Contents: July 1999, Volume 6, Issue 4        Articles        Letters Other Issues

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Evaluation of Newly Developed Immunoperoxidase Monolayer Assays for Detection of Antibodies against Bovine Herpesvirus 4 G. J. Wellenberg, E. M. A. van Rooij, J. Maissan, and J. T. Van Oirschot Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 447-451; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Depletion of Alveolar Macrophages by Treatment with 2-Chloroadenosine Aerosol Yutaka Kubota, Yoshinobu Iwasaki, Hidehiko Harada, Ichiro Yokomura, Mikio Ueda, Shinichi Hashimoto, and Masao Nakagawa Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 452-456; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Fas (CD95/APO-1) Ligand by Human Breast Cancers: Significance for Tumor Immune Privilege Joe O'Connell, Michael W. Bennett, Gerald C. O'Sullivan, Jim O'Callaghan, J. Kevin Collins, and Fergus Shanahan Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 457-463; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Effects of Pertussis Immunoglobulin (P-IGIV) in the Aerosol Challenge Model Jon B. Bruss and George R. Siber Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 464-470; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytokine mRNA Expression in Lesions in Cats with Chronic Gingivostomatitis R. Harley, C. R. Helps, D. A. Harbour, T. J. Gruffydd-Jones, and M. J. Day Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 471-478; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serological Diagnosis of Human Cysticercosis by Use of Recombinant Antigens from Taenia solium Cysticerci Kerstin Hubert, Abel Andriantsimahavandy, Alain Michault, Matthias Frosch, and Fritz A. Mühlschlegel Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 479-482; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diagnosis of Rickettsial Diseases Using Samples Dried on Blotting Paper Florence Fenollar and Didier Raoult Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 483-488; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Anti-VacA Antibody Responses in Serum and Gastric Juice Samples Using Type s1/m1 and s2/m2 Helicobacter pylori VacA Antigens Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, Richard M. Peek, Jr., John C. Atherton, Martin J. Blaser, and Timothy L. Cover Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 489-493; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CD4-Positive and CD8-Positive Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Contribute to Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6 and E7 Responses Mayumi Nakagawa, Daniel P. Stites, Joel M. Palefsky, Zachary Kneass, and Anna-Barbara Moscicki Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 494-498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Surface Display of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp120 on Escherichia coli by Using Ice Nucleation Protein Young-Don Kwak, Seung-Ku Yoo, and Eui-Joong Kim Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 499-503; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunological Diagnosis of Human Cystic Echinococcosis: Utility of Discriminant Analysis Applied to the Enzyme-Linked Immunoelectrotransfer Blot I. Gadea, G. Ayala, M. T. Diago, A. Cuñat, and J. García de Lomas Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 504-508; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlation of Cytokine Elaboration with Mononuclear Cell Adhesion to Platelet Storage Bag Plastic Polymers: a Pilot Study Ikbal ElKattan, James Anderson, J. K. Yun, E. Colton, and Roslyn Yomtovian Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 509-513; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunoglobulin G Avidity in Diagnosis of Toxoplasmic Lymphadenopathy and Ocular Toxoplasmosis Malgorzata Paul Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 514-518; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pneumococcal Capsular Polysaccharide Preparations May Contain Non-C-Polysaccharide Contaminants That Are Immunogenic Xinhong Yu, Yan Sun, Carl Frasch, Nelydia Concepcion, and Moon H. Nahm Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 519-524; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Decreased Superoxide Production, Degranulation, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Secretion, and CD11b/CD18 Receptor Expression by Adherent Monocytes from Preterm Infants David Kaufman, Laurie Kilpatrick, R. Guy Hudson, Donald E. Campbell, Ann Kaufman, Steven D. Douglas, and Mary C. Harris Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 525-529; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Amphetamine on Development of Oral Candidiasis in Rats M. Freire-Garabal, M. J. Núñez, J. Balboa, A. Rodríguez-Cobo, J. M. López-Paz, M. Rey-Méndez, J. A. Suárez-Quintanilla, J. C. Millán, and J. M. Mayán Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 530-533; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Outcomes of Bordetella Infections in Vaccinated Children: Effects of Bacterial Number in the Nasopharynx and Patient Age Qiushui He, Heikki Arvilommi, Matti K. Viljanen, and Jussi Mertsola Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 534-536; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Antiflagellar Human Monoclonal Antibody on Gut-Derived Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis in Mice Tetsuya Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Tateda, Shuichi Miyazaki, Nobuhiko Furuya, Akira Ohno, Yoshikazu Ishii, Yoichi Hirakata, and Keizo Yamaguchi Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 537-541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of an Antigen Spot Test for Detection of Coronavirus in Bovine Fecal Samples Fathy Gaber and Sanjay Kapil Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 542-544; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Similar Humoral and Cellular Immunological Reactivities to Human Herpesvirus 6 in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Controls Malin Enbom, Fu-Zhang Wang, Sten Fredrikson, Claes Martin, Helena Dahl, and Annika Linde Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 545-549; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diagnostic and Prognostic Potential of a Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Leishmaniasis in India Mitali Chatterjee, Charles L. Jaffe, Shyam Sundar, Debasis Basu, Sandeep Sen, and Chitra Mandal Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 550-554; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Four