Annals ofClinical Microbiology

Volume: 4 - Number: 29 - June 15, 2004

Outstanding

Molecular Inflammatory Responses Measured in Blood of Patients with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Lymphocyte Modulation in a Baboon Model of Immunosenescence

Antibody Responses to Escherichia coli O157 and Other Lipopolysaccharides in Healthy Children and Adults

High Levels of Interleukin-1 in Patients with Endemic Pemphigus Foliaceus

Antibodies and Mediators of the Immunity

Method for Simultaneous Measurement of Antibodies to 23 Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharides

Neutralization of Measles Virus Infectivity and Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity Activity against an Epstein-Barr Virus-Infected Cell Line by Intravenous Administration of Immunoglobulin G

Effect of Probiotic Bacteria on Induction and Maintenance of Oral Tolerance to ß-Lactoglobulin in Gnotobiotic Mice

Molecular Inflammatory Responses Measured in Blood of Patients with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Contribution of Serum Immunoglobulin Transudate to the Antibody Immune Status of Murine Intestinal Secretions: Influence of Different Sampling Procedures

Systemic and Cutaneous Mucus Antibody Responses of Channel Catfish Immunized against the Protozoan Parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

Development of a Polyclonal Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Antibodies to Ehrlichia ruminantium

Detection by Two Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays of Antibodies to Ehrlichia ruminantium in Field Sera Collected from Sheep and Cattle in Ghana

Detection of Antiendothelial Cell Antibodies by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using Antigens from Cell Lysate: Minimal Interference with Antinuclear Antibodies and Rheumatoid Factors

Diagnostic Implications of Antigen-Induced Gamma Interferon, Nitric Oxide, and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Production by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Mycobacterium bovis-Infected Cattle

Cellular Immunology

Antigen-Presenting Cell Modulation Induces a Memory Response to p24 in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals

Lymphocyte Modulation in a Baboon Model of Immunosenescence

Experimental clinical investigation

Validation of Serological Correlate of Protection for Meningococcal C Conjugate Vaccine by Using Efficacy Estimates from Postlicensure Surveillance in England

Immunity to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Children with Chronic HIV Infection Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Periodontitis Is Associated with a Low Concentration of Vitamin C in Plasma

Immune-mediated responses and disorders

High Levels of Interleukin-1 in Patients with Endemic Pemphigus Foliaceus

Monitoring Proteinase 3 Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies for Detection of Relapses in Small Vessel Vasculitis

Microbial Immunology

Detection of West Nile Virus (WNV)-Specific Immunoglobulin M in a Reference Laboratory Setting during the 2002 WNV Season in the United States

Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli Infection by Duplex PCR Assay Based on Telomeric Sequences

Development and Evaluation of a Western Blot Kit for Diagnosis of Human Trichinellosis

Antibody Responses to Escherichia coli O157 and Other Lipopolysaccharides in Healthy Children and Adults

Negative Immunodiffusion Test Results Obtained with Sera of Paracoccidioidomycosis Patients May Be Related to Low-Avidity Immunoglobulin G2 Antibodies Directed against Carbohydrate Epitopes

Effect of Bacterial Flora on Postimmunization Gastritis following Oral Vaccination of Mice with Helicobacter pylori Heat Shock Protein 61

Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay Using Recombinant trans-Sialidase of Trypanosoma cruzi Can Be Employed for Monitoring of Patients with Chagas' Disease after Drug Treatment

Competitive Binding Inhibition Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay That Uses the Secreted Aspartyl Proteinase of Candida albicans as an Antigenic Marker for Diagnosis of Disseminated Candidiasis

Distinct Elevation of Levels of Anti-Caenorhabditis elegans Antibody in Sera of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Immune Responses to Differentiated Forms of Helicobacter pylori in Children with Epigastric Pain

Serum Glucan Levels Are Not Specific for Presence of Fungal Infections in Intensive Care Unit Patients

Group A Streptococcal Antibodies in Subjects with or without Rheumatic Fever in Areas with High or Low Incidences of Rheumatic Fever

Clinical Manifestations, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Diagnosis of Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis in a Commercial Laboratory Setting

Monoclonal Antibodies Reactive with Immunorecessive Epitopes of Glucuronoxylomannan, the Major Capsular Polysaccharide of Cryptococcus neoformans

Cloning and Expression of Mitochondrial Heat Shock Protein 70 of Trypanosoma congolense and Potential Use as a Diagnostic Antigen

Effects of Hypothermia on Mortality and Inflammatory Responses to Endotoxin-Induced Shock in Rats

Effects of Ovarian Steroids on Immunoglobulin-Secreting Cell Function in Healthy Women

Lipoteichoic Acid and Peptidoglycan from Staphylococcus aureus Synergistically Induce Neutrophil Influx into the Lungs of Mice

Immunological Characterizations of a Cloned 13.1-Kilodalton Protein from Pathogenic Naegleria fowleri

Modified Direct Agglutination Test for Simplified Serologic Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis

Serotyping Isolates of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by Using Monoclonal Antibodies

Differential Recognition of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 2 Variants by Antibodies from Malaria Patients in Brazil

Review

Laboratory Diagnosis of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Monitoring of Alternative Anticoagulants

Veterinary Immunology

Detection of Anti-Leishmania Immunoglobulin G Antibodies in Urine Specimens of Dogs with Leishmaniasis

Detection of Serum Antibodies to Ovine Progressive Pneumonia Virus in Sheep by Using a Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus Competitive-Inhibition Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay