CVI -- Table of Contents (September 1 2003, 10 [5])

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Contents: September 2003, Volume 10, Issue 5

       Minireviews

       Immune-Mediated Responses and Disorders

       Antibodies and Mediators Of Immunity

       Cellular Immunology

       Microbial Immunology

       Experimental Clinical Investigation

       Veterinary Immunology

       Letters to the Editor

Other Issues

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Minireviews:

Laboratory Diagnosis of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Monitoring of Alternative Anticoagulants
Albrecht Leo and Susanne Winteroll
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 731-740;
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Immune-Mediated Responses and Disorders:

High Levels of Interleukin-1 in Patients with Endemic Pemphigus Foliaceus
Denise Bertulucci Rocha-Rodrigues, Giovana Paschoini, Sanivia Aparecida Lima Pereira, Marlene Antonia dos Reis, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira, and Virmondes Rodrigues, Jr.
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 741-743;
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Monitoring Proteinase 3 Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies for Detection of Relapses in Small Vessel Vasculitis
Mårten Segelmark, Brian D. Phillips, Susan L. Hogan, Ronald J. Falk, and J. Charles Jennette
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 769-774;
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Antibodies and Mediators Of Immunity:

Method for Simultaneous Measurement of Antibodies to 23 Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharides
Raymond E. Biagini, Sonela A. Schlottmann, Deborah L. Sammons, Jerome P. Smith, John C. Snawder, Cynthia A. F. Striley, Barbara A. MacKenzie, and David N. Weissman
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 744-750;
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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
MariCarmen Colomar, Irene Puga, Maite López, Marta Massot, Juan I. Jorquera, Manuel Reina, Senen Vilaró, and Enric Espel
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 751-756;
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Effect of Probiotic Bacteria on Induction and Maintenance of Oral Tolerance to ß-Lactoglobulin in Gnotobiotic Mice
Guénolée Prioult, Ismail Fliss, and Sophie Pecquet
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 787-792;
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Molecular Inflammatory Responses Measured in Blood of Patients with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Silvia Fernández-Serrano, Jordi Dorca, Mercè Coromines, Jordi Carratalà, Francesc Gudiol, and Frederic Manresa
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 813-820;
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Contribution of Serum Immunoglobulin Transudate to the Antibody Immune Status of Murine Intestinal Secretions: Influence of Different Sampling Procedures
Barbara Meckelein, Dörthe Externest, M. Alexander Schmidt, and Andreas Frey
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 831-834;
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Systemic and Cutaneous Mucus Antibody Responses of Channel Catfish Immunized against the Protozoan Parasite Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
Joanne L. Maki and Harry W. Dickerson
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 876-881;
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Development of a Polyclonal Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Antibodies to Ehrlichia ruminantium
Keith J. Sumption, Edith A. Paxton, and Lesley Bell-Sakyi
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 910-916;
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Detection by Two Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays of Antibodies to Ehrlichia ruminantium in Field Sera Collected from Sheep and Cattle in Ghana
Lesley Bell-Sakyi, Enoch B. M. Koney, Otilia Dogbey, Keith J. Sumption, Alan R. Walker, Alasdair Bath, and Frans Jongejan
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 917-925;
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Detection of Antiendothelial Cell Antibodies by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using Antigens from Cell Lysate: Minimal Interference with Antinuclear Antibodies and Rheumatoid Factors
Christian Drouet, Marie-France Nissou, Denise Ponard, Josiane Arvieux, Chantal Dumestre-Pérard, Philippe Gaudin, Bernard Imbert, Christian Massot, and Françoise Sarrot-Reynauld
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 934-939;
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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
W. R. Waters, M. V. Palmer, D. L. Whipple, M. P. Carlson, and B. J. Nonnecke
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 960-966;
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Cellular Immunology:

