Lung Tissue Resident Memory T-Cells in the Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Despite widespread BCG vaccination and effective anti-TB drugs, Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death from an infectious agent worldwide. Several recent publications give reasons to be optimistic about the possibility of a more effective vaccine, but the only full-scale clinical trial...

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Main Authors: Paul Ogongo, James Zachary Porterfield, Alasdair Leslie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.00992/full