1. Leishmania major infection in C57BL/10 mice differing at the Lps locus: a new non-healing phenotype

   • I. Müller
   • Marina Freudenberg
   • Chris Galanos

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 75 - 81

2. Antirotaviral activity of milk proteins: lactoferrin prevents rotavirus infection in the enterocyte-like cell line HT-29

   • F. Superti
   • M. G. Ammendolia
   • L. Seganti

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 83 - 91

3. Direct sputum analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa macrorestriction fragment genotypes in patients with cystic fibrosis

   • Stefanie Breitenstein
   • Siegbert Walter
   • B. Tümmler

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 93 - 99

4. Enhancement of human parainfluenza virus-induced cell fusion by pradimicin, a low molecular weight mannose-binding antibiotic

   • Kousuke Okamoto
   • Toshikazu Oki
   • Y. Ito

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 101 - 108

5. Autoantibodies with a protective function: polyreactive antibodies against alkaline phosphatase in bacterial infections

   • K. Ritter
   • Annette Fudickar
   • Reiner Thomssen

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 109 - 113

6. Protein tyrosine kinase activation provides an early and obligatory signal in anti-FRP-1/CD98/4F2 monoclonal antibody induced cell fusion mediated by HIV gp160

   • Nobutada Tabata
   • Masaru Ido
   • Y. Ito

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 115 - 123

7. Cloning and functional characterization of the genes encoding 3-dehydroquinate synthase (aroB) and tRNA-guanine transglycosylase (tgt) from Helicobacter pylori

   • S. Bereswill
   • F. Faßbinder
   • M. Kist

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 125 - 134

8. Interstrain variation of immediate early DNA sequences and glycoprotein B genotypes in cytomegalovirus clinical isolates

   • Holger Hebart
   • Martina Greif
   • H. Einsele

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 135 - 138

9. Differential uptake and killing potential of Campylobacter jejuni by human peripheral monocytes/macrophages

   • T. M. Wassenaar
   • Mark Engelskirchen
   • Albert Lastovica

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 139 - 144

10. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with recombinant internal flagellin fragments derived from different species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato for the serodiagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis

    • U. Hauser
    • Bettina Wilske

    ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 145 - 151

11. Detection and preliminary characterization of circulating immune complexes in patients with Lyme disease

    • Weimin Zhong
    • Patrick Oschmann
    • H.-J. Wellensiek

    ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 153 - 158

12. Functional characterization of an isogenic meningococcal α-2,3-sialyltransferase mutant: the role of lipooligosaccharide sialylation for serum resistance in serogroup B meningococci

    • U. Vogel
    • Heike Claus
    • Matthias Frosch

    ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 159 - 166