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KARIM E. HECHEMY, TATJANA AVSIC-ZUPANC, JAMES E. CHILDS, and DIDIER A. RAOULT: Rickettsiology: Present and Future Directions: Preface; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: xvii. [Full Text] [PDF]

Part I. Keynote Address:

DAVID H. WALKER, GUSTAVO A. VALBUENA, and JUAN P. OLANO: Pathogenic Mechanisms of Diseases Caused by Rickettsia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 1-11. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part II. Rickettsial Epidemiology and Ecology:

N. V. RUDAKOV, S. N. SHPYNOV, I. E. SAMOILENKO, and M. A. TANKIBAEV: Ecology and Epidemiology of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae and New Data from Their Study in Russia and Kazakhstan; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 12-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K. LERDTHUSNEE, B. KHUNTIRAT, W. LEEPITAKRAT, P. TANSKUL, T. MONKANNA, N. KHLAIMANEE, I. INLAO, A. KENGLUECHA, S. MUNGVIRIYA, K. CHANDRANOI, P. KRAIROJANANAN, D. BODHIDATTA, W. RODKWAMTHOOK, D. PHULSUKSOMBATI, N. SANGJUN, P. WATCHARAPICHAT, J. W. JONES, and R. E. COLEMAN: Scrub Typhus: Vector Competence of Leptotrombidium chiangraiensis Chiggers and Transmission Efficacy and Isolation of Orientia tsutsugamushi; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 25-35. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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, and JAMES E. CHILDS: Rickettsialpox in New York City: A Persistent Urban Zoonosis; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 36-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

BOHAI WEN, WUCHUN CAO, and HUA PAN: Ehrlichiae and Ehrlichial Diseases in China; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 45-53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Z. SEKEYOVÁ, E. KOVÁCOVÁ, P. E. FOURNIER, and D. RAOULT: Isolation and Characterization of a New Rickettsia from Ixodes ricinus Ticks Collected in Slovakia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 54-56. [Full Text] [PDF]

MÁRCIO A.M. GALV $Ã$ O, CLÁUDIO L. MAFRA, CECÍLIA MORON, ELIZABETH ANAYA, and DAVID H. WALKER: Rickettsiosis of the Genus Rickettsia in South America; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 57-61. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

STEPHEN GRAVES and JOHN STENOS: Rickettsia honei: A Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia on Three Continents; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 62-66. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

TED WHITWORTH, VSEVOLOD POPOV, VIOLET HAN, DONALD BOUYER, JOHN STENOS, STEPHEN GRAVES, LUCY NDIP, and DAVID WALKER: Ultrastructural and Genetic Evidence of a Reptilian Tick, Aponomma hydrosauri, as a Host of Rickettsia honei in Australia: Possible Transovarial Transmission; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 67-74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ROBERT F. MASSUNG, THOMAS N. MATHER, RACHAEL A. PRIESTLEY, and MICHAEL L. LEVIN: Transmission Efficiency of the AP-Variant 1 Strain of Anaplasma phagocytophila; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 75-79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

STACY L. GARDNER, ROBERT C. HOLMAN, JOHN W. KREBS, RUTH BERKELMAN, and JAMES E. CHILDS: National Surveillance for the Human Ehrlichioses in the United States, 1997-2001, and Proposed Methods for Evaluation of Data Quality; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 80-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

WILLIAM L. NICHOLSON, DANIEL J. KUHAR, JAN G. HUMPHREYS, and JAMES E. CHILDS: Serologic Evidence for a Novel Ehrlichia Species in Woodchucks (Marmota monax) from Pennsylvania, USA; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 90-93. [Full Text] [PDF]

WOLFDIETER SIXL, MIROSLAV PETROVEC, EGON MARTH, GILDA WÜST, DORIS STÜNZNER, RICHARD SCHWEIGER, and TATJANA AVSIC-ZUPANC: Investigation of Anaplasma phagocytophila Infections in Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks in Austria; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 94-97. [Full Text] [PDF]

BEATRIZ OPORTO, HORACIO GIL, MARTA BARRAL, ANA HURTADO, RAMON A. JUSTE, and ANA L. GARCIA-PEREZ: A Survey on Anaplasma phagocytophila in Wild Small Mammals and Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Northern Spain; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 98-102. [Full Text] [PDF]

