CVI -- Table of Contents (November 1 2004, 11 [6])

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Contents: November 2004, Volume 11, Issue 6

       Minireviews

       Microbial Immunology

       Immune-Mediated Responses and Disorders

       Veterinary Immunology

       Cellular Immunology

       Antibodies and Mediators Of Immunity

       Experimental Clinical Investigation

       Authors' Correction

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Minireviews:

Antigenic Diversity and Immune Evasion by Malaria Parasites
Marcelo U. Ferreira, Mônica da Silva Nunes, and Gerhard Wunderlich
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 987-995;
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Expanding Role of Circulating Adhesion Molecules in Assessing Prognosis and Treatment Response in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Nikolaos V. Sipsas and Petros P. Sfikakis
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 996-1001;
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Impact of Immune Plasticity on Development of Cellular Memory Responses to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
Michael A. Kolber
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1002-1007;
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Microbial Immunology:

Comparison of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Western Blotting, Microagglutination, Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay, and Flow Cytometry for Serological Diagnosis of Tularemia
Mustafa Porsch-Özcürümez, Nele Kischel, Heidi Priebe, Wolf Splettstösser, Ernst-Jürgen Finke, and Roland Grunow
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1008-1015;
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Limited Value of Assays Using Detection of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to the Two Recombinant Dense Granule Antigens, GRA1 and GRA6 Nt of Toxoplasma gondii, for Distinguishing between Acute and Chronic Infections in Pregnant Women
Josette Ferrandiz, Corinne Mercier, Martine Wallon, Stéphane Picot, Marie-France Cesbron-Delauw, and François Peyron
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1016-1021;
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Use of Antibodies in Lymphocyte Secretions for Detection of Subclinical Tuberculosis Infection in Asymptomatic Contacts
Rubhana Raqib, S. M. Mostafa Kamal, M. Jubayer Rahman, Zeaur Rahim, Sayera Banu, Pradip K. Bardhan, Fahima Chowdhury, Gul Ara, K. Zaman, Robert F. Breiman, Jan Andersson, and David A. Sack
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1022-1027;
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Diagnosis of Norwalk Virus Infection by Indirect Enzyme Immunoassay Detection of Salivary Antibodies to Recombinant Norwalk Virus Antigen
Christine L. Moe, Arnie Sair, Lisa Lindesmith, Mary K. Estes, and Lee-Ann Jaykus
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1028-1034;
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Antigenic Determinants of Alpha-Like Proteins of Streptococcus agalactiae
Johan A. Maeland, Lars Bevanger, and Randi Valsoe Lyng
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1035-1039;
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Overexpression of a Novel Lymphocyte Population, Positive for an Intracellular CD14-Like Antigen, in Patients Positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
Dan Turner, Michael Hoffman, Israel Yust, Mordechai Fried, Margalit Bleiberg, and Boris Tartakovsky
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1040-1044;
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Establishment of Diagnostic Cutoff Points for Levels of Serum Antibodies to Pertussis Toxin, Filamentous Hemagglutinin, and Fimbriae in Adolescents and Adults in the United States
Andrew L. Baughman, Kristine M. Bisgard, Kathryn M. Edwards, Dalya Guris, Michael D. Decker, Kathy Holland, Bruce D. Meade, and Freyja Lynn
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1045-1053;
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Monoclonal Antibodies for Specific Detection of Encephalitozoon cuniculi
Lan Mo and Michel Drancourt
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1060-1063;
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Assignment of Weight-Based Antibody Units for 13 Serotypes to a Human Antipneumococcal Standard Reference Serum, Lot 89-S(F)
Sally A. Quataert, Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, Carol S. Kirch, Branda Hu, Shelley Secor, Nancy Strong, and Dace V. Madore
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1064-1069;
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Evaluation of an In Vitro Assay for Gamma Interferon Production in Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections
Edward W. Taggart, Harry R. Hill, Roland G. Ruegner, Thomas B. Martins, and Christine M. Litwin
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1089-1093;
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Regulation of Fungal Infection by a Combination of Amphotericin B and Peptide 2, a Lactoferrin Peptide That Activates Neutrophils
Tetsuro Okamoto, Toyohiro Tanida, Benjuan Wei, Eisaku Ueta, Tetsuya Yamamoto, and Tokio Osaki
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1111-1119;
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Evaluation of a Diagnostic Algorithm Using Immunoglobulin M Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay To Differentiate Human West Nile Virus and St. Louis Encephalitis Virus Infections during the 2002 West Nile Virus Epidemic in the United States
Denise A. Martin, Amanda Noga, Olga Kosoy, Alison J. Johnson, Lyle R. Petersen, and Robert S. Lanciotti
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1130-1133;
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Bikunin Inhibits Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Induction in Macrophages
Hidenori Matsuzaki, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tatsuo Yagyu, Kiyoshi Wakahara, Toshiharu Kondo, Noriyuki Kurita, Hideo Sekino, Kiyokazu Inagaki, Mika Suzuki, Naohiro Kanayama, and Toshihiko Terao
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1140-1147;
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Use of Viral Lysate Antigen Combined with Recombinant Protein in Western Immunoblot Assay as Confirmatory Test for Serodiagnosis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Ming Guan, Hsiao Ying Chen, Phuay Heng Tan, Shuo Shen, Phuay-Yee Goh, Yee-Joo Tan, Peow Hoon Pang, Yang Lu, Priscilla Yiquan Fong, and Daria Chin
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1148-1153;
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Utility of Schistosoma bovis Adult Worm Antigens for Diagnosis of Human Schistosomiasis by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Electroimmunotransfer Blot Techniques
J. Pardo, C. Carranza, M. C. Turrientes, J. L. Pérez Arellano, R. López Vélez, V. Ramajo, and A. Muro
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1165-1170;
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Specific Immunoglobulin G Antibody Detected in Umbilical Blood and Amniotic Fluid from a Pregnant Woman Infected by the Coronavirus Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Xiugao Jiang, Xing Gao, Han Zheng, Meiying Yan, Weili Liang, Zhujun Shao, Wei Li, Enmin Zhang, Yuan Hu, Rong Hai, Dongzheng Yu, Biao Kan, and Jianguo Xu
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1182-1184;
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Age-Dependent Accuracy of Helicobacter pylori Antibody Assays for Adults, with Special Emphasis on Atrophic Gastritis
A. Salomaa-Räsänen, T. U. Kosunen, J. Mattila, S. Sarna, and H. Rautelin
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1185-1188;
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Lack of Association between Toll-Like Receptor 2 Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Severe Disease Caused by Staphylococcus aureus
Catrin E. Moore, Shelley Segal, Anthony R. Berendt, Adrian V. S. Hill, and Nicholas P. J. Day
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1194-1197;
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Immune-Mediated Responses and Disorders:

