1. Editorial

   • Jan T. Poolman

   EditorialNotes Pages: iii - iii

2. Serological classification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Clinical and epidemiological applications

   • Eric Sandström
   • Solgun Bygdeman

   Section 1: Epidemiology and Vaccination Pages: 375 - 380

3. A clonal analysis of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A

   • B. A. Crowe
   • T. Olyhoek
   • M. Achtman

   Section 1: Epidemiology and Vaccination Pages: 381 - 388

4. Intercontinental spread of Neisseria meningitidis clones of the ET-5 complex

   • D. A. Caugant
   • L. O. Frøholm
   • R. K. Selander

   Section 1: Epidemiology and Vaccination Pages: 389 - 394

5. Appearance of new strains associated with group B meningococcal disease and their use for rapid vaccine development

   • C. E. Frasch
   • L. F. Mocca
   • A. B. Karpas

   Section 1: Epidemiology and Vaccination Pages: 395 - 402

6. Human bactericidal antibody response to meningococcal outer membrane protein vaccines

   • W. D. Zollinger
   • J. Boslego
   • B. L. Brandt

   Section 1: Epidemiology and Vaccination Pages: 403 - 411

7. Comparison of meningococcal outer membrane protein vaccines solubilized with detergent or C polysaccharide

   • J. T. Poolman
   • H. A. M. Timmermans
   • E. C. Beuvery

   Section 1: Epidemiology and Vaccination Pages: 413 - 419

8. Genetic and biochemical analyses of protein II

   • T. D. Connell
   • D. S. Barritt
   • J. G. Cannon

   Section 2: Neisseria Genetics Pages: 421 - 424

9. Pilin independent binding of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to immobilized glycolipids

   • C. D. Deal
   • N. Stromberg
   • M. So

   Section 2: Neisseria Genetics Pages: 425 - 430

10. Molecular principles of antigenic variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    • Rainer Haas
    • Thomas F. Meyer

    Section 2: Neisseria Genetics Pages: 431 - 434

11. The control mechanism of opacity protein expression in the pathogenic Neisseriae

    • K. Muralidharan
    • A. Stern
    • T. F. Meyer

    Section 2: Neisseria Genetics Pages: 435 - 440

12. Gene conversion accounts for pilin structural changes and for reversible piliation “phase” changes in gonococci

    • J. Swanson
    • S. Bergstrom
    • M. Koomey

    Section 2: Neisseria Genetics Pages: 441 - 446

13. Three dimensional structure of bacterial pili

    • H. E. Parge
    • D. E. McRee
    • J. A. Tainer

    Section 2: Neisseria Genetics Pages: 447 - 453

14. Gonococcal protein III. Purification and chemical characterization of the protein, and the DNA sequence of the structural gene

    • E. C. Gotschlich
    • M. S. Blake
    • M. Seiff

    Section 3: Outer Membrane Proteins and IgA Protease Pages: 455 - 459

15. Immunobiology of gonococcal outer membrane protein I

    • J. E. Heckels
    • M. Virji
    • J. N. Fletcher

    Section 3: Outer Membrane Proteins and IgA Protease Pages: 461 - 464

16. Characterization of the major iron-regulated protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neissereria meningitidis

    • S. A. Morse
    • T. A. Mietzner
    • G. Schoolnik

    Section 3: Outer Membrane Proteins and IgA Protease Pages: 465 - 469

17. Restriction site polymorphism in genes encoding type 2 but not type 1 gonococcal IgA1 proteases

    • M. H. Mulks
    • D. A. Simpson
    • R. J. Shoberg

    Section 3: Outer Membrane Proteins and IgA Protease Pages: 471 - 478

18. Neisseria gonorrhoeae IgA protease. Secretion and implications for pathogenesis

    • J. Pohlner
    • R. Halter
    • T. F. Meyer

    Section 3: Outer Membrane Proteins and IgA Protease Pages: 479 - 484

19. Development of a tissue culture model for gonococcal invasion

    • J. H. Shaw
    • F. Hayes
    • S. Falkow

    Section 3: Outer Membrane Proteins and IgA Protease Pages: 485 - 491

20. Antigenic and immunogenic properties of cyanogen bromide peptides from a serotype 5 gonococcal outer membrane protein I

    • T. Teerlink
    • H. Versantvoort
    • E. C. Beuvery

    Section 3: Outer Membrane Proteins and IgA Protease Pages: 493 - 499

21. The immunochemistry of neisserial LOS

    • J. McLeod Griffiss
    • H. Schneider
    • M. A. Apicella

    Section 4: Lipopolysaccharide, H8 Antigen and Peptidoglycan in Neisseriae Pages: 501 - 507

22. Analyses of the immunoaccessibility of H8 antigen and the functionality of H8 specific monoclonal antibody 10

    • P. J. Hitchcock
    • J. Boslego
    • E. N. Robinson Jr

    Section 4: Lipopolysaccharide, H8 Antigen and Peptidoglycan in Neisseriae Pages: 509 - 518

23. Structure and immunochemistry of meningococcal lipopolysaccharides

    • H. J. Jennings
    • M. Beurret
    • F. Michon

    Section 4: Lipopolysaccharide, H8 Antigen and Peptidoglycan in Neisseriae Pages: 519 - 522

24. Promotion of sleep by gonococcal peptidoglycan fragments. Structural requirements for the somnogenic activity

    • Raoul S. Rosenthal
    • James M. Krueger

    Section 4: Lipopolysaccharide, H8 Antigen and Peptidoglycan in Neisseriae Pages: 523 - 532

25. The H8 antigen of pathogenic Neisseriae

    • J. P. Woods
    • E. L. Aho
    • J. G. Cannon

    Section 4: Lipopolysaccharide, H8 Antigen and Peptidoglycan in Neisseriae Pages: 533 - 536

26. Enteric immunization reveals a T cell network for IgA responses and suggests that humans possess a common mucosal immune system

    • J. R. McGhee
    • H. Kiyono
    • J. Mestecky

    Section 5: Pathogenesis Pages: 537 - 543

27. Metabolic responses of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to human serum and myeloid cells. Adaptation to host defenses?

    • Myron S. Cohen
    • Bradley E. Britigan

    Section 5: Pathogenesis Pages: 545 - 550

28. Gonococci in vivo and in vitro. Further studies on the host and bacterial determinants of gonococcal resistance to killing by human serum, and by phagocytes

    • N. J. Parsons
    • P. V. Patel
    • H. Smith

    Section 5: Pathogenesis Pages: 551 - 555

29. Differential expression of “Fe-repressible” and “growth-rate-sensitive” proteins in Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    • J. P. M. Van Putten
    • M. T. J. Linders
    • J. T. Poolman

    Section 5: Pathogenesis Pages: 557 - 564

30. Mechanisms of stable serum resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

    • P. A. Rice
    • M. S. Blake
    • K. A. Joiner

    Section 5: Pathogenesis Pages: 565 - 574

31. Cytopathic effects of the pathogenic Neisseria. Studies using human fallopian tube organ cultures and human nasopharyngeal organ cultures

    • D. S. Stephens
    • Z. A. McGee
    • M. D. Cooper

    Section 5: Pathogenesis Pages: 575 - 584