Rickettsiology : present and future directions / edited by Karim E. Hechemy, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc, and James E. Childs.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Hechemy, Karim E.

Avsic-Zupanc, Tatjana.

Childs, James E.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases (2002 : Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Series:

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 990.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 990

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rickettsial diseases--Congresses.

Rickettsial diseases.

Rickettsias--Congresses.

Rickettsias.

Rickettsia Infections.

Rickettsia.

Medical Subjects:

Rickettsia Infections.

Rickettsia.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xx, 770 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : New York Academy of Sciences, 2003.

Contents:

Rickettsiology: Present and Future Directions: Preface / Karim E. Hechemy, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc, James E. Childs, Didier A. Raoult xvii

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Diseases Caused by Rickettsia / David H. Walker, Gustavo A. Valbuena, Juan P. Olano 1

Part II. Rickettsial Epidemiology and Ecology

Ecology and Epidemiology of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae and New Data from Their Study in Russia and Kazakhstan / N.V. Rudakov, S.N. Shpynov, I.E. Samoilenko, M.A. Tankibaev 12

Scrub Typhus: Vector Competence of Leptotrombidium chiangraiensis Chiggers and Transmission Efficacy and Isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi / K. Lerdthusnee, B. Khuntirat, W. Leepitakrat, P. Tanskul, T. Monkanna, N. Khlaimanee, I. Inlao, A. Kengluecha, S. Mungviriya, K. Chandranoi, P. Krairojananan, D. Dodhidatta, W. Rodkwamthook, D. Phulsuksombati, N. Sangjun, P. Watcharapichat, J.W. Jones, R.E. Coleman 25

Rickettsialpox in New York City: A Persistent Urban Zoonosis / Christopher D. Paddock, Sherif R. Zaki, Tamara Koss, Joseph Singleton, Jr., John W. Sumner, James A. Comer, Marina E. Eremeeva, Gregory A. Dasch, Bryan Cherry, James E. Childs 36

Ehrlichiae and Ehrlichial Diseases in China / Bohai Wen, Wuchun Cao, Hua Pan 45

Isolation and Characterization of a New Rickettsia from Ixodes ricinus Ticks Collected in Slovakia / Z. Sekeyova, E. Kovacova, P.E. Fournier, D. Raoult 54

Rickettsiosis of the Genus Rickettsia in South America / Marcio A.M. Galvao, Claudio L. Mafra, Cecilia Moron, Elizabeth Anaya, David H. Walker 57

Rickettsia honei: A Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia on Three Continents / Stephen Graves, John Stenos 62

Ultrastructural and Genetic Evidence of a Reptilian Tick, Aponomma hydrosauri, as a Host of Rickettsia honei in Australia: Possible Transovarial Transmission / Ted Whitworth, Vsevolod Popov, Violet Han, Donald Bouyer, John Stenos, Stephen Graves, Lucy Ndip, David Walker 67

Transmission Efficiency of the AP-Variant 1 Strain of Anaplasma phagocytophila / Robert F. Massung, Thomas N. Mather, Rachael A. Priestley, Michael L. Levin 75

National Surveillance for the Human Ehrlichioses in the United States, 1997-2001, and Proposed Methods for Evaluation of Data Quality / Stacy L. Gardner, Robert C. Holman, John W. Krebs, Ruth Berkelman, James E. Childs 80

Serologic Evidence for a Novel Ehrlichia Species in Woodchucks (Marmota monax) from Pennsylvania, USA / William L. Nicholson, Daniel J. Kuhar, Jan G. Humphreys, James E. Childs 90

Investigation of Anaplasma phagocytophila Infections in Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks in Austria / Wolfdieter Sixl, Miroslav Petrovec, Egon Marth, Gilda Wust, Doris Stunzner, Richard Schweiger, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc 94

A Survey on Anaplasma phagocytophila in Wild Small Mammals and Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Northern Spain / Beatriz Oporto, Horacio Gil, Marta Barral, Ana Hurtado, Ramon A. Juste, Ana L. Garcia-Perez 98