Evaluation of Multiplexed Fluorescent Microsphere Immunoassay for Detection of Autoantibodies to Nuclear Antigens
Thomas B. Martins, Rufus Burlingame, Carlos A. von Mühlen, Troy D. Jaskowski, Christine M. Litwin, and Harry R. Hill
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1054-1059;
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Veterinary Immunology:

New Latex Bead Agglutination Assay for Differential Diagnosis of Cattle Infected with Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
Hye Cheong Koo, Yong Ho Park, Jongsam Ahn, W. Ray Waters, Mary Jo Hamilton, George Barrington, Abdelaziz A. Mosaad, Mitch V. Palmer, Sang Shin, and William C. Davis
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1070-1074;
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Recombinant Helicobacter bilis Protein P167 for Mouse Serodiagnosis in a Multiplex Microbead Assay
Sunlian Feng, Lon V. Kendall, Emir Hodzic, Scott Wong, Edward Lorenzana, Kimberly Freet, Karin S. Ku, Paul A. Luciw, Stephen W. Barthold, and Imran H. Khan
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1094-1099;
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Serological Method Using Recombinant S2 Protein To Differentiate Equine Infectious Anemia Virus (EIAV)-Infected and EIAV-Vaccinated Horses
Sha Jin, Charles J. Issel, and Ronald C. Montelaro
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1120-1129;
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Infection of Immunodeficient Horses with Sarcocystis neurona Does Not Result in Neurologic Disease
Debra C. Sellon, Donald P. Knowles, Ellis C. Greiner, Maureen T. Long, Melissa T. Hines, Tressa Hochstatter, Ahmed Tibary, and John B. Dame
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1134-1139;
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Cellular Immunology:

Association of CD4⁺ CD25⁺ T Cells with Prevention of Severe Destructive Arthritis in Borrelia burgdorferi-Vaccinated and Challenged Gamma Interferon-Deficient Mice Treated with Anti-Interleukin-17 Antibody
Dean T. Nardelli, Matthew A. Burchill, Douglas M. England, Jose Torrealba, Steven M. Callister, and Ronald F. Schell
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1075-1084;
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Establishing Phenotypic Features Associated with Morbidity in Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection
G. E. A. Brito-Melo, J. G. Souza, E. F. Barbosa-Stancioli, A. B. F. Carneiro-Proietti, B. Catalan-Soares, J. G. Ribas, G. W. Thorum, R. D. R. Rocha, O. A. Martins-Filho Grupo Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em HTLV
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1105-1110;
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Structural and Immunological Characteristics of Chronically Inflamed Adenotonsillar Tissue in Childhood
Desiderio Passàli, Valerio Damiani, Giulio Cesare Passàli, Francesco Maria Passàli, Antonio Boccazzi, and Luisa Bellussi
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1154-1157;
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Antibodies and Mediators Of Immunity:

Improved Affinity of a Human Anti-Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc Lectin Fab Fragment by a Single Amino Acid Modification of the Light Chain
Hiroshi Tachibana, Naohisa Matsumoto, Xun-Jia Cheng, Hideo Tsukamoto, and Eisaku Yoshihara
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1085-1088;
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Effects of Prior Polysaccharide Vaccination on Magnitude, Duration, and Quality of Immune Responses to and Safety Profile of a Meningococcal Serogroup C Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate Vaccination in Adults
Jo Southern, Sarah Deane, Lindsey Ashton, Ray Borrow, David Goldblatt, Nick Andrews, Paul Balmer, Rhonwen Morris, J. Simon Kroll, and Elizabeth Miller
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1100-1104;
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Induction of a Humoral Immune Response following an Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection with an Immunomodulatory Peptidic Fraction Derived from Lactobacillus helveticus-Fermented Milk
Jason LeBlanc, Ismail Fliss, and Chantal Matar
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1171-1181;
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Expression of Tocopherol-Associated Protein in Mast Cells
Teruo Ikeda, Masaru Murakami, and Masayuki Funaba
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1189-1191;
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Biased Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Subclass Production in a Case of Hyper-IgM Syndrome
G. R. McLean, K. K. Miller, J. W. Schrader, and A. K. Junker
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1192-1193;
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Experimental Clinical Investigation:

Characterization of Antibodies to Capsular Polysaccharide Antigens of Haemophilus influenzae Type b and Streptococcus pneumoniae in Human Immune Globulin Intravenous Preparations
Malgorzata G. Mikolajczyk, Nelydia F. Concepcion, Theresa Wang, Douglas Frazier, Basil Golding, Carl E. Frasch, and Dorothy E. Scott
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1158-1164;
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Authors' Correction:

Combined Use of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Flow Cytometry To Detect Antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi in Domestic Canines in Texas
Sean V. Shadomy, Stephen C. Waring, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Rodrigo Corrêa Oliveira, and Cynthia A. Chappell
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1198
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Predicting Kala-Azar Disease Manifestations in Asymptomatic Patients with Latent Leishmania donovani Infection by Detection of Antibody against Recombinant K39 Antigen
Sarman Singh, Veena Kumari, and Niti Singh
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. November 2004 11: 1199
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