MIROSLAV PETROVEC, WOLFDIETER SIXL, RICHARD SCHWEIGER, STANISLAV MIKULASEK, LEBETH ELKE, GILDA WÜST, EGON MARTH, KATJA STRASEK, DORIS STÜNZNER, and TATJANA AVSIC-ZUPANC: Infections of Wild Animals with Anaplasma phagocytophila in Austria and the Czech Republic; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 103-106. [Full Text] [PDF]

HUA PAN, SHIZHONG LIU, YUHAI MA, SHIDE TONG, and YANG SUN: Ehrlichia-like Organism Gene Found in Small Mammals in the Suburban District of Guangzhou of China; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 107-111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MIROSLAV PETROVEC, WOLFDIETER SIXL, EGON MARTH, NEVILA BUSHATI, and GILDA WÜST: Domestic Animals as Indicators of Anaplasma Species Infections in Northern Albania; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 112-115. [Full Text] [PDF]

FRIEDERIKE D. VON LOEWENICH, GERALD STUMPF, BIRGIT U. BAUMGARTEN, MARTIN RÖOLLINGHOFF, J. STEPHEN DUMLER, and CHRISTIAN BOGDAN: Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Germany: Evidence from Serological Studies, Tick Analyses, and a Case of Equine Ehrlichiosis; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 116-117. [Full Text] [PDF]

JOON-SEOK CHAE, CHUL-MIN KIM, EUN-HA KIM, EUN-JEONG HUR, TERRY A. KLEIN, TAE-KYU KANG, HEE-CHOON LEE, and JIN-WON SONG: Molecular Epidemiological Study for Tick-Borne Disease (Ehrlichia and Anaplasma spp.) Surveillance at Selected U.S. Military Training Sites/Installations in Korea; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 118-125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

R. COCCO, G. SANNA, M. G. CILLARA, S. TOLA, L. XIMENES, M. L. PINNAPARPAGLIA, and G. MASALA: Ehrlichiosis and Rickettsiosis in a Canine Population of Northern Sardinia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 126-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

JOSHUA W. COURTNEY, RICHARD L. DRYDEN, PAUL WYLETO, BRADLEY S. SCHNEIDER, and ROBERT F. MASSUNG: Characterization of Anaplasma phagocytophila and Borrelia burgdorferi Genotypes in Ixodes scapularis Ticks from Pennsylvania; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 131-133. [Full Text] [PDF]

P. BROUQUI, Y. O. SANOGO, G. CARUSO, F. MEROLA, and D. RAOULT: Candidatus Ehrlichia Walkerii: A New Ehrlichia Detected in Ixodes ricinus Tick Collected from Asymptomatic Humans in Northern Italy; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 134-140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

FRANCISCO J. MÁRQUEZ, VALVANERA IBARRA, JOSÉ A. OTEO, and MIGUEL A. MUNIAIN: Which Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Are Present in Dermacentor marginatus Ticks in Spain?; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 141-142. [Full Text] [PDF]

VOLGA PUNDA-POLIC, ZORANA KLISMANIC, VESNA CAPKUN, and NIKOLA BRADARIC: Demographic and Epidemiologic Features of Mediterranean Spotted Fever Cases in the Region of Split, Croatia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 143-148. [Full Text] [PDF]

DARJA DUH, MIROSLAV PETROVEC, TOMI TRILAR, VOLGA PUNDA-POLIC, NIKOLA BRADARIC, ZORANA KLISMANIC, and TATJANA AVSIC-ZUPANC: A Follow-up Study on Newly Recognized Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks Collected in Southern Croatia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 149-151. [Full Text] [PDF]

PIERRE-EDOUARD FOURNIER, BERNARD XERIDAT, and DIDIER RAOULT: Isolation of a Rickettsia Related to Astrakhan Fever Rickettsia from a Patient in Chad; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 152-157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PIERRE-EDOUARD FOURNIER, JEAN-PAUL DURAND, JEAN-MARC ROLAIN, JEAN-LOUIS CAMICAS, HERVÉ TOLOU, and DIDIER RAOULT: Detection of Astrakhan Fever Rickettsia from Ticks in Kosovo; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 158-161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

