1. The peptidolytic capacity of the spirochete system

   • K. K. Mäkinen
   • P.-L. Mäkinen

   REVIEW Pages: 1 - 10

2. Structural dissection and functional analysis of the complex promoter of the streptokinase gene from Streptococcus equisimilis H46A

   • Susanna Gräfe
   • Thomas Ellinger
   • H. Malke

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 11 - 17

3. Expansion of T cells negative for CD28 expression in hiv infection. Relation to activation markers and cell adhesion molecules, and correlation with prognostic markers

   • R. Kämmerer
   • A. Iten
   • P. Bürgisser

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 19 - 25

4. Avoiding artifacts in the infant rat model for bacterial meningitis: use of Sangur test strips for the rapid quantification of blood contamination in cerebrospinal fluid

   • U. Vogel
   • I. Steinmetz
   • M. Frosch

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 27 - 30

5. High- and low-level cytokine induction in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells by different Borrelia burgdorferi strains

   • J. Schulze
   • Susanne Breitner-Ruddock
   • Volker Brade

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 31 - 37

6. Different alleles of the fcrA/mrp gene of Streptococcus pyogenes encode M-related proteins exhibiting an identical immunoglobulin-binding pattern

   • B. Krebs
   • A. Kaufhold
   • Andreas Podbielski

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 39 - 47

7. Development of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using recombinant borrelial antigens for serodiagnosis of Borrelia burgdorferi infection

   • Sigrun Burkert
   • Dieter Rössler
   • B. Wilske

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 49 - 57