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Minireviews:

Frank J. Jenkins, David T. Rowe, and Charles R. Rinaldo, Jr.

Herpesvirus Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 1-7. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Immunology:

Mika Paldanius, Aini Bloigu, Maija Leinonen, and Pekka Saikku

Measurement of Chlamydia pneumoniae-Specific Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Antibodies by the Microimmunofluorescence (MIF) Method: Comparison of Seven Fluorescein-Labeled Anti-Human IgA Conjugates in an In-House MIF Test Using One Commercial MIF and One Enzyme Immunoassay Kit
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 8-12. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Jussila, J. Pelkonen, V.-M. Kosma, J. Mäki-Paakkanen, H. Komulainen, and M.-R. Hirvonen

Systemic Immunoresponses in Mice after Repeated Exposure of Lungs to Spores of Streptomyces californicus
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 30-37. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John A. Christopherson, Erik L. Munson, Douglas M. England, Cindy L. Croke, Monica C. Remington, Melanie L. Molitor, David J. DeCoster, Steven M. Callister, and Ronald F. Schell

Destructive Arthritis in Vaccinated Interferon Gamma-Deficient Mice Challenged with Borrelia burgdorferi: Modulation by Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 44-52. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carol J. Holman, Jo-Anne H. van Burik, Steven H. Hinrichs, and Henry H. Balfour, Jr.

Specific Detection of Human BK Polyomavirus in Urine Samples of Immunocompromised Patients
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 66-69. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Barbara C. Gärtner, Ralf D. Hess, Dirk Bandt, Alexander Kruse, Axel Rethwilm, Klaus Roemer, and Nikolaus Mueller-Lantzsch

Evaluation of Four Commercially Available Epstein-Barr Virus Enzyme Immunoassays with an Immunofluorescence Assay as the Reference Method
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 78-82. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Masahiro Niikura, Tetsuro Ikegami, Masayuki Saijo, Takeshi Kurata, Ichiro Kurane, and Shigeru Morikawa

Analysis of Linear B-Cell Epitopes of the Nucleoprotein of Ebola Virus That Distinguish Ebola Virus Subtypes
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 83-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pierre Houpikian and Didier Raoult

Western Immunoblotting for Bartonella Endocarditis
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 95-102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

I. Portig, J. C. Goodall, R. L. Bailey, and J. S. H. Gaston

Characterization of the Humoral Immune Response to Chlamydia Outer Membrane Protein 2 in Chlamydial Infection
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 103-107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michiko Ogino, Hideki Ebihara, Byoung-Hee Lee, Koichi Araki, Åke Lundkvist, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, and Jiro Arikawa

Use of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Pseudotypes Bearing Hantaan or Seoul Virus Envelope Proteins in a Rapid and Safe Neutralization Test
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 154-160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James G. H. Dinulos, Laurel Mentele, L. Page Fredericks, Beverly A. Dale, and Gary L. Darmstadt

Keratinocyte Expression of Human ß Defensin 2 following Bacterial Infection: Role in Cutaneous Host Defense
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 161-166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert Krause, Günter J. Krejs, Christoph Wenisch, and Emil C. Reisinger

Elevated Fecal Candida Counts in Patients with Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea: Role of Soluble Fecal Substances
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 167-168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takashi Asahara, Masatoshi Takahashi, Koji Nomoto, Hiroo Takayama, Masaharu Onoue, Masami Morotomi, Ryuichiro Tanaka, Teruo Yokokura, and Naoya Yamashita

Assessment of Safety of Lactobacillus Strains Based on Resistance to Host Innate Defense Mechanisms
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 169-173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. J. Bax, J. A. E. M. Mutsaers, C. L. Jansen, J. B. Trimbos, P. J. Dörr, and P. M. Oostvogel

Comparison of Serological Assays for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis Antibodies in Different Groups of Obstetrical and Gynecological Patients
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 174-176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Harry E. Prince and Wayne R. Hogrefe

Performance Characteristics of an In-House Assay System Used To Detect West Nile Virus (WNV)-Specific Immunoglobulin M during the 2001 WNV Season in the United States
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 177-179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. Simón, G. Prieto, R. Morchón, C. Bazzocchi, C. Bandi, and C. Genchi

Immunoglobulin G Antibodies against the Endosymbionts of Filarial Nematodes (Wolbachia) in Patients with Pulmonary Dirofilariasis
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 180-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mariko Kohmoto, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Eiji Sato, Yorihiro Nishimura, Yasuo Inoshima, Masayuki Shimojima, Yukinobu Tohya, Takeshi Mikami, and Takayuki Miyazawa

Experimental Mucosal Infection with Molecularly Cloned Feline Immunodeficiency Viruses
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 185-188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. Akingbade, B. J. Cohen, and D. W. G. Brown

Detection of Low-Avidity Immunoglobulin G in Oral Fluid Samples: New Approach for Rubella Diagnosis and Surveillance
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 189-190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Experimental Clinical Investigation:

