Occurrence of severe destructive lyme arthritis in hamsters vaccinated with outer surface protein A and challenged with Borrelia burgdorferi.

abstract：:Resurgence is a major concern after malaria elimination. After the initiation of the elimination program on Aneityum Island in 1991, microscopy showed that Plasmodium falciparum disappeared immediately, whereas P. vivax disappeared from 1996 onward, until P. vivax cases were reported in January 2002. By conducting mal...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kaneko A,Chaves LF,Taleo G,Kalkoa M,Isozumi R,Wickremasinghe R,Perlmann H,Takeo S,Tsuboi T,Tachibana S,Kimura M,Björkman A,Troye-Blomberg M,Tanabe K,Drakeley C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opacity (Opa) proteins mediate a variety of interactions between the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis and its human host. These interactions are thought to be of central importance in both the asymptomatic colonization of the nasopharynx and the sporadic occurrence of meningococcal disease. The receptor specificit...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Callaghan MJ,Jolley KA,Maiden MC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial strains of Haemophilus species and Streptococcus pneumoniae were examined for synthesis of the enzyme immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) protease. Of 36 H. influenzae strains examined, 35 produced IgA1 protease; strains included all six capsular types, unencapsulated variants of types b and d, and untypable H. influen...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Male CJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adherence of Trichomonas vaginalis NYH 286 to host cells was evaluated by using monolayer cultures of HeLa and HEp-2 epithelial cells and human fibroblast cell lines. Saturation of sites on HeLa cells was achieved, yielding a maximal T. vaginalis NYH 286-to-cell ratio of two. The ability of radiolabeled NYH 286 to...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Alderete JF,Garza GE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of type 1 pili in promoting bladder colonization was examined by constructing two mutant strains of a clinical Escherichia coli isolate. One mutant was isogenic to the parental strain save for a lesion in a gene required for pilus receptor binding; the other mutant was isogenic save for a lesion in the gene e...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Keith BR,Maurer L,Spears PA,Orndorff PE

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activity of C-ASWS, an alkali-soluble, water-soluble cell wall antigen isolated from mycelial-phase cells of Coccidioides immitis, was compared with that of a commercial coccidioidin (CDN; Cutter Laboratories); CDN-TS, a toluene-induced lysate of mycelial-phase cells; and spherulin, a spherule-derived e...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cox RA,Brummer E,Lecara G

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between Klebsiella pneumoniae and the host environment at the site of infection are largely unknown. Pulmonary surfactant serves as an initial point of contact for inhaled bacteria entering the lung and is thought to contain molecular cues that aid colonization and pathogenesis. To gain insight into t...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Willsey GG,Ventrone S,Schutz KC,Wallace AM,Ribis JW,Suratt BT,Wargo MJ

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori maintains colonization in its human host using a limited set of taxis sensors. TlpD is a proposed energy taxis sensor of H. pylori and dominant under environmental conditions of low bacterial energy yield. We studied the impact of H. pylori TlpD on colonization in vivo using a gerbil infection mode...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Behrens W,Schweinitzer T,Bal J,Dorsch M,Bleich A,Kops F,Brenneke B,Didelot X,Suerbaum S,Josenhans C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An established cell line (Vero) defective in interferon production was used to evaluate the role of interferon in chronic rubella virus infections of cell cultures. Inoculation of Vero cells with a low multiplicity of virus resulted in the development of carrier cultures which had the characteristics of a regulated in...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mifune K,Desmyter J,Rawls WE

更新日期：1970-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing analysis of ∼800 strains of group A Streptococcus (GAS) found that the gene encoding the multiple virulence gene regulator of GAS (mga) is highly polymorphic in serotype M59 strains but not in strains of other serotypes. To help understand the molecular mechanism of gene regulation by Mga and i...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sanson M,Makthal N,Gavagan M,Cantu C,Olsen RJ,Musser JM,Kumaraswami M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis is one of the most important pathogens affecting the swine industry and is also an emerging zoonotic agent for humans. Two-component signaling systems (TCSs) play important roles in the adaptation of pathogenic bacteria to host environments. In this study, we identified a novel TCS, named TCS09HKRR,...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhong X,Zhang Y,Zhu Y,Dong W,Ma J,Pan Z,Yao H

更新日期：2019-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus [GBS]) is the leading cause of neonatal pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis. An in silico genome analysis indicated that GBS strain NEM316 encodes 35 proteins containing an LPXTG motif which are thought to be covalently linked to the peptidoglycan by an enzyme called sorta...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lalioui L,Pellegrini E,Dramsi S,Baptista M,Bourgeois N,Doucet-Populaire F,Rusniok C,Zouine M,Glaser P,Kunst F,Poyart C,Trieu-Cuot P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo administration of bacterial lipopolysaccharide to mice induced DNA fragmentation in the thymus. Fragmented DNA was confirmed by agarose gel electrophoresis and laser flow cytometry. DNA fragmentation was predominantly detected in the thymus of young mice, while it was undetectable in the spleen, bone marrow, a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Zhang YH,Takahashi K,Jiang GZ,Kawai M,Fukada M,Yokochi T

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-potentiating effect of serum is due to LPS-binding protein (LBP), which facilitates the binding of LPS to CD14 receptors. We observed a remarkable heat sensitivity of recombinant LBP and various sera with respect to both immunoreactivity (measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mészáros K,Aberle S,White M,Parent JB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pac gene of the serotype c strain Streptococcus mutans MT8148 encodes a cell surface protein antigen (PAc) of approximate 190 kilodaltons. The serotype c strain S. mutans GS-5 does not produce the 190-kilodalton PAc but produces a lower-molecular-weight protein that reacts with anti-PAc serum. The SphI-BamHI fragm...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Koga T,Okahashi N,Takahashi I,Kanamoto T,Asakawa H,Iwaki M