STANISLAV SHPYNOV, PIERRE-EDOUARD FOURNIER, NIKOLAY RUDAKOV, and DIDIER RAOULT: "Candidatus Rickettsia tarasevichiae" in Ixodes persulcatus Ticks Collected in Russia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 162-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

P. PAROLA, O. Y. SANOGO, K. LERDTHUSNEE, Z. ZEAITER, G. CHAUVANCY, J. P. GONZALEZ, R. S. MILLER, S. R. TELFORD, III, C. WONGSRICHANALAI, and D. RAOULT: Identification of Rickettsia spp. and Bartonella spp. in Fleas from the Thai-Myanmar Border; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 173-181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Y. O. SANOGO, P. PAROLA, S. SHPYNOV, J. L. CAMICAS, P. BROUQUI, G. CARUSO, and D. RAOULT: Genetic Diversity of Bacterial Agents Detected in Ticks Removed from Asymptomatic Patients in Northeastern Italy; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 182-190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Y. O. SANOGO, B. DAVOUST, P. PAROLA, J. L. CAMICAS, P. BROUQUI, and D. RAOULT: Prevalence of Rickettsia spp. in Dermacentor marginatus Ticks Removed from Game Pigs (Sus scrofa) in Southern France; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 191-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EVA SPITALSKA and ELENA KOCIANOVA: Tick-Borne Microorganisms in Southwestern Slovakia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 196-200. [Full Text] [PDF]

KATARINA PROSENC, M. PETROVEC, T. TRILAR, D. DUH, and T. AVSIC-ZUPANC: Detection of Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Slovenia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 201-204. [Full Text] [PDF]

B. KHUNTIRAT, K. LERDTHUSNEE, W. LEEPITAKRAT, A. KENGLUECHA, K. WONGKALASIN, T. MONKANNA, S. MUNGVIRIYA, J. W. JONES, and R. E. COLEMAN: Characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi Isolated from Wild-Caught Rodents and Chiggers in Northern Thailand; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 205-212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

R. FANG, P. E. FOURNIER, L. HOUHAMDI, A. F. AZAD, and D. RAOULT: Detection of R. felis and R. typhi in Fleas Using Monoclonal Antibodies; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 213-220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

E. M. SCRIMGEOUR, S. I.N. AL-ISMAILY, J. M. ROLAIN, S. H.S. AL-DHAHRY, H. S. EL-KHATIM, and D. RAOULT: Q Fever in Human and Livestock Populations in Oman; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 221-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

OLEG MEDIANNIKOV, LEONID IVANOV, MAKOTO NISHIKAWA, REIKO SAITO, YURY N. SIDELNIKOV, NINA I. ZDANOVSKAYA, IRINA V. TARASEVICH, and HIROSHI SUZUKI: Molecular Evidence of Coxiella-like Microorganism Harbored by Haemaphysalis concinnae Ticks in the Russian Far East; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 226-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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, and T. BAJROVIC: Investigation of a Focus of Q Fever in a Nonfarming Population in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 229-232. [Full Text] [PDF]

C. EHRENBORG, S. HANDLEY, B. ELLIS, J. MILLS, and M. HOLMBERG: Bartonella grahamii Infecting Rodents Display High Genetic Diversity over Short Geographic Distances; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 233-235. [Full Text] [PDF]

J. M. ROLAIN, E. ROUSSET, B. LA SCOLA, R. DUQUESNEL, and D. RAOULT: Bartonella schoenbuchensis Isolated from the Blood of a French Cow; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 236-238. [Full Text] [PDF]

BAE-KEUN PARK, MEEN-JU KIM, EUN-HA KIM, MIN-SEOK KIM, DONG-GYUN NA, and JOON-SEOK CHAE: Identification of Trematode Cercariae Carrying Neorickettsia risticii in Freshwater Stream Snails; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 239-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

JOON-SEOK CHAE, EUN-HA KIM, MIN-SEOK KIM, MIN-JU KIM, YOON-HEE CHO, and BAE-KUEN PARK: Prevalence and Sequence Analyses of Neorickettsia risticii; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 248-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

AGUSTÍN ESTRADA-PEÑA and JOSÉ A. OTEO: A Model to Forecast the Habitat Suitability for Dermacentor marginatus Ticks in Europe Using Remote Sensing; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 257-258. [Full Text] [PDF]