Infections of Wild Animals with Anaplasma phagocytophila in Austria and the Czech Republic / Miroslav Petrovec, Wolfdieter Sixl, Richard Schweiger, Stanislav Mikulasek, Lebeth Elke, Gilda Wust, Egon Marth, Katja Strasek, Doris Stunzner, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc 103

Ehrlichia-like Organism Gene Found in Small Mammals in the Suburban District of Guangzhou of China / Hua Pan, Shizhong Liu, Yuhai Ma, Shide Tong, Yang Sun 107

Domestic Animals as Indicators of Anaplasma Species Infections in Northern Albania / Miroslav Petrovec, Wolfdieter Sixl, Egon Marth, Nevila Bushati, Gilda Wust 112

Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Germany: Evidence from Serological Studies, Tick Analyses, and a Case of Equine Ehrlichiosis / Friederike D. von Loewenich, Gerald Stumpf, Birgit U. Baumgarten, Martin Rollinghoff, J. Stephen Dumler, Christian Bogdan 116

Molecular Epidemiological Study for Tick-Borne Disease (Ehrlichia and Anaplasma spp.) Surveillance at Selected U.S. Military Training Sites/Installations in Korea / Joon-seok Chae, Chul-min Kim, Eun-ha Kim, Eun-Jeong Hur, Terry A. Klein, Tae-kyu Kang|cHee-choon Lee, Jin-won Song 118

Ehrlichiosis and Rickettsiosis in a Canine Population of Northern Sardinia / R. Cocco, G. Sanna, M.G. Cillara, S. Tola, L. Ximenes, M.L. Pinnaparpaglia, G. Masala 126

Characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophila and Borrelia burgdorferi Genotypes in Ixodes scapularis Ticks from Pennsylvania / Joshua W. Courtney, Richard L. Dryden, Paul Wyleto, Bradley S. Schneider, Robert F. Massung 131

Candidatus Ehrlichia walkerii: A New Ehrlichia Detected in Ixodes ricinus Tick Collected from Asymptomatic Humans in Northern Italy / P. Brouqui, Y.O. Sanogo, G. Caruso, F. Merola, D. Raoult 134

Which Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Are Present in Dermacentor marginatus Ticks in Spain? / Francisco J. Marquez, Valvanera Ibarra, Jose A. Oteo, Miguel A. Muniain 141

Demographic and Epidemiologic Features of Mediterranean Spotted Fever Cases in the Region of Split, Croatia / Volga Punda-Polic, Zorana Klismanic, Vesna Capkun, Nikola Bradaric 143

A Follow-up Study on Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks Collected in Southern Croatia / Darja Duh, Miroslav Petrovec, Tomi Trilar, Volga Punda-Polic, Nikola Bradaric, Zorana Klismanic, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc 149

Isolation of a Rickettsia Related to Astrakhan Fever Rickettsia from a Patient in Chad / Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Bernard Xeridat, Didier Raoult 152

Detection of Astrakhan Fever Rickettsia from Ticks in Kosovo / Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Jean-Paul Durand, Jean-Marc Rolain, Jean-Louis Camicas, Herve Tolou, Didier Raoult 158

"Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae" in Ixodes persulcatus Ticks Collected in Russia / Stanislav Shpynov, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Nikolay Rudakov, Didier Raoult 162

Identification of Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in Fleas from the Thai-Myanmar Border / P. Parola, Y.O. Sanogo, K. Lerdthusnee, Z. Zeaiter, G. Chauvancy, J.P. Gonzalez, R.S. Miller, S.R. Telford III, C. Wongsrichanalai, D. Raoult 173

Genetic Diversity of Bacterial Agents Detected in Ticks Removed from Asymptomatic Patients in Northeastern Italy / Y.O. Sanogo, P. Parola, S. Shpynov, J.L. Camicas, P. Brouqui, G. Caruso, D. Raoult 182