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a Crp/Fnr-like transcriptional regulator of Streptococcus pyogenes that when inactivated attenuates virulence. The gene, named srv for streptococcal regulator of virulence, encodes a 240-amino-acid protein with 53% amino acid similarity to PrfA, a transcriptional activator of virulence in Listeria m...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Reid SD,Montgomery AG,Musser JM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial products from gram-positive bacteria, such as peptidoglycan, teichoic acid, and toxins, activate mononuclear cells to produce tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF). The present study evaluated the release of soluble cell wall components from Staphylococcus epidermidis capable of inducing TNF after exposure of th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mattsson E,Van Dijk H,Verhoef J,Norrby R,Rollof J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyolysin (PLO), a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin expressed by Arcanobacterium pyogenes, is an important host-protective antigen. However, this molecule is toxic and requires inactivation prior to its use as a vaccine. Three genetically toxoided, nonhemolytic PLO molecules, HIS-PLO.F(497), HIS-PLO.Delta P(499), and HI...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Jost BH,Trinh HT,Songer JG,Billington SJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Bacteroides fragilis that produce a ca. 20-kDa heat-labile protein toxin (termed B. fragilis toxin [BFT]) have been associated with diarrheal disease of animals and humans. BFT alters the morphology of intestinal epithelial cells both in vitro and in vivo and stimulates secretion in ligated intestinal segme...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Franco AA,Mundy LM,Trucksis M,Wu S,Kaper JB,Sears CL

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total-cell DNA isolated from a highly virulent serotype Ic strain of a group B streptococcus was used to construct a gene bank with bacteriophage lambda L47.1 in Escherichia coli K-12. Recombinant phage plaques in the bank were immunoblotted by using anti-alpha- and anti-beta-specific antibodies directed towards the I...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Cleat PH,Timmis KN

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete sequence analysis of the 210-kb Shigella flexneri 5a virulence plasmid was determined. Shigella spp. cause dysentery and diarrhea by invasion and spread through the colonic mucosa. Most of the known Shigella virulence determinants are encoded on a large plasmid that is unique to virulent strains of Shigel...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Venkatesan MM,Goldberg MB,Rose DJ,Grotbeck EJ,Burland V,Blattner FR

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell walls from Streptococcus mutans were prepared by conventional technique and subjected to a series of extraction procedures involving classical protein solvents. The extracted walls contained several non-peptidoglycan amino acids and were also amenable to radiolabeling with [125I]sodium iodide and chloramine T. Th...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nesbitt WE,Staat RH,Rosan B,Taylor KG,Doyle RJ

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae interacts with vascular endothelial cells during the course of bacteremia. In this study, we characterized the initial attachment of pneumococci to human endothelial cells (EC) and the response of the endothelium to this interaction. Pneumococci adhered to EC in a dose-dependent fashion. Attac...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Geelen S,Bhattacharyya C,Tuomanen E

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against the class 4 outer membrane protein (OMP) from Neisseria meningitidis have been purified from sera from vaccinees immunized with the Norwegian meningococcal group B outer membrane vesicle vaccine. The human sera and purified antibodies reacted strongly with the class 4 OMP in immunoblots, whereas exp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Rosenqvist E,Musacchio A,Aase A,Høiby EA,Namork E,Kolberg J,Wedege E,Delvig A,Dalseg R,Michaelsen TE,Tommassen J

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies with animal models have demonstrated that viral respiratory tract infections suppress bacterial clearance processes in the lung and that this alteration in host defenses appears to explain the excessive mortality from bacterial pneumonia during influenza epidemics. However, since the pathogenesis of postinflue...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Nugent KM,Pesanti EL

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The predominant gram-positive bacteria in 47 fecal specimens from 10 healthy men were studied by microscopic and cultural counts, by the characterization and tentative identification of isolates, and by the use of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated globulins prepared using some of the isolates. Gram-positive...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Gossling J,Slack JM

更新日期：1974-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four classes of mutants of type III group B streptococcus were isolated by serial subculture of the wild-type strain in the presence of type III-specific rabbit antiserum. Class I mutants no longer synthesized sialic acid but still elaborated the core antigen. Class II mutants maintained the ability to synthesize sial...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Yeung MK,Mattingly SJ

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence of blastoconidia to epidermal corneocytes is an early event in Candida colonization and infection of the skin. Pathogenic species adhere more avidly than nonpathogenic species, transform to hyphal growth, and invade the stratum corneum of the skin. Adherence was studied by scanning electron microscopy of exp...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ray TL,Payne CD

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a major cause of traveler's diarrhea as well as of endemic diarrhea and stunting in children in developing areas. However, a small-mammal model has been badly needed to better understand and assess mechanisms, vaccines, and interventions. We report a murine model of ETEC diar...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Bolick DT,Medeiros PHQS,Ledwaba SE,Lima AAM,Nataro JP,Barry EM,Guerrant RL

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection of beige (bg/bg) mice induced levels of natural killer cytolytic activity comparable to that of uninfected normal bg/+ controls, but considerably less than natural killer activity in VSV-infected bg/+ mice. In contrast, VSV-infected bg/bg and bg/+ mice had essentially equival...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： McKinnon KP,Hale AH,Ruebush MJ

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00