MANUELA SCARPULLA, MARIA EMILIANA CARISTO, GLADIA MACRI, and EUGENIO LILLINI: Equine Ehrlichiosis in Italy; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 259-263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ISMAEL A. CONTI DÍAZ: Rickettsiosis Caused by Rickettsia conorii in Uruguay; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 264-266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part III. Clinical Aspects and Diagnostics:

BRUNO B. CHOMEL, RICKIE W. KASTEN, JANE E. SYKES, HENRI-JEAN BOULOUIS, and EDWARD B. BREITSCHWERDT: Clinical Impact of Persistent Bartonella Bacteremia in Humans and Animals; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 267-278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

STANKA LOTRIC-FURLAN, MIROSLAV PETROVEC, TATJANA AVSIC-ZUPANC, and FRANC STRLE: Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Slovenia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 279-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

RITA DE SOUSA, SÓNIA DÓRIA NÓBREGA, FÁTIMA BACELLAR, and JORGE TORGAL: Mediterranean Spotted Fever in Portugal: Risk Factors for Fatal Outcome in 105 Hospitalized Patients; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 285-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. O'REILLY, C. PADDOCK, B. ELCHOS, J. GODDARD, J. CHILDS, and M. CURRIE: Physician Knowledge of the Diagnosis and Management of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Mississippi, 2002; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 295-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

JU JIANG, JOSEPH J. TEMENAK, and ALLEN L. RICHARDS: Real-Time PCR Duplex Assay for Rickettsia prowazekii and Borrelia recurrentis; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 302-310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

GILBERT GREUB, IOANNA BOYADJIEV, BERNARD LA SCOLA, DIDIER RAOULT, and CLAUDE MARTIN: Serological Hint Suggesting That Parachlamydiaceae Are Agents of Pneumonia in Polytraumatized Intensive Care Patients; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 311-319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

WILLIAM L. NICHOLSON, JENNIFER McQUISTON, TY J. VANNIEUWENHOVEN, and EARL W. MORGAN: Rapid Deployment and Operation of a Q Fever Field Laboratory in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 320-326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A. LETAÏEF, J. SOUISSI, H. TRABELSI, H. GHANNEM, and L. JEMNI: Evaluation of Clinical Diagnosis Scores for Boutonneuse Fever; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 327-330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. AMARO, F. BACELLAR, and A. FRANÇA: Report of Eight Cases of Fatal and Severe Mediterranean Spotted Fever in Portugal; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 331-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

STANKA LOTRIC-FURLAN, MIROSLAV PETROVEC, TATJANA AVSIC-ZUPANC, and FRANC STRLE: Comparison of Patients Fulfilling Criteria for Confirmed and Probable Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 344-345. [Full Text] [PDF]

LORENZO CICERONI, ALESSANDRO BARTOLONI, FRANCESCO LEONCINI, SIMONETTA CIARROCCHI, ANTONELLA PINTO, GUIDO FAVIA, FILIPPO BARTALESI, LAURA SCAGNOLI, and ALBERTINA IORI: Risk of Tick-Borne Bacterial Diseases in Humans in the Florence Area, Tuscany; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 346-349. [Full Text] [PDF]

MAURIZIO RUSCIO and MARINA CINCO: Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Italy: First Report on Two Confirmed Cases; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 350-352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MAJA ARNEZ, TATJANA LUZNIK-BUFON, TATJANA AVSIC-ZUPANC, EVA RUZIC-SABLJIC, MIROSLAV PETROVEC, STANKA LOTRIC-FURLAN, and FRANC STRLE: Etiology of Tick-Borne Febrile Illnesses in Slovenian Children; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 353-354. [Full Text] [PDF]

JOSÉ A. OTEO, VALVANERA IBARRA, JOSÉ R. BLANCO, LUIS METOLA, MANUEL VALLEJO, and VÍCTOR MARTÍNEZ DE ARTOLA: Epidemiological and Clinical Differences among Rickettsia slovaca Rickettsiosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases in Spain; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 355-356. [Full Text] [PDF]

HISASHI INOKUMA, HIROAKI TAKAHATA, PIERRE-EDOUARD FOURNIER, PHILIPPE BROUQUI, DIDIER RAOULT, MASARU OKUDA, TAKAFUMI ONISHI, KAZUE NISHIOKA, and MASATO TSUKAHARA: Tick Paralysis by Ixodes holocyclus in a Japanese Traveler Returning from Australia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 357-358. [Full Text] [PDF]