Prevalence of Rickettsia spp. in Dermacentor marginatus Ticks Removed from Game Pigs (Sus scrofa) in Southern France / Y.O. Sanogo, B. Davoust, P. Parola, J.L. Camicas, P. Brouqui, D. Raoult 191

Tick-Borne Microorganisms in Southwestern Slovakia / Eva Spitalska, Elena Kocianova 196

Detection of Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Slovenia / Katarina Prosenc, M. Petrovec, T. Trilar, D. Duh, T. Avsic-Zupanc 201

Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi Isolated from Wild-Caught Rodents and Chiggers in Northern Thailand / B. Khuntirat, K. Lerdthusnee, W. Leepitakrat, A. Kengluecha, K. Wongkalasin, T. Monkanna, S. Mungviriya, J.W. Jones, R.E. Coleman 205

Detection of R. felis and R. typhi in Fleas Using Monoclonal Antibodies / R. Fang, P.E. Fournier, L. Houhamdi, A.F. Azad, D. Raoult 213

Q Fever in Human and Livestock Populations in Oman / E.M. Scrimgeour, S.I.N. Al-Ismaily, J.M. Rolain, S.H.S. Al-Dhahry, H.S. El-Khatim, D. Raoult 221

Molecular Evidence of Coxiella-like Microorganism Harbored by Haemaphysalis concinnae Ticks in the Russian Far East / Oleg Mediannikov, Leonid Ivanov, Makoto Nishikawa, Reiko Saito, Yury N. Sidelnikov, Nina I. Zdanovskaya, Irina V. Tarasevich, Hiroshi Suzuki 226

Investigation of a Focus of Q Fever in a Nonfarming Population in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina / J.H. McQuiston, R.V. Gibbons, R. Velic, W.L. Nicholson, L. Castrodale, S.H. Wainright, T.J. Vanniewenhoven, E.W. Morgan, L. Arapovic, A. Delilic, M. O'Reilly, T. Bajrovic 229

Bartonella grahamii Infecting Rodents Display High Genetic Diversity over Short Geographic Distances / C. Ehrenborg, S. Handley, B. Ellis, J. Mills, M. Holmberg 233

Bartonella schoenbuchensis Isolated from the Blood of a French Cow / J.M. Rolain, E. Rousset, B. La Scola, R. Duquesnel, D.

Raoult 236

Identification of Trematode Cercariae Carrying Neorickettsia risticii in Freshwater Stream Snails / Bae-Keun Park, Meen-ju Kim, Eun-ha Kim, Min-seon Kim, Dong-gyun Na, Joon-seok Chae 239

Prevalence and Sequence Analyses of Neorickettsia risticii / Joon-seok Chae, Eun-ha Kim, Min-seok Kim, Min-ju Kim, Yoon-hee Cho, Bae-kuen Park 248

A Model to Forecast the Habitat Suitability for Dermacentor marginatus Ticks in Europe using Remote Sensing / Agustin Estrada-Pena, Jose A. Oteo 257

Equine Ehrlichiosis in Italy / Manuela Scarpulla, Maria Emiliana Caristo, Gladia Macri, Eugenio Lillini 259

Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia conorii in Uruguay / Ismael A. Conti Diaz 264

Part III. Clinical Aspects and Diagnostics

Clinical Impact of Persistent Bartonella Bacteremia in Humans and Animals / Bruno B. Chomel, Rickie W. Kasten, Jane E. Sykes, Henri-Jean Boulouis, Edward B. Breitschwerdt 267

Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Slovenia / Stanka Lotric-Furlan, Miroslav Petrovec, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc, Franc Strle 279

Mediterranean Spotted Fever in Portugal: Risk Factors for Fatal Outcome in 105 Hospitalized Patients / Rita de Sousa, Sonia Doria Nobrega, Fatima Bacellar, Jorge Torgal 285

Physician Knowledge of the Diagnosis and Management of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Mississippi, 2002 / M. O'Reilly, C. Paddock, B. Elchos, J. Goddard, J. Childs, M. Currie 295

