Contents: December 2008, Volume 15, Issue 12        Clinical Laboratory Immunology        Microbial Immunology        Vaccine Research        Immune Mechanisms Other Issues

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Clinical Laboratory Immunology:

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Comparison of Three Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for Detection of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to Tetanus Toxoid with Reference Standards and the Impact on Clinical Practice Karen H. van Hoeven, Connie Dale, Phil Foster, and Barbara Body Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1751-1754; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00254-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serological Diagnosis of Leprosy in Patients in Vietnam by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay with Mycobacterium leprae-Derived Major Membrane Protein II Masanori Kai, Nhu Ha Nguyen Phuc, Thuy Huong Hoang Thi, An Hoang Nguyen, Yasuo Fukutomi, Yumi Maeda, Yuji Miyamoto, Tetsu Mukai, Tsuyoshi Fujiwara, Tan Thanh Nguyen, and Masahiko Makino Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1755-1759; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00148-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Performance Characteristics of the Platelia Aspergillus Enzyme Immunoassay for Detection of Aspergillus Galactomannan Antigen in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid S. Husain, C. J. Clancy, M. H. Nguyen, S. Swartzentruber, H. Leather, A. M. LeMonte, M. M. Durkin, K. S. Knox, C. A. Hage, C. Bentsen, N. Singh, J. R. Wingard, and L. J. Wheat Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1760-1763; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00226-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Sensitivity of Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Patients in Korea via a Cocktail Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Containing the Abundantly Expressed Antigens of the K Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis A-Rum Shin, Sung Jae Shin, Kil-Soo Lee, Sun-Ho Eom, Seung-Sub Lee, Byung-Soo Lee, Ji-Sook Lee, Sang Nae Cho, and Hwa-Jung Kim Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1788-1795; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00231-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of the Recombinant VlsE-Based Liaison Chemiluminescence Immunoassay for Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi and Diagnosis of Lyme Disease Thomas B. Ledue, Marilyn F. Collins, John Young, and Martin E. Schriefer Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1796-1804; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00195-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Nucleocapsid-Based Human Coronavirus Immunoassay and Estimates of Individuals Exposed to Coronavirus in a U.S. Metropolitan Population Emily G. Severance, Ioannis Bossis, Faith B. Dickerson, Cassie R. Stallings, Andrea E. Origoni, Anne Sullens, Robert H. Yolken, and Raphael P. Viscidi Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1805-1810; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00124-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiplex Immunoassay for Serological Diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Cattle Clare Whelan, Eduard Shuralev, Grainne O'Keeffe, Paula Hyland, Hang Fai Kwok, Philip Snoddy, Amanda O'Brien, Marie Connolly, Padraig Quinn, Matt Groll, Todd Watterson, Sara Call, Kevin Kenny, Anthony Duignan, Mary Jo Hamilton, Bryce M. Buddle, James A. Johnston, William C. Davis, Shane A. Olwill, and John Clarke Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1834-1838; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00238-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seroprevalence of Turkey Coronavirus in North American Turkeys Determined by a Newly Developed Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Based on Recombinant Antigen Maged H. Gomaa, Dongwan Yoo, Davor Ojkic, and John R. Barta Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1839-1844; published ahead of print October 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00319-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Case Series Study of Traveler's Diarrhea in U.S. Military Personnel at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey C. K. Porter, H. El Mohammady, S. Baqar, D. M. Rockabrand, S. D. Putnam, D. R. Tribble, M. S. Riddle, R. W. Frenck, P. Rozmajzl, E. Kilbane, A. Fox, R. Ruck, M. Lim, Y. J. Johnston, E. Murphy, and J. W. Sanders Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1884-1887; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00163-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Immunology:

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Real-Time In Vivo Green Fluorescent Protein Imaging of a Murine Leishmaniasis Model as a New Tool for Leishmania Vaccine and Drug Discovery Sanjay R. Mehta, Robert Huang, Meng Yang, Xing-Quan Zhang, Bala Kolli, Kwang-Poo Chang, Robert M. Hoffman, Yasuyuki Goto, Roberto Badaro, and Robert T. Schooley Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1764-1770; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00270-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Candidate Antigens for Q Fever Serodiagnosis Revealed by Immunoscreening of a Coxiella burnetii Protein Microarray Paul A. Beare, Chen Chen, Timo Bouman, Jozelyn Pablo, Berkay Unal, Diane C. Cockrell, Wendy C. Brown, Kent D. Barbian, Stephen F. Porcella, James E. Samuel, Philip L. Felgner, and Robert A. Heinzen Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1771-1779; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00300-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlation of Proinflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Levels with Histopathological Changes in an Adult Mouse Lung Model of Campylobacter jejuni Infection Nadia Al-Banna, Raj Raghupathy, and M. John Albert Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1780-1787; published ahead of print September 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00193-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Antigen-Specific T-Cell Responses with a Miniaturized and Automated Method Giuseppina Li Pira, Federico Ivaldi, Chiara Dentone, Elda Righi, Valerio Del Bono, Claudio Viscoli, Gerrit Koopman, and Fabrizio Manca Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1811-1818; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00322-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunogenicity of Proteome-Determined Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis-Specific Proteins in Sheep with Paratuberculosis Valerie Hughes, John P. Bannantine, Susan Denham, Stuart Smith, Alfredo Garcia-Sanchez, Jill Sales, Michael L. Paustian, Kevin Mclean, and Karen Stevenson Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1824-1833; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00099-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibodies against Glucan, Chitin, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mannan as New Biomarkers of Candida albicans Infection That Complement Tests Based on C. albicans Mannan B. Sendid, N. Dotan, S. Nseir, C. Savaux, P. Vandewalle, A. Standaert, F. Zerimech, B. P. Guery, A. Dukler, J. F. Colombel, and D. Poulain Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1868-1877; published ahead of print October 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00200-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Vaccine Research:

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Evaluation of a Recombinant Hc of Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype F as an Effective Subunit Vaccine Yun-Zhou Yu, Na Li, Rui-Lin Wang, Heng-Qi Zhu, Shuang Wang, Wei-Yuan Yu, and Zhi-Wei Sun Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1819-1823; published ahead of print October 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00239-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetics of Decline of Maternal Measles Virus-Neutralizing Antibodies in Sera of Infants in France in 2006 Arnaud Gagneur, Didier Pinquier, Marie Aubert, Laurent Balu, Olivier Brissaud, Loïc De Pontual, Christèle Gras Le Guen, Isabelle Hau-Rainsard, Olivier Mory, Georges Picherot, Jean-Louis Stephan, Bernard Cohen, Evelyne Caulin, Benoît Soubeyrand, and Philippe Reinert Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1845-1850; published ahead of print September 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00229-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Dendritic Cells in Enhancement of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Latency and Reactivation in Vaccinated Mice Kevin R. Mott and Homayon Ghiasi Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1859-1867; published ahead of print October 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00318-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Immune Mechanisms:

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Downregulation of CD40 Ligand Response in Monocytes from Sepsis Patients Anna Sinistro, Cristiana Almerighi, Chiara Ciaprini, Silvia Natoli, Emanuele Sussarello, Sara Di Fino, Francesca Calò-Carducci, Giovanni Rocchi, and Alberto Bergamini Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1851-1858; published ahead of print October 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00184-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Immune Responses in Relation to the TLR4(Asp299Gly) Gene Polymorphism Anna Lundberg, Lars Andersson Wikberg, Jorma Ilonen, Outi Vaarala, and Malin Fagerås Böttcher Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1878-1883; published ahead of print October 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00241-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Interleukin 1 (IL-1), IL-4, and IL-6 Polymorphisms on Genetic Susceptibility to Chronic Osteomyelitis Aspasia Tsezou, Lazaros Poultsides, Fotini Kostopoulou, Elias Zintzaras, Maria Satra, Sofia Kitsiou-Tzeli, and Konstantinos N. Malizos Clin. Vaccine Immunol. December 2008 15: 1888-1890; published ahead of print October 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/CVI.00209-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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