2010 Issues

new

microbiologica

journal of basic and clinical microbiological sciences  

 

 

vol. 33, no. 4, October 2010

CONTENTS

Review

M. CINCO. New insights into the pathogenicity of leptospires: evasion of host defences  283

 

Full Papers

A. DE ROSSI, M. ZANCHETTA, F. VITONE, G. ANTONELLI, P. BAGNARELLI, L. BUONAGURO, M.R. CAPOBIANCHI, M. CLEMENTI, I. ABBATE, F. CANDUCCI, A. MONACHETTI, E. RIVA, G. ROZERA, C. SCAGNOLARI, M. TAGLIAMONTE, M.C. RE. Quantitative HIV-1 proviral DNA detection: a multicentre analysis. 293

C. MONTESANO, A. ANSELMI, P. PALMA, S. BERNARDI, R. CICCONI, M. MATTEI, G. CASTELLI-GATTINARA, M. CICCOZZI, V. COLIZZI, M. AMICOSANTE. HIV replication leads to skewed maturation of CD8-positive T-cell responses in infected children. 303

Y. WANG, H. XU, N. WU, H. SHI, X. WANG, T. WANG. Monoclonal antibody, but not synthetic peptide, targeting the ectodomain of influenza B virus M2 proton channel has antiviral activity. 311

G. KAMARAJ, L. RAJENDRA, S.R. CHINCHKAR, V.A. SRINIVASAN. Optimization of production of Brucella abortus S19 culture in bioreactor using soyabean casein digest medium. 319

M.A. SYED, U. MANZOOR, I. SHAH, S.H.A. BUKHARI. Antibacterial effects of Tungsten nanoparticles on the Escherichia coli strains isolated from catheterized urinary tract infection (UTI) cases and Staphylococcus aureus 329

M. CORRENTE, D. FRANCHINI, N. DECARO, G. GRECO, M. D’ABRAMO, M.F. GRECO, F. LATRONICO, A. CROVACE, V. M ARTELLA. Detection of Brucella canis in a dog in Italy. 337

R. GRANDE, M. DI GIULIO, E. DI CAMPLI, S. DI BARTOLOMEO, L. CELLINI. A model of Helicobacter pylori persistence in a case of gastric cancer. 343

L. CELLINI, R. GRANDE, L. ARTESE, L. MARZIO. Detection of Helicobacter pylori in saliva and esophagus. 351

S. MONTIERI, E. SUFFREDINI, M. CICCOZZI, L. CROCI. Phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio alginolyticus isolates based on toxR gene sequence. 359

K. POLGÁROVÁ, M. BEHULIAK, P. CELEC. Effect of saliva processing on bacterial DNA extraction. 373

R. MONNO, L. FUMAROLA, P. TREROTOLI, G. GIANNELLI, M. CORREALE, D. BRUNETTI, M. DI BIASE. Seroprevalence of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in ischaemic heart disease. 381

 

Short Communications

M. BATTILANI, A. BALBONI, M. BASSANI, A. SCAGLIARINI, S. PALTRINIERI, S. PROSPERI. Sequence analysis of the nucleocapsid gene of feline coronaviruses circulating in Italy. 387

K. KADOI. Establishment of two chicken embryonic cell lines in a newly developed nutrient medium. 393

C. BICMEN, M. COSKUN, A.T. GUNDUZ, G. SENOL, A.K. CIRAK, G. TIBET. Nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from pulmonary specimens between 2004 and 2009: causative agent or not? 399

 

Case reports

C. COSTA, M. BERGALLO, P. FERRARA, R. CAVALLO. High-level polyomavirus JC viruria following long-term steroid therapy. 405

 

Letters to Editors

G.A. VENA, D. APRUZZI, M. VESTITA, A. CALVARIO, C. FOTI, N. CASSANO. Zoster … "almost" … sine herpete: diagnostic utility of real time-polymerase chain