Real-Time PCR Duplex Assay for Rickettsia prowazekii and Borrelia recurrentis / Ju Jiang, Joseph J. Temenak, Allen L. Richards 302

Serological Hint Suggesting That Parachlamydiaceae Are Agents of Pneumonia in Polytraumatized Intensive Care Patients / Gilbert Greub, Ioanna Boyadjiev, Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult, Claude Martin 311

Rapid Deployment and Operation of a Q Fever Field Laboratory in Bosnia and Herzegovina / William L. Nicholson, Jennifer McQuiston, Ty J. Vannieuwenhoven, Earl W. Morgan 320

Evaluation of Clinical Diagnosis Scores for Boutonneuse Fever / A. Letaief, J. Souissi, H. Trabelsi, H. Ghannem, L. Jemni 327

Report of Eight Cases of Fatal and Severe Mediterranean Spotted Fever in Portugal / M. Amaro, F. Bacellar, A. Franca 331

Comparison of Patients Fulfilling Criteria for Confirmed and Probable Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis / Stanka Lotric-Furlan, Miroslav Petrovec, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc, Franc Strle 344

Risk of Tick-Borne Bacterial Diseases in Humans in the Florence Area, Tuscany / Lorenzo Ciceroni, Alessandro Bartoloni, Francesco Leoncini, Simonetta Ciarrocchi, Antonella Pinto, Guido Favia, Filippo Bartalesi, Laura Scagnoli, Albertina Iori 346

Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Italy: First Report on Two Confirmed Cases / Maurizio Ruscio, Marina Cinco 350

Etiology of Tick-Borne Febrile Illnesses in Slovenian Children / Maja Arnez, Tatjana Luznik-Bufon, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc, Eva Ruzic-Sabljic, Miroslav Petrovec, Stanka Lotric-Furlan, Franc Strle 353

Epidemiological and Clinical Differences among Rickettsia slovaca Rickettsiosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases in Spain / Jose A. Oteo, Valvanera Ibarra, Jose R. Blanco, Luis Metola, Manuel Vallejo, Victor Martinez de Artola 355

Tick Paralysis by Ixodes holocyclus in a Japanese Traveler Returning from Australia / Hisashi Inokuma, Hiroaki Takahata, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Philippe Brouqui, Didier Raoult, Masaru Okuda, Takafumi Onishi, Kazue Nishioka, Masato Tsukahara 357

Outbreak of Scrub Typhus in Southern India during the Cooler Months / E. Mathai, J.M. Rolain, G.M. Verghese, O.C. Abraham, D. Mathai, M. Mathai, D. Raoult 359

Significance of Q Fever Serologic Diagnosis in Clinically Suspect Patients / S. Hamzic, E. Beslagic, S. Zvizdic 365

Multiplex Taqman PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophila and Borrelia burgdorferi / Joshua W. Courtney, Robert F. Massung 369

Seven Years' Experience of Isolation of Rickettsia spp. from Clinical Specimens Using the Shell Vial Cell Culture Assay / G. Vestris, J.M. Rolain, P.E. Fournier, M.L. Birg, M. Enea, J.Y. Patrice, D. Raoult 371

An Improved Method for the Purification and Refolding of r56-kDa Proteins from Gilliam and Kato strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi / Qing Yang, Wei-Mei Ching, Ju Jiang, Leslie Lousteau, Allen L. Richards 375

Development of an Improved Rapid Lateral Flow Assay for the Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi-Specific IgG/IgM Antibodies / R. Wilkinson, D. Rowland, W.-M. Ching 386

Epidemiological and Clinical Differences among DEBONEL-TIBOLA and Other Tick-Borne Diseases in Spain / Jose A. Oteo, Valvanera Ibarra, Jose R. Blanco, Luis Metola, Manuel Vallejo, Victor Martinez de Artola 391

Genetic Variation of Bartonella henselae Detected in Lymph Nodes from Patients with Cat Scratch Disease in Slovenia / Katja Triller, Petra Strus, Miroslav Petrovec, Darja Duh, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc 393