E. MATHAI, J. M. ROLAIN, G. M. VERGHESE, O. C. ABRAHAM, D. MATHAI, M. MATHAI, and D. RAOULT: Outbreak of Scrub Typhus in Southern India during the Cooler Months; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 359-364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

S. HAMZIC, E. BESLAGIC, and S. ZVIZDIC: Significance of Q Fever Serologic Diagnosis in Clinically Suspect Patients; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 365-368. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

JOSHUA W. COURTNEY and ROBERT F. MASSUNG: Multiplex Taqman PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophila and Borrelia burgdorferi; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 369-370. [Full Text] [PDF]

G. VESTRIS, J. M. ROLAIN, P. E. FOURNIER, M. L. BIRG, M. ENEA, J. Y. PATRICE, and D. RAOULT: Seven Years' Experience of Isolation of Rickettsia spp. from Clinical Specimens Using the Shell Vial Cell Culture Assay; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 371-374. [Full Text] [PDF]

QING YANG, WEI-MEI CHING, JU JIANG, LESLIE LOUSTEAU, and ALLEN L. RICHARDS: An Improved Method for the Purification and Refolding of r56-kDa Proteins from Gilliam and Kato strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 375-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

R. WILKINSON, D. ROWLAND, and W.-M. CHING: Development of an Improved Rapid Lateral Flow Assay for the Detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi-Specific IgG/IgM Antibodies; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 386-390. [Full Text] [PDF]

JOSÉ A. OTEO, VALVANERA IBARRA, JOSÉ R. BLANCO, LUIS METOLA, MANUEL VALLEJO, and VÍCTOR MARTÍNEZ DE ARTOLA: Epidemiological and Clinical Differences among DEBONEL-TIBOLA and Other Tick-Borne Diseases in Spain; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 391-392. [Full Text] [PDF] Erratum

KATJA TRILLER, PETRA STRUS, MIROSLAV PETROVEC, DARJA DUH, and TATJANA AVSIC-ZUPANC: Genetic Variation of Bartonella henselae Detected in Lymph Nodes from Patients with Cat Scratch Disease in Slovenia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 393-396. [Full Text] [PDF]

J. M. ROLAIN, V. CHANET, H. LAURICHESSE, H. LEPIDI, J. BEYTOUT, and D. RAOULT: Cat Scratch Disease with Lymphadenitis, Vertebral Osteomyelitis, and Spleen Abscesses; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 397-403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EDYTA PODSIADLY, TOMASZ CHMIELEWSKI, and STANISLAWA TYLEWSKA-WIERZBANOWSKA: Bartonella henselae and Borrelia burgdorferi Infections of the Central Nervous System; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 404-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EDYTA PODSIADY, EDYTA SOKOLOWSKA, and STANISLAWA TYLEWSKA-WIERZBANOWSKA: Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana Infections in Poland in 1998-2001; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 407-408. [Full Text] [PDF]

SVENA McGILL, EVA HJELM, JOVAN RAJS, OLLE LINDQUIST, and GÖRAN FRIMAN: Bartonella spp. Antibodies in Forensic Samples from Swedish Heroin Addicts; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 409-413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SABINA ZUPAN, MARIO POLJAK, and TATJANA AVSIC-ZUPANC: Prevalence of Bartonella Infections in Slovenian Intravenous Drug Users; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 414-418. [Full Text] [PDF]

V. IGNATOVICH, G. PENKINA, and N. UMNOVA: Seroimmunological Monitoring of Several Species of Rickettsiaceae and Bartonellaceae Circulating in the Moscow Region; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 419-423. [Full Text] [PDF]

NATASA TOZON, MIROSLAV PETROVEC, and TATJANA AVSIC-ZUPANC: Clinical and Laboratory Features of the First Detected Cases of A. phagocytophila Infections in Dogs from Slovenia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 424-428. [Full Text] [PDF]

ANA L. GARCIA-PEREZ, JESSE BARANDIKA, BEATRIZ OPORTO, INES POVEDANO, and RAMON A. JUSTE: Anaplasma phagocytophila as an Abortifacient Agent in Sheep Farms from Northern Spain; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 429-432. [Full Text] [PDF]

