Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 4 - Number: 28 - May 15, 2004

Outstanding

Endotoxin-Induced Gamma Interferon Production: Contributing Cell Types and Key Regulatory Factors

Treatment with Megestrol Acetate Improves Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Immune Thrombocytopenia

Evaluation of the In Vitro Pyrogen Test System Based on Proinflammatory Cytokine Release from Human Monocytes: Comparison with a Human Whole Blood Culture Test System and with the Rabbit Pyrogen Test

YKL-40 Is Elevated in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Patients with Purulent Meningitis

Cellular Immunology

CD8-Deficient Mice Are Highly Susceptible to 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Lethality

Levels of Soluble CD40 Ligand (CD154) in Serum Are Increased in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Patients and Correlate with CD4+ T-Cell Counts

Activation of Human NK Cells by Staphylococci and Lactobacilli Requires Cell Contact-Dependent Costimulation by Autologous Monocytes

Effect of Contaminating Red Blood Cells on OKT3-Mediated Polyclonal Activation of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Activated T Lymphocytes Disappear from Circulation during Endotoxemia in Humans

Clinical and Experimental Investigation

Vitamin A Levels and Immunity in Humans

Use of Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Early Diagnosis of Rift Valley Fever

Immune-mediated responses and disorders

Endotoxin-Induced Gamma Interferon Production: Contributing Cell Types and Key Regulatory Factors

Comparison of Immunoglobulin G Subclass Profiles Induced by Measles Virus in Vaccinated and Naturally Infected Individuals

Treatment with Megestrol Acetate Improves Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Immune Thrombocytopenia

Evaluation of the In Vitro Pyrogen Test System Based on Proinflammatory Cytokine Release from Human Monocytes: Comparison with a Human Whole Blood Culture Test System and with the Rabbit Pyrogen Test

YKL-40 Is Elevated in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Patients with Purulent Meningitis

Low-Dose UVB Contributes to Host Resistance against Leishmania amazonensis Infection in Mice through Induction of Gamma Interferon and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Cytokines

Increased Levels of Soluble CD30 in Plasma of Patients with Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

Microbial Immunology

Use of Immunoglobulin M Cross-Reactions in Differential Diagnosis of Human Flaviviral Encephalitis Infections in the United States

Inclusion Fluorescent-Antibody Test as a Screening Assay for Detection of Antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae

Predicting Kala-Azar Disease Manifestations in Asymptomatic Patients with Latent Leishmania donovani Infection by Detection of Antibody against Recombinant K39 Antigen

Usefulness of Hydatid Cyst Fluid of Echinococcus granulosus Developed in Mice with Secondary Infection for Serodiagnosis of Cystic Echinococcosis in Humans

Optimization of a Human Papillomavirus-Specific Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

Impact of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Virus Infections in a Hematology-Oncology Unit at a Children's Hospital in Nicaragua, 1997 to 1999

Cloning and Expression of a Helicobacter bilis Immunoreactive Protein

Multiplex Assay for Detection of Strain-Specific Antibodies against the Two Variable Regions of the G Protein of Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Quantitation of Immunoglobulin to Hepatitis E Virus by Enzyme Immunoassay

Animal Model of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection Using Germfree Mice

Polyclonal Antibodies to Glutathione S-Transferase- Verotoxin Subunit A Fusion Proteins Neutralize Verotoxins

Cellular Immune Responses to Recombinant Antigens in Pregnant Women Chronically Infected with Toxoplasma gondii

One-Step PCR To Distinguish B Virus from Related Primate Alphaherpesviruses

Assignment of Additional Anticapsular Antibody Concentrations to the Neisseria meningitidis Group A, C, Y, and W-135 Meningococcal Standard Reference Serum CDC1993

Infection with the Helminth Nippostrongylus brasiliensis Does Not Interfere with Efficient Elimination of Mycobacterium bovis BCG from the Lungs of Mice

Helicobacter pylori Seroprevalence in Asymptomatic Pregnant Women in France

Veterinary Immunology

Reduced Levels of Nitric Oxide Metabolites in Cerebrospinal Fluid Are Associated with Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis

Sensitive and Specific Identification of Neospora caninum Infection of Cattle Based on Detection of Serum Antibodies to Recombinant Ncp30

Infection of Tick Cells and Bovine Erythrocytes with One Genotype of the Intracellular Ehrlichia Anaplasma marginale Excludes Infection with Other Genotypes

Importance of M-Protein C Terminus as Substrate Antigen for Serodetection of Equine Arteritis Virus Infection

Development, Evaluation, and Application of Lateral-Flow Immunoassay (Immunochromatography) for Detection of Rotavirus in Bovine Fecal Samples