Cat Scratch Disease with Lymphadenitis, Vertebral Osteomyelitis, and Spleen Abscesses / J.M. Rolain, V. Chanet, H. Laurichesse, H. Lepidi, J. Beytout, D. Raoult 397

Bartonella henselae and Borrelia burgdorferi Infections of the Central Nervous System / Edyta Podsiadly, Tomasz Chmielewski, Stanislawa Tylewska-Wierzbanowska 404

Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana Infections in Poland in 1998-2001 / Edyta Podsiadly, Edyta Sokolowska, Stanislawa Tylewska-Wierzbanowska 407

Bartonella spp. Antibodies in Forensic Samples from Swedish Heroin Addicts / Svena McGill, Eva Hjelm, Jovan Rajs, Olle Lindquist, Goran Friman 409

Prevalence of Bartonella Infections in Slovenian Intravenous Drug Users / Sabina Zupan, Mario Poljak, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc 414

Seroimmunological Monitoring of Several Species of Rickettsiaceae and Bartonellaceae Circulating in the Moscow Region / V. Ignatovich, G. Penkina, N. Umnova 419

Clinical and Laboratory Features of the First Detected Cases of A. phagocytophila Infections in Dogs from Slovenia / Natasa Tozon, Miroslav Petrovec, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc 424

Anaplasma phagocytophila as an Abortifacient Agent in Sheep Farms from Northern Spain / Ana L. Garcia-Perez, Jesse Barandika, Beatriz Oporto, Ines Povedano, Ramon A. Juste 429

Fatal Cases of Tick-Borne Fever (TBF) in Sheep Caused by Several 16S rRNA Gene Variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum / S. Stuen, S. Nevland, T. Moum 433

Part IV. Pathogenesis and Immunity

Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity during Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection / Gary M. Winslow, Eric Yager, Julia Shu-yi Li 435

Wolbachia in the Inflammatory Pathogenesis of Human Filariasis / Mark J. Taylor 444

Interleukin-4 Induces Coxiella burnetii Replication in Human Monocytes but not in Macrophages / Eric Ghigo, Guenievre Imbert, Christian Capo, Didier Raoult, Jean-Louis Mege 450

Differences in Cytokine mRNA Profiles between Naive and in Vivo-Primed Ovine PBMC after Exposure to Heat-Inactivated Coxiella burnetii / Judith Tyczka, Wiebke Maass, Cornelie Jager, Christian Menge, Georg Baljer 460

Rickettsia rickettsii Infection in the Pine Vole, Microtus pinetorum: Kinetics of Infection and Quantitation of Antioxidant Enzyme Gene Expression by RT-PCR / Marina E. Eremeeva, Zhongxing Liang, Christopher Paddock, Sherif Zaki, John G. Vandenbergh, Gregory A. Dasch, David J. Silverman 468

Development of Improved Vaccines for Heartwater / Nicola E. Collins, Alri Pretorius, Mirinda van Kleef, Kelly A. Brayton, Erich Zweygarth, Basil A. Allsopp 474

Erythroblast Cells as a Target for Bartonella quintana in Homeless People / J.M. Rolain, C. Foucault, P. Brouqui, D. Raoult 485

Early Induction and Late Abrogation of Respiratory Burst in A. phagocytophilum-Infected Neutrophils / Kyoung-Seong Choi, J. Stephen Dumler 488

Route of Transmission Alters the Infectivity of Anaplasma phagocytophila in Mice / Robert F. Massung, Rachael A. Priestley, Michael L. Levin 494

Coxiella burnetii Persistence in Three Generations of Mice after Application of Live Attenuated Human M-44 Vaccine against Q Fever / O. Freylikhman, N. Tokarevich, A. Suvorov, E. Vorobiova, A. Totolian 496

Influence of Inactivated Coxiella burnetii on Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines by Blood Cells from Healthy Donors / S. Kuznetsova, N. Tokarevich, M. Lukacova, A. Koloskov, I. Freidlin 500

Studies on the Immunological Role of Virenose and Dihydrohydroxystreptose Present in the Coxiella burnetii Phase I Lipopolysaccharide / Katarina Slaba, Ahmed Hussein, Peter Palkovic, Viktor Horvath, Rudolf Toman 505

Identification and Cloning Potentially Protective Antigens of Coxiella burnetii Using Sera from Mice Experimentally Infected with Nine Mile Phase I / G.Q. Zhang, J.E.

