1. Pneumocystis carinii infection in young non-immunosuppressed rabbits. Kinetics of infection and of the primary specific immune response

   • Enrica Tamburrini
   • Elena Ortona
   • Alessandra Siracusano

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 1 - 7

2. The role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in the antitumor effect of intrapleural injection of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota in mice

   • Nobuyoshi Yasutake
   • Takeshi Matsuzaki
   • Yasunobu Yoshikai

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 9 - 14

3. Rat dorsal root ganglia neurons as a model for Listeria monocytogenes infections in culture

   • Lone Dons
   • Katarzyna Weclewicz
   • Krister Kristensson

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 15 - 21

4. A membrane-located glycosphingolipid of monocyte/granulocyte lineage cells induces growth arrest and triggers the lytic viral cycle in Epstein-Barr virus genome-positive Burkitt lymphoma lines

   • Lars Schaade
   • Michael Kleines
   • Klaus Ritter

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 23 - 29

5. The ferric uptake regulator (Fur) homologue of Helicobacter pylori: functional analysis of the coding gene and controlled production of the recombinant protein in Escherichia coli

   • Stefan Bereswill
   • Flavia Lichte
   • Manfred Kist

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 31 - 40

6. Influence of the genetic background on the pattern of lesions developed by resistant and susceptible mice infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

   • Cynthia F. Xidieh
   • Henrique L. Lenzi
   • Eva Burger

   ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION Pages: 41 - 49

7. Hantavirus Dobrava infection with pulmonary manifestation

   • R. Mentel
   • N. Bordihn
   • B. Niklasson

   CASE REPORT Pages: 51 - 53