Jesse Cushman, Jeannette Lo, Zhi Huang, Clive Wasserfall, and John M. Petitto

Neurobehavioral Changes Resulting from Recombinase Activation Gene 1 Deletion
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 13-18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Krauss-Etschmann, E. Sammler, S. Koletzko, N. Konstantopoulos, D. Aust, B. Gebert, B. Luckow, D. Reinhardt, and D. J. Schendel

Chemokine Receptor 5 Expression in Gastric Mucosa of Helicobacter pylori-Infected and Noninfected Children
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 22-29. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carolina Scagnolari, Milvia Casato, Francesca Bellomi, Francesca De Pisa, Ombretta Turriziani, Rossella Coviello, Maria Rosaria Pirro, Ferdinando Dianzani, and Guido Antonelli

Serum Interferon (IFN)-Neutralizing Antibodies and Bioactivities of IFNs in Patients with Severe Type II Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 70-77. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David Opalka, Charles E. Lachman, Stefani A. MacMullen, Kathrin U. Jansen, Judith F. Smith, Narendra Chirmule, and Mark T. Esser

Simultaneous Quantitation of Antibodies to Neutralizing Epitopes on Virus-Like Particles for Human Papillomavirus Types 6, 11, 16, and 18 by a Multiplexed Luminex Assay
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 108-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Antibodies and Mediators Of Immunity:

Norman A. Pinsky, Jeanne M. Huddleston, Robert M. Jacobson, Peter C. Wollan, and Gregory A. Poland

Effect of Multiple Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Detection of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Virus Antibodies
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 19-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Josephine Anne D. Navoa, Suman Laal, Liise-Anne Pirofski, Gary R. McLean, Zhongdong Dai, John B. Robbins, Rachel Schneerson, Arturo Casadevall, and Aharona Glatman-Freedman

Specificity and Diversity of Antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Arabinomannan
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 88-94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Veterinary Immunology:

Will L. Goff, Terry F. McElwain, Carlos E. Suarez, Wendell C. Johnson, Wendy C. Brown, Junzo Norimine, and Donald P. Knowles

Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Based on a Rhoptry-Associated Protein 1 Epitope Specifically Identifies Babesia bovis-Infected Cattle
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 38-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

José de la Fuente, Edmour F. Blouin, and Katherine M. Kocan

Infection Exclusion of the Rickettsial Pathogen Anaplasma marginale in the Tick Vector Dermacentor variabilis
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 182-184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cellular Immunology:

Monica Kharbanda, Thomas W. McCloskey, Rajendra Pahwa, Mei Sun, and Savita Pahwa

Alterations in T-Cell Receptor Vß Repertoire of CD4 and CD8 T Lymphocytes in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Children
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 53-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. de Waard, E. Claassen, G. C. A. M. Bokken, B. Buiting, J. Garssen, and J. G. Vos

Enhanced Immunological Memory Responses to Listeria monocytogenes in Rodents, as Measured by Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity (DTH), Adoptive Transfer of DTH, and Protective Immunity, following Lactobacillus casei Shirota Ingestion
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 59-65. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wilco de Jager, Henk te Velthuis, Berent J. Prakken, Wietse Kuis, and Ger T. Rijkers

Simultaneous Detection of 15 Human Cytokines in a Single Sample of Stimulated Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 133-139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Norbert Makori, Alice F. Tarantal, Fabien X. Lü, Tracy Rourke, Marta L. Marthas, Michael B. McChesney, Andrew G. Hendrickx, and Christopher J. Miller

Functional and Morphological Development of Lymphoid Tissues and Immune Regulatory and Effector Function in Rhesus Monkeys: Cytokine-Secreting Cells, Immunoglobulin-Secreting Cells, and CD5⁺ B-1 Cells Appear Early in Fetal Development
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 140-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Immune-Mediated Responses and Disorders:

E. Strömberg, A. Edebo, A.-M. Svennerholm, and C. Lindholm

Decreased Epithelial Cytokine Responses in the Duodenal Mucosa of Helicobacter pylori-Infected Duodenal Ulcer Patients
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 116-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Liliane Goetsch, Jean Francois Haeuw, Thierry Champion, Christine Lacheny, Thien N’Guyen, Alain Beck, and Nathalie Corvaia

Identification of B- and T-Cell Epitopes of BB, a Carrier Protein Derived from the G Protein of Streptococcus Strain G148
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 125-132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Chiara Agrati, Fabrizio Poccia, Simone Topino, Pasquale Narciso, Cinzia Selva, Leopoldo Paolo Pucillo, Gianpiero D'Offizi, Guido Antonelli, Francesca Bellomi, Ombretta Turriziani, and Federica Bambacioni

P-Glycoprotein Expression by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients Is Independent from Response to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 191-192. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Floyd Frost, Tim Muller, Twila Kunde, Gunther Craun, Jeffrey W. Priest, Patrick J. Lammie, Anna Li, Mohamad Khan, Corinne S. Ong, and Judith Isaac-Renton

Quality Assurance Considerations in Cryptosporidium Antibody Tests
Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003 10: 193-194. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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