EDITORIAL
	Live attenuated vaccine for the prevention of varicella-zoster virus infection: does it work, is it safe and do we really need it in the UK?
	Judith Breuer
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 1-3. [Full Text] [PDF]

REVIEW
	Human herpesvirus 6: molecular biology and clinical features
	D.H. Dockrell
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 5-18. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

PATHOGENICITY AND VIRULENCE
	Role of RsmA in the regulation of swarming motility and virulence factor expression in Proteus mirabilis
	Shwu-Jen Liaw, Hsin-Chih Lai, Shen-Wu Ho, Kwen-Tay Luh, and Won-Bo Wang
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 19-28. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary figure]
	Relative importance of STAT4 in murine tuberculosis
	I. Sugawara, H. Yamada, and S. Mizuno
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 29-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HOST RESPONSE
	Evaluation of protection against Chlamydophila abortus challenge after DNA immunization with the major outer-membrane protein-encoding gene in pregnant and non-pregnant mice
	Céline Héchard, Olivier Grépinet, and Annie Rodolakis
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 35-40. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Human ß-defensin-2 induction in Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric mucosal tissues: antimicrobial effect of overexpression
	N. Uehara, A. Yagihashi, K. Kondoh, N. Tsuji, T. Fujita, H. Hamada, and N. Watanabe
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 41-45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIAGNOSTICS, TYPING AND IDENTIFICATION
	Identification of Bacillus anthracis by a simple protective antigen-specific mAb dot-ELISA
	K.S. R. Sastry, U. Tuteja, P.K. Santhosh, M.K. Lalitha, and H.V. Batra
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 47-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Detection and genotyping of meningococci using a nested PCR approach
	M.A. Diggle and S.C. Clarke
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 51-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
	Characterization and comparison of Pasteurella multocida strains associated with porcine pneumonia and atrophic rhinitis
	Robert L. Davies, Roslyn MacCorquodale, Susan Baillie, and Bridget Caffrey
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 59-67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
	Production by Bacillus pumilus (MSH) of an antifungal compound that is active against Mucoraceae and Aspergillus species: preliminary report
	Edward J. Bottone and Richard W. Peluso
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 69-74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EPIDEMIOLOGY
	Impact of meningococcal vaccination with combined serogroups A and C polysaccharide vaccine on carriage of Neisseria meningitidis C
	S. Fernández, l. Arreaza, I. Santiago, A. Malvar, S. Berrón, J.A. Vazquez, and X. Hervada
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 75-77. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ORAL MICROBIOLOGY
	Application of terminal RFLP analysis to characterize oral bacterial flora in saliva of healthy subjects and patients with periodontitis
	Mitsuo Sakamoto, Yasuo Takeuchi, Makoto Umeda, Isao Ishikawa, and Yoshimi Benno
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 79-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary T-RFLP patterns]

HUMAN AND ANIMAL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
	Lack of flagella disadvantages Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis during the early stages of infection in the rat
	Jeanette M. C. Robertson, Norma H. McKenzie, Michelle Duncan, Emma Allen-Vercoe, Martin J. Woodward, Harry J. Flint, and George Grant
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 91-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CASE REPORT
	Staphylococcus cohnii septicaemia in a patient with colon cancer
	Giancarlo Basaglia, Laura Moras, Alessandra Bearz, Simona Scalone, and Paolo De Paoli
	J Med Microbiol 2003. 52: 101-102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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