Samuel 510

Comparison of the Efficacy of Q Fever Vaccines against Coxiella burnetii Experimental Challenge in Pregnant Goats / Armel Souriau, Nathalie Arricau-Bouvery, Christelle Bodier, Annie Rodolakis 521

Excretion of Coxiella burnetii during an Experimental Infection of Pregnant Goats with an Abortive Goat Strain CbC1 / Nathalie Arricau-Bouvery, Armel Souriau, Patrick Lechopier, Annie Rodolakis 524

Immunogenicity of a 40kDa Fragment of the 47kDa Recombinant Protein and DNA Vaccine from Karp Strain of Orientia tsutsugamushi / Dongsheng Niu, Weijun Chen, Xueying Zhang, Meiling Chen, Hong Cui, Wenjin Wei, Bohai Wen, Xiangrui Chen 527

Part V. Host-Cell Interaction and Physiology of Rickettsia

Rickettsial Actin-Based Motility: Behavior and Involvement of Cytoskeletal Regulators / Robert A. Heinzen 535

Mechanisms to Create a Safe Haven by Members of the Family Anaplasmataceae / Yasuko Rikihisa 548

Fusogenicity of the Coxiella burnetii Parasitophorous Vacuole / Dale Howe, Jana Melnicakova, Imrich Barak, Robert A. Heinzen 556

Structural Properties of Lipopolysaccharides from Coxiella burnetii Strains Henzerling and S / Rudolf Toman, Ahmed Hussein, Peter Palkovic, Peter Ftacek 563

Interactions between Rickettsiae and Dermacentor variabilis Ticks: Analysis of Gene Expression / Kevin R. Macaluso, Albert Mulenga, Jason A. Simser, Abdu F. Azad 568

In Vitro Infection of Nonendothelial Cells by Ehrlichia ruminantium / E. Zweygarth, A.I. Josemans 573

Immunofluorescence Detection of Bartonella bacilliformis Flagella in Vitro and in Vivo in Human Red Blood Cells as Viewed by Laser Confocal Microscopy / J.M. Rolain, S. Novelli, P. Ventosilla, C. Maguina, H. Guerra, D. Raoult 581

Adherence to and Invasion of Vero Cells by Recombinant Escherichia coli Expressing the Outer Membrane Protein rOmpB of Rickettsia japonica / Tsuneo Uchiyama 585

Identification of Coxiella burnetii RpoS-dependent Promoters / Jana Melnicakova, Magda Lukacova, Dale Howe, Robert A. Heinzen, Imrich Barak 591

Studies on the Identification of Deforming Factor from Bartonella bacilliformis / Laura R. Hendrix, Kati Kiss 596

Experimental Infection of Human Erythrocytes from Alcoholic Patients with Bartonella quintana / Jean-Marc Rolain, D. Arnoux, D. Parzy, J. Sampol, Didier Raoult 605

Study of Biological Characteritics of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsial Genotypes RpA4, DnS14, and DnS28 / I.E. Samoilenko, N.V. Rudakov, S.N. Shpynov, M.A. Tankibaev, V.V. Yakimenko, L.V. Kumpan 612

An Experimental Model of Human Body Louse Infection with Rickettsia typhi / Linda Houhamdi, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Rong Fang, Didier Raoult 617

Parachlamydia acanthamoeba Is Endosymbiotic or Lytic for Acanthamoeba polyphaga Depending on the Incubation Temperature / Gilbert Greub, Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult 628

