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    Pathogens and Disease: Volume 72, Issue 3

    i-ii, 143-207
    December 2014
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  • Pages: i-ii
  • First Published: 08 December 2014

Microbial Communities in Infection and Disease

Research Articles

Biofilm-specific extracellular matrix proteins of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Siva Wu,  Marc M. Baum,  James Kerwin,  Debbie Guerrero,  Simon Webster,  Christoph Schaudinn,  David VanderVelde,  Paul Webster, 
  • Pages: 143-160
  • First Published: 19 June 2014
Biofilm-specific extracellular matrix proteins of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Cytoplasmic and membrane proteins are present in extracellular sites of biofilms formed by the human respiratory tract pathogen non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi).

The bacterial microbiome in paired vaginal and vestibular samples from women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome

Aswathi Jayaram,  Steven S. Witkin,  Xia Zhou,  Celeste J. Brown,  Gustavo E. Rey,  Iara M. Linhares,  William J. Ledger,  Larry J. Forney, 
  • Pages: 161-166
  • First Published: 24 June 2014
The bacterial microbiome in paired vaginal and vestibular samples from women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome

The microbiome in paired vaginal and vestibular samples from women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome and controls are compared.

Cellular Responses

Research Articles

Development of imaging techniques to study the pathogenesis of biosafety level 2/3 infectious agents

Courtney E. Rella,  Nancy Ruel,  Eliseo A. Eugenin, 
  • Pages: 167-173
  • First Published: 02 July 2014
Development of imaging techniques to study the pathogenesis of biosafety level 2/3 infectious agents

This manuscript describes the new imaging technology available for detection with unprecedented sensitivity of several pathogens.

Myosin IIA is essential for Shigella flexneri cell-to-cell spread

Mabel Lum,  Renato Morona, 
  • Pages: 174-187
  • First Published: 02 July 2014
Myosin IIA is essential for Shigella flexneri cell-to-cell spread

In this study, we show that the cell protein Myosin IIA is needed for the human pathogen Shigella flexneri to efficiently infect human cells.

Host Responses to Infection

Research Articles

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis recombinant LprN protein of mce4 operon induces Th-1 type response deleterious to protection in mice

Rashmi Pasricha,  Neeraj K. Saini,  Nisha Rathor,  Rakesh Pathak,  Rajesh Sinha,  Mandira Varma-Basil,  Kiran Mishra,  Vani Brahmachari,  Mridula Bose, 
  • Pages: 188-196
  • First Published: 02 July 2014
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis recombinant LprN protein of mce4 operon induces Th-1 type response deleterious to protection in mice

The LprN protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis may have a pathogenic potential to play important role in long term disease maintenance in host.

An H1-H3 chimeric influenza virosome confers complete protection against lethal challenge with PR8 (H1N1) and X47 (H3N2) viruses in mice

Asghar Abdoli,  Hoorieh Soleimanjahi,  Masoumeh Tavassoti Kheiri,  Abbas Jamali,  Vahideh Mazaheri,  Meghdad Abdollahpour Alitappeh, 
  • Pages: 197-207
  • First Published: 28 July 2014
An H1-H3 chimeric influenza virosome confers complete protection against lethal challenge with PR8 (H1N1) and X47 (H3N2) viruses in mice

Complete protection against lethal challenge with PR8 (H1N1) and X47 (H3N2) viruses by an H1-H3 chimeric influenza virosome.