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Contents: January 2004, Volume 11, Issue 1        Microbial Immunology        Cellular Immunology        Experimental Clinical Investigation        Antibodies and Mediators Of Immunity        Veterinary Immunology        Immune-Mediated Responses and Disorders

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Microbial Immunology:

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Assignment of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups A, C, W135, and Y Anticapsular Total Immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgG1, and IgG2 Concentrations to Reference Sera Helen Joseph, Paul Balmer, Mike Bybel, Thomas Papa, Robert Ryall, and Ray Borrow Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 1-5; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationship of Binding of Immunoglobulin G to Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes with Parasite Endemicity and Antibody Responses to Conserved Antigen in Immune Individuals Antoine-Marie Diatta, Laurence Marrama, Adama Tall, Jean-François Trape, Alioune Dieye, Olivier Garraud, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, and Ronald Perraut Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 6-11; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Magnitude of Serum and Intestinal Antibody Responses Induced by Sequential Replicating and Nonreplicating Rotavirus Vaccines in Gnotobiotic Pigs and Correlation with Protection Marli S. P. Azevedo, Lijuan Yuan, Cristiana Iosef, Kyeong-Ok Chang, Yunjeong Kim, Trang Van Nguyen, and Linda J. Saif Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 12-20; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotypic Drug Susceptibility Assay for Influenza Virus Neuraminidase Inhibitors James J. McSharry, Ann C. McDonough, Betty A. Olson, and George L. Drusano Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 21-28; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Performance and Use of a Ribonucleotide Reductase Herpes Simplex Virus Type-Specific Serological Assay S. Q. Wales, C. C. Smith, M. Wachsman, G. Calton, and L. Aurelian Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 42-49; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of a Multiplexed Fluorescent Covalent Microsphere Immunoassay and an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Measurement of Human Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Anthrax Toxins Raymond E. Biagini, Deborah L. Sammons, Jerome P. Smith, Barbara A. MacKenzie, Cynthia A. F. Striley, Vera Semenova, Evelen Steward-Clark, Karen Stamey, Alison E. Freeman, Conrad P. Quinn, and John E. Snawder Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 50-55; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Antibody Responses to a Potential Combination of Specific Glycolipids and Proteins for Test Sensitivity Improvement in Tuberculosis Serodiagnosis Esther Julián, Lurdes Matas, José Alcaide, and Marina Luquin Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 70-76; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of the Determine Rapid Syphilis TP Assay Using Sera Theresa Diaz, Maria de Gloria Bonecini Almeida, Ingebourg Georg, Suely de Carvalho Maia, Rogerio Valls de Souza, and Lauri E. Markowitz Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 98-101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody Reactivity to Omp31 from Brucella melitensis in Human and Animal Infections by Smooth and Rough Brucellae Juliana Cassataro, Karina Pasquevich, Laura Bruno, Jorge C. Wallach, Carlos A. Fossati, and Pablo C. Baldi Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 111-114; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Maintenance of Serum Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Nuclear Antigen 2 in Healthy Individuals from Different Age Groups in a Japanese Population with a High Childhood Incidence of Asymptomatic Primary EBV Infection Shizuko Harada, Yoshio Kamata, Yasuyuki Ishii, Hiroyuki Eda, Ryo Kitamura, Maya Obayashi, Sayuri Ito, Fumihiko Ban, Jun Kuranari, Haruhiko Nakajima, Tomoko Kuze, Masao Hayashi, Nobuhiko Okabe, Hidenobu Senpuku, Nobuyuki Miyasaka, Yoshiko Nakamura, Hirokazu Kanegane, and Kazuo Yanagi Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 123-130; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simultaneous Detection and Differentiation of Anti-Helicobacter pylori Antibodies by Flow Microparticle Immunofluorescence Assay F. Bühling, G. Koch, T. Wex, A. Heimburg, M. Vieth, A. Leodolter, A. Roessner, S. Ansorge, and P. Malfertheiner Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 131-136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the Bovine Leukemia Virus Envelope Glycoprotein (gp51) by Recombinant Baculovirus and Its Use in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Antonio De Giuseppe, Francesco Feliziani, Domenico Rutili, and Gian Mario De Mia Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 147-151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Systemic and Mucosal Responses to Oral Administration of Excretory and Secretory Antigens from Giardia intestinalis Juan Carlos Jiménez, Josette Fontaine, Jean-Marie Grzych, Eduardo Dei-Cas, and Monique Capron Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 152-160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytokine Production and Monocyte HLA-DR Expression as Predictors of Outcome for Patients with Community-Acquired Severe Infections A. Lekkou, M. Karakantza, A. Mouzaki, F. Kalfarentzos, and C. A. Gogos Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 161-167; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Neutralizing Antibodies against Different Rotavirus Serotypes in Children with Severe Rotavirus-Induced Diarrhea and Their Mothers Pratibha G. Ray and Shobhana D. Kelkar Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 186-194; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning of a Babesia caballi Gene Encoding the 134-Kilodalton Protein and Evaluation of Its Diagnostic Potential in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Yoh Tamaki, Haruyuki Hirata, Noriyuki Takabatake, Sabine Bork, Naoaki Yokoyama, Xuenan Xuan, Kozo Fujisaki, and Ikuo Igarashi Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 211-215; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Expression of a Human Monoclonal Antibody-Alkaline Phosphatase Conjugate Specific for Entamoeba histolytica Hiroshi Tachibana, Masataka Takekoshi, Xun-Jia Cheng, Yuta Nakata, Tsutomu Takeuchi, and Seiji Ihara Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 216-218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Suitability of Frozen Serum Stored in Gel Separator Primary Sampling Tubes for Serological Testing Manuel Rosa-Fraile, Antonio Sampedro, Javier Rodríguez-Granger, Enrique Camacho, and Ester Manrique Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 219-221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Profile of Antibodies to the Nucleocapsid Protein of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)-Associated Coronavirus in Probable SARS Patients Xuan Liu, Yulin Shi, Ping Li, Linhai Li, Yanping Yi, Qingjun Ma, and Cheng Cao Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 227-228; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cellular Immunology:

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Population-Based Hematologic and Immunologic Reference Values for a Healthy Ugandan Population Eric S. Lugada, Jonathan Mermin, Frank Kaharuza, Elling Ulvestad, Willy Were, Nina Langeland, Birgitta Asjo, Sam Malamba, and Robert Downing Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 29-34; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Calcium Signaling through Phospholipase C Activates Dendritic Cells To Mature and Is Necessary for the Activation and Maturation of Dendritic Cells Induced by Diverse Agonists Kenneth C. Bagley, Sayed F. Abdelwahab, Robert G. Tuskan, and George K. Lewis Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 77-82; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Establishment of Adult Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Subset Reference Range for an Asian Population by Single-Platform Flow Cytometry: Influence of Age, Sex, and Race and Comparison with Other Published Studies Wee J. Chng, Guat B. Tan, and Ponnudurai Kuperan Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 168-173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Decreased Expression of the CD3 Chain in T Cells Infiltrating the Synovial Membrane of Patients with Osteoarthritis Lazaros I. Sakkas, George Koussidis, Efthimios Avgerinos, John Gaughan, and Chris D. Platsoucas Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 195-202; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Age-Related Changes in Expression of CXCR4 and CCR5 on Peripheral Blood Leukocytes from Uninfected Infants Born to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Mothers Sharon Shalekoff, Glenda E. Gray, and Caroline T. Tiemessen Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 229-234; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Experimental Clinical Investigation:

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Neutralization of Gamma Interferon Augments Borreliacidal Antibody Production and Severe Destructive Lyme Arthritis in C3H/HeJ Mice Erik L. Munson, David J. DeCoster, Dean T. Nardelli, Douglas M. England, Steven M. Callister, and Ronald F. Schell Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 35-41; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Prostate Cancer Cell Colony Formation by the Flavonoid Quercetin Correlates with Modulation of Specific Regulatory Genes Hari Krishnan Nair, Kesava V. K. Rao, Ravikumar Aalinkeel, Supriya Mahajan, Ram Chawda, and Stanley A. Schwartz Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 63-69; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunologic Hyporesponsiveness to Serogroup C but Not Serogroup A following Repeated Meningococcal A/C Polysaccharide Vaccination in Saudi Arabia Hani Jokhdar, Ray Borrow, Abdulrazaq Sultan, Mousaed Adi, Christine Riley, Emily Fuller, and David Baxter Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 83-88; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgG Immune Responses against P-90 Antigen for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Screening for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Marcus B. Conde, Philip Suffys, Jose Roberto Lapa e Silva, Afranio L. Kritski, and Susan E. Dorman Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 94-97; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Primary and Secondary Measles Vaccine Failures by Measurement of Immunoglobulin G Avidity in Measles Cases during the 1997 São Paulo Epidemic Cláudio S. Pannuti, Ricardo José Morello, José Cássio de Moraes, Suely Pires Curti, Ana Maria S. Afonso, Maria Cláudia Corrêa Camargo, and Vanda A. U. F. de Souza Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 119-122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specificity of the Antibody Response to the Pneumococcal Polysaccharide and Conjugate Vaccines in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adults Daniel R. Feikin, Cheryl M. Elie, Matthew B. Goetz, Jeffrey L. Lennox, George M. Carlone, Sandra Romero-Steiner, Patricia F. Holder, William A. O'Brien, Cynthia G. Whitney, Jay C. Butler, and Robert F. Breiman Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 137-141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recognition of ESAT-6 Sequences by Antibodies in Sera of Tuberculous Nonhuman Primates G. V. Kanaujia, S. Motzel, M. A. Garcia, P. Andersen, and M. L. Gennaro Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 222-226; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Antibodies and Mediators Of Immunity:

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Important Role of P-Selectin for Leukocyte Recruitment, Hepatocellular Injury, and Apoptosis in Endotoxemic Mice Daniel Klintman, Xiang Li, and Henrik Thorlacius Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 56-62; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Measurement of Serum Bactericidal Activity Specific for Haemophilus influenzae Type b by Using a Chromogenic and Fluorescent Metabolic Indicator Sandra Romero-Steiner, Willie Spear, Nekeidra Brown, Patricia Holder, Thomas Hennessy, Patricia Gomez de Leon, and George M. Carlone Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 89-93; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gamma Interferon (IFN-) and IFN--Inducing Cytokines Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-18 Do Not Augment Infection-Stimulated Bone Resorption In Vivo Hajime Sasaki, Khaled Balto, Nobuyuki Kawashima, Jean Eastcott, Katsuaki Hoshino, Shizuo Akira, and Philip Stashenko Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 106-110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Veterinary Immunology:

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Fecal Immunoglobulin A Antibodies in Dogs Infected or Vaccinated with Canine Coronavirus Nicola Decaro, Annamaria Pratelli, Antonella Tinelli, Vito Martella, Michele Camero, Domenico Buonavoglia, Maria Tempesta, Anna Maria Caroli, and Canio Buonavoglia Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 102-105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mastitis Increases Mammary mRNA Abundance of ß-Defensin 5, Toll-Like-Receptor 2 (TLR2), and TLR4 but Not TLR9 in Cattle T. Goldammer, H. Zerbe, A. Molenaar, H.-J. Schuberth, R. M. Brunner, S. R. Kata, and H.-M. Seyfert Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 174-185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Immune-Mediated Responses and Disorders:

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High Prevalence of Seropositivity to a Major Allergen of Anisakis simplex, Ani s 1, in Dyspeptic Patients Carlos Toro, María Luisa Caballero, Margarita Baquero, Javier García-Samaniego, Isabel Casado, Margarita Rubio, and Ignacio Moneo Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 115-118; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Inflammatory and Renal-Injury Markers in Women Treated with Antibiotics for Acute Pyelonephritis Caused by Escherichia coli Juan P. Horcajada, María Velasco, Xavier Filella, Luisa Alvarez, Elisa De Làzzari, Jose Luis Marín, Blanca Collvinent, Alex Smithson, Jose Antonio Martínez, Mariana Noguero, Jordi Vila, and Josep Mensa Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 142-146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Nitric Oxide Production Mediated by Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha on Staphylococcal Enterotoxin C-Stimulated Bovine Mammary Gland Cells Ken-ichi Komine, Toshinobu Kuroishi, Yumiko Komine, Kouichi Watanabe, Jin Kobayashi, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Shin-ichi Kamata, and Katsuo Kumagai Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. January 2004 11: 203-210; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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