Methods for Detection of Immunoglobulin M Antibodies to Dengue Virus Songee L. Branch and Paul N. Levett Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 555-557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Bartonella-Specific Immunodominant Antigens Recognized by the Feline Humoral Immune System R. L. Freeland, D. T. Scholl, K. R. Rohde, L. J. Shelton, and K. L. O'Reilly Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 558-566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Cytokine Gene Expression by Sodium Salicylate in a Macrophage Cell Line through an NF-B-Independent Mechanism Serge Lemay, Tatiana V. Lebedeva, and Ajay K. Singh Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 567-572; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunoreactivity to Putative B-Cell Epitopes of Hepatitis G Virus Polyprotein in Viremic and Nonviremic Subjects Pierluigi Toniutto, Carlo Fabris, Fabio Barbone, Sergio G. Tisminetzky, Dario Liani, Tiziana Galai, Giovanni Barillari, Franco Biffoni, Vinicio Gasparini, and Mario Pirisi Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 573-576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Simple Saliva-Based Test for Detecting Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Willfried Schramm, Gustavo Barriga Angulo, Patricia Castillo Torres, and Anthony Burgess-Cassler Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 577-580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Flow Cytometric Opsonophagocytic Assay for Measurement of Functional Antibodies Elicited after Vaccination with the 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Joseph E. Martinez, Sandra Romero-Steiner, Tamara Pilishvili, Suzanne Barnard, Joseph Schinsky, David Goldblatt, and George M. Carlone Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 581-586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Significance of Fatty Acids in Pregnancy-Induced Immunosuppression Ian Crocker, Nigel Lawson, Ian Daniels, Philip Baker, and John Fletcher Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 587-593; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pentoxifylline Inhibits Superantigen-Induced Toxic Shock and Cytokine Release Teresa Krakauer and Bradley G. Stiles Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 594-598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Recombinant Flagellin Protein as a Tracer Antigen in a Fluorescence Polarization Assay for Diagnosis of Leptospirosis Nasreen I. Bughio, Min Lin, and Om P. Surujballi Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 599-605; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Immune Responses to ESAT-6 Discriminate between Patients with Pulmonary Disease Due to Mycobacterium avium Complex and Those with Pulmonary Disease Due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis A. David Lein, C. Fordham von Reyn, Pernille Ravn, C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr., Lorraine N. Alexander, and Peter Andersen Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 606-609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of a Monoclonal Antibody against an Escherichia coli O26 Surface Protein for Detection of Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic Strains Paul Kerr, Hywel Ball, Bernard China, Jacques Mainil, David Finlay, David Pollock, Ian Wilson, and Dermot Mackie Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 610-614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterophile Antibodies to Bovine and Caprine Proteins Causing False-Positive Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Other Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Results Joseph H. Willman, Thomas B. Martins, Troy D. Jaskowski, Harry R. Hill, and Christine M. Litwin Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 615-616; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conservation of Expression and N-Terminal Sequences of the Pasteurella haemolytica 31-Kilodalton and Pasteurella trehalosi 29-Kilodalton Periplasmic Iron-Regulated Proteins Louisa B. Tabatabai and Glynn H. Frank Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 617-620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Long-Term Persistence of Immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgM Antibodies against Human Cytomegalovirus in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients Bodo R. Eing, Horst G. Baumeister, Joachim E. Kuehn, and Guenter May Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 621-623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Total Immunoglobulin E Levels and Dengue Infection on San Andrés Island, Colombia María José Míguez-Burbano, Carlos A. Jaramillo, Carol J. Palmer, Gail Shor-Posner, Luz Stella Velásquez, Hong Lai, and Marianna K. Baum Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 624-626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Brucella Outer Membrane Lipoproteins Share Antigenic Determinants with Bacteria of the Family Rhizobiaceae Axel Cloeckaert, Anne Tibor, and Michel S. Zygmunt Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 627-629; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Using the Recombinant Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae ApxII Antigen for Diagnosis of Pleuropneumonia in Pig Herds Gero Leiner, Burkart Franz, Katrin Strutzberg, and Gerald-F. Gerlach Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 630-632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serum Antibody Responses to Helicobacter pylori and the cagA Marker in Patients with Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Anne Taupin, Alessandra Occhialini, Agnès Ruskone-Fourmestraux, Jean-Charles Delchier, Jean-Claude Rambaud, and Francis Mégraud Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 633-638; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Redesignation of a Purported P1.15 Subtype-Specific Meningococcal Monoclonal Antibody as a P1.19-Specific Reagent E. Wedege, D. A. Caugant, A. Musacchio, N. B. Saunders, and W. D. Zollinger Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 639-642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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In Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology the Robot Still Needs Some Careful Human Guidance C. Kirk Osterland; and Russell Tomar Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. July 1999 6: 643 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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