elicited during Borrelia burgdorferi Infection in Mice

Antigenic Composition of Borrelia burgdorferi during Infection of SCID Mice

Characterization of Anthrolysin O, the Bacillus anthracis Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin

Comparison of bipA Alleles within and across Bordetella Species

Comprehensive Analysis of the Factor H Binding Capabilities of Borrelia Species Associated with Lyme Disease: Delineation of Two Distinct Classes of Factor H Binding Proteins

Contribution of Proton-Translocating Proteins to the Virulence of Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhimurium, Gallinarum, and Dublin in Chickens and Mice

degS Is Necessary for Virulence and Is among Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Genes Induced in Murine Peritonitis

Deletion of the Gene Encoding p60 in Listeria monocytogenes Leads to Abnormal Cell Division and Loss of Actin-Based Motility

Mycological and Parasitology Infections

A Dominant Role for Extracellular Glutathione S-Transferase from Onchocerca volvulus Is the Production of Prostaglandin D

A Recombinant ß-1,3-Glucanosyltransferase Homolog of Coccidioides posadasii Protects Mice against Coccidioidomycosis

Catalases of Aspergillus fumigatus

Chemokine Receptor CCR2 Is Not Essential for the Development of Experimental Cerebral Malaria

Critical Contribution of CD28-CD80/CD86 Costimulatory Pathway to Protection from Trypanosoma cruzi Infection

Veterinary Immunology

Characterization of the Major Antigenic Protein 2 of Ehrlichia canis and Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Its Application for Serodiagnosis of Ehrlichiosis

Differences in Clinical Manifestations and Hematological and Serological Responses after Experimental Infection with Genetic Variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Sheep