Contents: March 1998, Volume 5, Issue 2        Articles        Letters Other Issues

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The Different Binding Patterns of Two Immunoglobulin M Monoclonal Antibodies to Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype A and D Strains Correlate with Serotype Classification and Differences in Functional Assays Wendy Cleare and Arturo Casadevall Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 125-129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of an Immunoglobulin G Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Pertussis Toxin and Filamentous Hemagglutinin in Diagnosis of Pertussis in Senegal François Simondon, Isabelle Iteman, Marie Pierre Preziosi, Abdoulaye Yam, and Nicole Guiso Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 130-134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Decline of Measles-Specific Immunoglobulin M Antibodies after Primary Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination Rita F. Helfand, Howard E. Gary, Jr., William L. Atkinson, James D. Nordin, Harry L. Keyserling, and William J. Bellini Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 135-138; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

vacA Genotypes and Genetic Diversity in Clinical Isolates of Helicobacter pylori Shan-Rui Han, Hans-Joachim Schreiber, Sucharit Bhakdi, Michael Loos, and Markus J. Maeurer Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 139-145; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptococcus neoformans Chemotyping by Quantitative Analysis of 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Glucuronoxylomannans with a Computer-Simulated Artificial Neural Network Robert Cherniak, Homayoun Valafar, Laura C. Morris, and Faramarz Valafar Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 146-159; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Hemagglutination Phenotypes among P-Fimbriated Wild-Type Strains of Escherichia coli in Relation to papG Allele Repertoire James R. Johnson, Jennifer J. Brown, and Parvia Ahmed Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 160-170; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Oral Fluids: A Large-Scale Evaluation of Immunoassay Performance Timothy C. Granade, Susan K. Phillips, Bharat Parekh, Perry Gomez, Wendy Kitson-Piggott, Herbert Oleander, Bisram Mahabir, Waveney Charles, and Stephanie Lee-Thomas Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 171-175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Capsular Serotype and Antibiotic Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Two Chilean Cities Jaime Inostroza, Olivia Trucco, Valeria Prado, Ana Maria Vinet, Gloria Retamal, Gonzalo Ossa, Richard R. Facklam, and Ricardo U. Sorensen Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 176-180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reactivity of Sera from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjögren's Syndrome Patients with Peptides Derived from Human Immunodeficiency Virus p24 Capsid Antigen Jane E. Deas, Leonita G. Liu, James J. Thompson, David M. Sander, Sara S. Soble, Robert F. Garry, and William R. Gallaher Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 181-185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunodepression Induced by Trypanosoma cruzi and Mouse Hepatitis Virus Type 3 Is Associated with Thymus Apoptosis Liana Verinaud, Maria Alice Da Cruz-Höfling, Júlia K. Sakurada, Humberto A. Rangel, José Vassallo, Derek Wakelin, Herb F. Sewell, and Irineu J. B. Camargo Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 186-191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Detection of Antigenic Diversity of Akabane Virus Isolates by Dot Immunobinding Assay Using Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies Kazuo Yoshida and Tomoyuki Tsuda Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 192-198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Previously Assigned Antibody Concentrations in Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Reference Serum 89SF by the Method of Cross-Standardization Nelydia Concepcion and Carl E. Frasch Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 199-204; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunoreactivity of Five Monoclonal Antibodies against the 37-Kilodalton Common Cell Wall Protein (PsaA) of Streptococcus pneumoniae Jennifer Crook, Jean A. Tharpe, Scott E. Johnson, Derrick B. Williams, Annie R. Stinson, Richard R. Facklam, Edwin W. Ades, George M. Carlone, and Jacquelyn S. Sampson Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 205-210; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of Antilipoarabinomannan Antibodies in Classical Complement Activation in Tuberculosis Geir Hetland, Harald G. Wiker, Kolbjørn Høgåsen, Beston Hamasur, Stefan B. Svenson, and Morten Harboe Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 211-218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Blinded Multiplex PCR Analyses of Middle Ear and Nasopharyngeal Fluids from Chinchilla Models of Single- and Mixed-Pathogen-Induced Otitis Media Lauren O. Bakaletz, Gregory J. White, J. Christopher Post, and Garth D. Ehrlich Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 219-224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharide from Nonvirulent Ara+ Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates Is Immunologically Indistinguishable from Lipopolysaccharide from Virulent Ara Clinical Isolates Narisara Anuntagool, Pakamas Intachote, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Nicholas J. White, and Stitaya Sirisinha Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 225-229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Apoptosis in Cord Blood T Lymphocytes from Infants of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Mothers Athena Economides, Ingrid Schmid, Deborah J. Anisman-Posner, Susan Plaeger, Yvonne J. Bryson, and Christel H. Uittenbogaart Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 230-234; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

AIDS Vaccination Studies Using an Ex Vivo Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Model: Homologous Erythrocytes as a Delivery System for Preferential Immunization with Putative Protective Antigens Laura Chiarantini, Donatella Matteucci, Mauro Pistello, Umberto Mancini, Paola Mazzetti, Claudia Massi, Simone Giannecchini, Isabella Lonetti, Mauro Magnani, and Mauro Bendinelli Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 235-241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Blocking Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Serum Antibodies to O157 Antigen of Escherichia coli William Laegreid, Mark Hoffman, James Keen, Robert Elder, and Jimmy Kwang Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 242-246; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetics of Local and Systemic Immune Responses to an Oral Cholera Vaccine Given Alone or Together with Acetylcysteine J. Kilhamn, M. Jertborn, and A.-M. Svennerholm Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 247-250; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Treatment of Mice Modulates Infection with Schistosoma mansoni Padraic G. Fallon, Emma J. Richardson, Frances M. Jones, and David W. Dunne Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 251-253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of trans-Sialidase Inhibition Assay in a Population Serologically Negative for Trypanosoma cruzi but at a High Risk of Infection María S. Leguizamón, Graciela Russomando, Antonieta Rojas de Arias, Margarita Samudio, Margarita Cabral, Stella Maris González-Cappa, Alberto Carlos C. Frasch, and Oscar Campetella Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 254-255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR Detection of Human Cytomegalovirus DNA in Clinical Specimens Using Novel UL37 Exon 3 and US3 Primers Marci M. Lesperance, Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis, María del Pilar Gutiérrez, and Anamaris M. Colberg-Poley Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 256-258; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using Recombinant Major Surface Protein 5 for Serological Diagnosis of Bovine Anaplasmosis in Venezuela Armando Reyna-Bello, Axel Cloeckaert, Nieves Vizcaíno, Mary I. Gonzatti, Pedro M. Aso, Gérard Dubray, and Michel S. Zygmunt Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 259-262; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Simple Whole-Blood Test for Detecting Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Willfried Schramm, Stephen E. Wade, Gustavo Barriga Angulo, Patricia Castillo Torres, and Anthony Burgess-Cassler Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 263-265; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Absolute CD4 Counts Obtained by a Three-Color Flow-Cytometric Method without the Use of a Hematology Analyzer Thomas S. Alexander Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 266-269; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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Potential Monitoring Value of Functional Interleukin-2 Receptors on Human Neutrophils Yvonne Bartlett Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. March 1998 5: 270 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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