S. STUEN, S. NEVLAND, and T. MOUM: Fatal Cases of Tick-Borne Fever (TBF) in Sheep Caused by Several 16S rRNA Gene Variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 433-434. [Full Text] [PDF]

Part IV. Pathogenesis and Immunity:

GARY M. WINSLOW, ERIC YAGER, and JULIA SHU-YI LI: Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity during Ehrlichia chaffeensis Infection; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 435-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MARK J. TAYLOR: Wolbachia in the Inflammatory Pathogenesis of Human Filariasis; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 444-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ERIC GHIGO, GUENIÈVRE IMBERT, CHRISTIAN CAPO, DIDIER RAOULT, and JEAN-LOUIS MEGE: Interleukin-4 Induces Coxiella burnetii Replication in Human Monocytes but not in Macrophages; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 450-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

JUDITH TYCZKA, WIEBKE MAASS, CORNELIE JÄGER, CHRISTIAN MENGE, and GEORG BALJER: Differences in Cytokine mRNA Profiles between Naïve and in Vivo-Primed Ovine PBMC after Exposure to Heat-Inactivated Coxiella burnetii; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 460-467. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MARINA E. EREMEEVA, ZHONGXING LIANG, CHRISTOPHER PADDOCK, SHERIF ZAKI, JOHN G. VANDENBERGH, GREGORY A. DASCH, and DAVID J. SILVERMAN: Rickettsia rickettsii Infection in the Pine Vole, Microtus pinetorum: Kinetics of Infection and Quantitation of Antioxidant Enzyme Gene Expression by RT-PCR; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 468-473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

NICOLA E. COLLINS, ALRI PRETORIUS, MIRINDA VAN KLEEF, KELLY A. BRAYTON, ERICH ZWEYGARTH, and BASIL A. ALLSOPP: Development of Improved Vaccines for Heartwater; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 474-484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. M. ROLAIN, C. FOUCAULT, P. BROUQUI, and D. RAOULT: Erythroblast Cells as a Target for Bartonella quintana in Homeless People; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 485-487. [Full Text] [PDF]

KYOUNG-SEONG CHOI and J. STEPHEN DUMLER: Early Induction and Late Abrogation of Respiratory Burst in A. phagocytophilum-Infected Neutrophils; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 488-493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ROBERT F. MASSUNG, RACHAEL A. PRIESTLEY, and MICHAEL L. LEVIN: Route of Transmission Alters the Infectivity of Anaplasma phagocytophila in Mice; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 494-495. [Full Text] [PDF]

O. FREYLIKHMAN, N. TOKAREVICH, A. SUVOROV, E. VOROBIOVA, and A. TOTOLIAN: Coxiella burnetii Persistence in Three Generations of Mice after Application of Live Attenuated Human M-44 Vaccine against Q Fever; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 496-499. [Full Text] [PDF]

S. KUZNETSOVA, N. TOKAREVICH, M. LUKACOVA, A. KOLOSKOV, and I. FREIDLIN: Influence of Inactivated Coxiella burnetii on Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines by Blood Cells from Healthy Donors; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 500-504. [Full Text] [PDF]

KATARÍNA SLABÁ, AHMED HUSSEIN, PETER PALKOVIC, VIKTOR HORVÁTH, and RUDOLF TOMAN: Studies on the Immunological Role of Virenose and Dihydrohydroxystreptose Present in the Coxiella burnetii Phase I Lipopolysaccharide; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 505-509. [Full Text] [PDF]

G. Q. ZHANG and J. E. SAMUEL: Identification and Cloning Potentially Protective Antigens of Coxiella burnetii Using Sera from Mice Experimentally Infected with Nine Mile Phase I; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 510-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ARMEL SOURIAU, NATHALIE ARRICAU-BOUVERY, CHRISTELLE BODIER, and ANNIE RODOLAKIS: Comparison of the Efficacy of Q Fever Vaccines against Coxiella burnetii Experimental Challenge in Pregnant Goats; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 521-523. [Full Text] [PDF]

NATHALIE ARRICAU-BOUVERY, ARMEL SOURIAU, PATRICK LECHOPIER, and ANNIE RODOLAKIS: Excretion of Coxiella burnetii during an Experimental Infection of Pregnant Goats with an Abortive Goat Strain CbC1; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 524-526. [Full Text] [PDF]

DONGSHENG NIU, WEIJUN CHEN, XUEYING ZHANG, MEILING CHEN, HONG CUI, WENJIN WEI, BOHAI WEN, and XIANGRUI CHEN: Immunogenicity of a 40kDa Fragment of the 47kDa Recombinant Protein and DNA Vaccine from Karp Strain of Orientia tsutsugamushi; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 527-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part V. Host-Cell Interaction and Physiology of Rickettsia:

ROBERT A. HEINZEN: Rickettsial Actin-Based Motility: Behavior and Involvement of Cytoskeletal Regulators; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 535-547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

YASUKO RIKIHISA: Mechanisms to Create a Safe Haven by Members of the Family Anaplasmataceae; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 548-555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DALE HOWE, JANA MELNICÁKOVA, IMRICH BARÁK, and ROBERT A. HEINZEN: Fusogenicity of the Coxiella burnetii Parasitophorous Vacuole; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 556-562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

RUDOLF TOMAN, AHMED HUSSEIN, PETER PALKOVIC, and PETER FTÁCEK: Structural Properties of Lipopolysaccharides from Coxiella burnetii Strains Henzerling and S; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 563-567. [Full Text] [PDF]

KEVIN R. MACALUSO, ALBERT MULENGA, JASON A. SIMSER, and ABDU F. AZAD: Interactions between Rickettsiae and Dermacentor variabilis Ticks: Analysis of Gene Expression; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 568-572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

E. ZWEYGARTH and A. I. JOSEMANS: In Vitro Infection of Nonendothelial Cells by Ehrlichia ruminantium; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 573-580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. M. ROLAIN, S. NOVELLI, P. VENTOSILLA, C. MAGUINA, H. GUERRA, and D. RAOULT: Immunofluorescence Detection of Bartonella bacilliformis Flagella in Vitro and in Vivo in Human Red Blood Cells as Viewed by Laser Confocal Microscopy; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 581-584. [Full Text] [PDF]

TSUNEO UCHIYAMA: Adherence to and Invasion of Vero Cells by Recombinant Escherichia coli Expressing the Outer Membrane Protein rOmpB of Rickettsia japonica; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 585-590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

JANA MELNICÁKOVÁ, MAGDA LUKÁCOVÁ, DALE HOWE, ROBERT A. HEINZEN, and IMRICH BARÁK: Identification of Coxiella burnetii RpoS-dependent Promoters; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 591-595. [Full Text] [PDF]

LAURA R. HENDRIX and KATI KISS: Studies on the Identification of Deforming Factor from Bartonella bacilliformis; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 596-604. [Full Text] [PDF]

JEAN-MARC ROLAIN, D. ARNOUX, D. PARZY, J. SAMPOL, and DIDIER RAOULT: Experimental Infection of Human Erythrocytes from Alcoholic Patients with Bartonella quintana; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 605-611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

I. E. SAMOILENKO, N. V. RUDAKOV, S. N. SHPYNOV, M. A. TANKIBAEV, V. V. YAKIMENKO, and L. V. KUMPAN: Study of Biological Characteristics of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsial Genotypes RpA4, DnS14, and DnS28; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 612-616. [Full Text] [PDF]

LINDA HOUHAMDI, PIERRE-EDOUARD FOURNIER, RONG FANG, and DIDIER RAOULT: An Experimental Model of Human Body Louse Infection with Rickettsia typhi; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 617-627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

GILBERT GREUB, BERNARD LA SCOLA, and DIDIER RAOULT: Parachlamydia acanthamoeba Is Endosymbiotic or Lytic for Acanthamoeba polyphaga Depending on the Incubation Temperature; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 628-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SANJEEV K. SAHNI, ELENA RYDKINA, SURESH G. JOSHI, LEE ANN SPORN, and DAVID J. SILVERMAN: Interactions of Rickettsia rickettsii with Endothelial Nuclear Factor- ${kappa}$ B in a "Cell-Free" System; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 635-641. [Full Text] [PDF]

Part VI. Genetics and Genomics of Rickettsia:

P. RENESTO and D. RAOULT: From Genes to Proteins: In Vitro Expression of Rickettsial Proteins; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 642-652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

J. E. SAMUEL, K. KISS, and S. VARGHEES: Molecular Pathogenesis of Coxiella burnetii in a Genomics Era; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 653-663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. A. THOMPSON, T. A. HOOVER, M. H. VODKIN, and E. I. SHAW: Do Chromosomal Deletions in the Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthetic Regions Explain All Cases of Phase Variation in Coxiella burnetii Strains?: An Update; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 664-670. [Full Text] [PDF]

H. GE, Y.-Y. E. CHUANG, S. ZHAO, J. J. TEMENAK, and W.-M. CHING: Genomic Studies of Rickettsia prowazekii Virulent and Avirulent Strains; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 671-677. [Full Text] [PDF]

JERE W. McBRIDE, JASON E. COMER, and DAVID H. WALKER: Novel Immunoreactive Glycoprotein Orthologs of Ehrlichia spp.; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 678-684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

M.T. E.P. ALLSOPP, H. VAN HEERDEN, H. C. STEYN, and B. A. ALLSOPP: Phylogenetic Relationships among Ehrlichia ruminantium Isolates; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 685-691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

AHMET UNVER, YASUKO RIKIHISA, MAKOTO KAWAHARA, and SHIZUO YAMAMOTO: Analysis of 16S rRNA Gene Sequences of Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma platys, and Wolbachia Species from Canine Blood in Japan; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 692-698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

JOHN W. SUMNER, MICHAEL J. YABSLEY, MAX Q. ARENS, GERALD BUENNING, GREGORY A. STORCH, and WILLIAM R. DAVIDSON: Determination of White-Tailed Deer Agent groESL Operon Sequences for Phylogenetic and Diagnostic Applications; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 699-700. [Full Text] [PDF]

QUN REN, SHELLY J. ROBERTSON, DALE HOWE, LORRAINE F. BARROWS, and ROBERT A. HEINZEN: Comparative DNA Microarray Analysis of Host Cell Transcriptional Responses to Infection by Coxiella burnetii or Chlamydia trachomatis; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 701-713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATRICIA A. CROCQUET-VALDES, JERE W. McBRIDE, XUE-JIE YU, and DAVID H. WALKER: Molecular Characterization of the 28 kDa Multigene Locus of Ehrlichia muris; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 714-716. [Full Text] [PDF]

MARINA E. EREMEEVA, RYAN M. KLEMT, LISA A. SANTUCCI-DOMOTOR, DAVID J. SILVERMAN, and GREGORY A. DASCH: Genetic Analysis of Isolates of Rickettsia rickettsii That Differ in Virulence; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 717-722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

H. C. STEYN, H. VAN HEERDEN, M.T. E.P. ALLSOPP, and B. A. ALLSOPP: Variability of pCS20 Gene Sequences among Different Ehrlichia ruminantium Isolates; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 723-725. [Full Text] [PDF]

LILIANA VITORINO, LÍBIA ZÉ-ZÉ, ANA SOUSA, FATIMA BACELLAR, and ROGÉRIO TENREIRO: rRNA Intergenic Spacer Regions for Phylogenetic Analysis of Rickettsia Species; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 726-733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Table 1 Erratum

Part VII. Mini-Symposium: Rickettsia and Bioterrorism:

ABDU F. AZAD and SUZANA RADULOVIC: Pathogenic Rickettsiae as Bioterrorism Agents; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 734-738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DAVID H. WALKER: Principles of the Malicious Use of Infectious Agents To Create Terror: Reasons for Concern for Organisms of the Genus Rickettsia; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 739-742. [Full Text] [PDF]

E. V. VOROBEYCHIKOV, G. M. KURTZER, A. Z. VASILENKO, and O. P. MISNIKOV: Probabilistic Evaluation of Aspirating Doses of a Q Fever Pathogen; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 743-750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

I. V. TARASEVICH, I. A. SHAGINYAN, and O. Y. MEDIANNIKOV: Problems and Perspectives of Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 751-756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CHRISTOPHER COKER, MAHREEN MAJID, and SUZANA RADULOVIC: Development of Rickettsia prowazekii DNA Vaccine: Cloning Strategies; Ann NY Acad Sci 2003 990: 757-764. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]