Antigen-Presenting Cell Modulation Induces a Memory Response to p24 in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals
Michael A. Kolber and Maria O. Saenz
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 757-763;
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Lymphocyte Modulation in a Baboon Model of Immunosenescence
Lakshmi Jayashankar, Kathleen M. Brasky, John A. Ward, and Roberta Attanasio
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 870-875;
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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
Harry E. Prince and Wayne R. Hogrefe
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 764-768;
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Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli Infection by Duplex PCR Assay Based on Telomeric Sequences
Miguel Angel Chiurillo, Gladys Crisante, Agustina Rojas, Andreina Peralta, Manuel Dias, Palmira Guevara, Néstor Añez, and José Luis Ramírez
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 775-779;
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Development and Evaluation of a Western Blot Kit for Diagnosis of Human Trichinellosis
Hélène Yera, Shakir Andiva, Catherine Perret, Denis Limonne, Pascal Boireau, and Jean Dupouy-Camet
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 793-796;
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Antibody Responses to Escherichia coli O157 and Other Lipopolysaccharides in Healthy Children and Adults
Armando Navarro, Carlos Eslava, Ulises Hernandez, Jose Luis Navarro-Henze, Magali Aviles, Guadalupe Garcia-de la Torre, and Alejandro Cravioto
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 797-801;
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Negative Immunodiffusion Test Results Obtained with Sera of Paracoccidioidomycosis Patients May Be Related to Low-Avidity Immunoglobulin G2 Antibodies Directed against Carbohydrate Epitopes
Andréia R. Neves, Ronei L. Mamoni, Cláudio L. Rossi, Zoilo P. de Camargo, and Maria Heloísa S. L. Blotta
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 802-807;
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Effect of Bacterial Flora on Postimmunization Gastritis following Oral Vaccination of Mice with Helicobacter pylori Heat Shock Protein 60
Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Takako Osaki, Haruhiko Taguchi, Noriko Sato, Atushi Toyoda, Motomichi Takahashi, Masanori Kai, Noboru Nakata, Akio Komatsu, Yutaka Atomi, and Shigeru Kamiya
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 808-812;
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Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay Using Recombinant trans-Sialidase of Trypanosoma cruzi Can Be Employed for Monitoring of Patients with Chagas' Disease after Drug Treatment
Vera Lucia Pereira-Chioccola, Abilio Augusto Fragata-Filho, Antonio Marcos de Apparecida Levy, Mauricio M. Rodrigues, and Sergio Schenkman
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 826-830;
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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
Christine J. Morrison, Steven F. Hurst, and Errol Reiss
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 835-848;
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Distinct Elevation of Levels of Anti-Caenorhabditis elegans Antibody in Sera of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Nobuhide Oshitani, Fumihiko Hato, Seiichi Kitagawa, Kenji Watanabe, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Kazuhide Higuchi, Takayuki Matsumoto, and Tetsuo Arakawa
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 856-861;
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Immune Responses to Differentiated Forms of Helicobacter pylori in Children with Epigastric Pain
Bee Ling Ng, Seng Hock Quak, Marion Aw, Kee Tai Goh, and Bow Ho
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 866-869;
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Serum Glucan Levels Are Not Specific for Presence of Fungal Infections in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Justin Digby, John Kalbfleisch, Andy Glenn, Angie Larsen, William Browder, and David Williams
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 882-885;
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Group A Streptococcal Antibodies in Subjects with or without Rheumatic Fever in Areas with High or Low Incidences of Rheumatic Fever
Elia M. Ayoub, Beverly Nelson, Stanford T. Shulman, Douglas J. Barrett, J. Douglas Campbell, George Armstrong, John Lovejoy, Gerald H. Angoff, and Sol Rockenmacher
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 886-890;
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Clinical Manifestations, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Diagnosis of Human Monocytotropic Ehrlichiosis in a Commercial Laboratory Setting
Juan P. Olano, Wayne Hogrefe, Brent Seaton, and David H. Walker
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 891-896;
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Monoclonal Antibodies Reactive with Immunorecessive Epitopes of Glucuronoxylomannan, the Major Capsular Polysaccharide of Cryptococcus neoformans
Suzanne Brandt, Peter Thorkildson, and Thomas R. Kozel
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 903-909;
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Cloning and Expression of Mitochondrial Heat Shock Protein 70 of Trypanosoma congolense and Potential Use as a Diagnostic Antigen
Hiroshi Bannai, Tatsuya Sakurai, Noboru Inoue, Chihiro Sugimoto, and Ikuo Igarashi
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 926-933;
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Effects of Hypothermia on Mortality and Inflammatory Responses to Endotoxin-Induced Shock in Rats
Takumi Taniguchi, Hiroko Kanakura, Yasuhiro Takemoto, and Ken Yamamoto
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 940-943;
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Effects of Ovarian Steroids on Immunoglobulin-Secreting Cell Function in Healthy Women
Fabien X. Lü, Zhongmin Ma, Susie Moser, Thomas G. Evans, and Christopher J. Miller
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 944-949;
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Lipoteichoic Acid and Peptidoglycan from Staphylococcus aureus Synergistically Induce Neutrophil Influx into the Lungs of Mice
Jaklien C. Leemans, Mirjam Heikens, Kok P. M. van Kessel, Sandrine Florquin, and Tom van der Poll
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 950-953;
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Immunological Characterizations of a Cloned 13.1-Kilodalton Protein from Pathogenic Naegleria fowleri
Myoung-Soo Cho, Suk-Yul Jung, Sun Park, Kyongmin Hwang Kim, Hyung-Il Kim, Seonghyang Sohn, Han-Jip Kim, Kyung-Il Im, and Ho-Joon Shin
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 954-959;
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Modified Direct Agglutination Test for Simplified Serologic Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis
P. Gómez-Ochoa, J. A. Castillo, J. Lucientes, M. Gascón, J. J. Zarate, J. I. Arbea, V. Larraga, and C. Rodriguez
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 967-968;
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Serotyping Isolates of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by Using Monoclonal Antibodies
Hisashi Inokuma, Philippe Brouqui, J. Stephen Dumler, and Didier Raoult
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 969-972;
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Differential Recognition of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 2 Variants by Antibodies from Malaria Patients in Brazil
Kelly A. Kanunfre, Fabiana M. S. Leoratti, Erika H. E. Hoffmann, Rui R. Durlacher, Antônio W. Ferreira, Sandra L. Moraes-Ávila, and Marcelo U. Ferreira
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 973-976;
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Experimental Clinical Investigation:

Validation of Serological Correlate of Protection for Meningococcal C Conjugate Vaccine by Using Efficacy Estimates from Postlicensure Surveillance in England
Nick Andrews, Ray Borrow, and Elizabeth Miller
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 780-786;
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Immunity to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Children with Chronic HIV Infection Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Adriana Weinberg and Gregory B. Pott
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 821-825;
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Periodontitis Is Associated with a Low Concentration of Vitamin C in Plasma
Pirkko J. Pussinen, Tiina Laatikainen, Georg Alfthan, Sirkka Asikainen, and Pekka Jousilahti
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 897-902;
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Veterinary Immunology:

Detection of Anti-Leishmania Immunoglobulin G Antibodies in Urine Specimens of Dogs with Leishmaniasis
L. Solano-Gallego, A. Rodríguez, L. Iniesta, M. Arboix, M. Portús, and J. Alberola
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 849-855;
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Detection of Serum Antibodies to Ovine Progressive Pneumonia Virus in Sheep by Using a Caprine Arthritis-Encephalitis Virus Competitive-Inhibition Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Lynn M. Herrmann, William P. Cheevers, Katherine L. Marshall, Travis C. McGuire, Melinda M. Hutton, Gregory S. Lewis, and Donald P. Knowles
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 862-865;
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Letters to the Editor:

Is Chlamydia pneumoniae Present in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Multiple Sclerosis Patients?
Maria Lucia C. Tondella, Geethani Galagoda, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Jens Boman, Subramaniam Sriram, Songyi Yao, Charles S. Stratton, William Mitchell, and Yoshimasa Yamamoto
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. September 2003 10: 977-978;
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