Interactions of Rickettsia rickettsii with Endothelial Nuclear Factor-[kappa]B in a "Cell-Free" System / Sanjeev K. Sahni, Elena Rydkina, Suresh G. Joshi, Lee Ann Sporn, David J. Silverman 635

Part VI. Genetics and Genomics of Rickettsia

From Genes to Proteins: In Vitro Expression of Rickettsial Proteins / P. Renesto, D. Raoult 642

Molecular Pathogenesis of Coxiella burnetii in a Genomics Era / J.E. Samuel, K. Kiss, S. Varghees 653

Do Chromosomal Deletions in the Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthetic Regions Explain All Cases of Phase Variation in Coxiella burnetii Strains? An Update / H.A. Thompson, T.A. Hoover, M.H. Vodkin, E.I. Shaw 664

Genomic Studies of Rickettsia prowazekii Virulent and Avirulent Strains / H. Ge, Y.-Y.E. Chuang, S. Zhao, J.J. Temenak, W.-M. Ching 671

Novel Immunoreactive Glycoprotein Orthologs of Ehrlichia spp / Jere W. McBride, Jason E. Comer, David H. Walker 678

Phylogenetic Relationships among Ehrlichia ruminantium Isolates / M.T.E.P. Allsopp, H. van Heerden, H.C. Steyn, B.A. Allsopp 685

Analysis of 16S rRNA Gene Sequences of Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma platys, and Wolbachia Species from Canine Blood in Japan / Ahmet Unver, Yasuko Rikihisa, Makoto Kawahara, Shizuo Yamamoto 692

Determination of White-Tailed Deer Agent groESL Operon Sequences for Phylogenetic and Diagnostic Applications / John W. Sumner, Michael J. Yabsley, Max Q. Arens, Gerald Buenning, Gregory A. Storch, William R. Davidson 699

Comparative DNA Microarray Analysis of Host Cell Transcriptional Responses to Infection by Coxiella burnetii or Chlamydia trachomatis / Qun Ren, Shelly J. Robertson, Dale Howe, Lorraine F. Barrows, Robert A. Heinzen 701

Molecular Characterization of the 28 kDa Multigene Locus of Ehrlichia muris / Patricia A. Crocquet-Valdes, Jere W. McBride, Xue-jie Yu, David H. Walker 714

Genetic Analysis of Isolates of Rickettsia rickettsii That Differ in Virulence / Marina E. Eremeeva, Ryan M. Klemt, Lisa A. Santucci-Domotor, David J. Silverman, Gregory A. Dasch 717

Variability of pCS20 Gene Sequences among Different Ehrlichia ruminantium Isolates / H.C. Steyn, H. Van Heerden, M.T.E.P. Allsopp, B.A. Allsopp 723

rRNA Intergenic Spacer Regions for Phylogenetic Analysis of Rickettsia Species / Liliana Vitorino, Libia Ze-Ze, Ana Sousa, Fatima Bacellar, Rogerio Tenreiro 726

Part VII. Mini-Symposium: Rickettsia and Bioterrorism

Pathogenic Rickettsiae as Bioterrorism Agents / Abdu F. Azad, Suzana Radulovic 734

Principles of the Malicious Use of Infectious Agents To Create Terror: Reasons for Concern for Organisms of the Genus Rickettsia / David H. Walker 739

Probabilistic Evaluation of Aspirating Doses of a Q Fever Pathogen / E.V. Vorobeychikov, G.M. Kurtzer, A.Z. Vasilenko, O.P. Misnikov 743

Problems and Perspectives of Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases / I.V. Tarasevich, I.A. Shaginyan, O.Y. Mediannikov 751

Development of Rickettsia prowazekii DNA Vaccine: Cloning Strategies / Christopher Coker, Mahreen Majid, Suzana Radulovic 757.

Notes:

"Held on September 04-07, 2002 in Ljubljana, Slovenia"--P.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1573314447

OCLC:

52240945